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psychological disorder def.

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any abnormal pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themself or others, or harms their ability to function in daily life

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Atypical

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not normal

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Disturbing

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distress and harm

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Maladaptive

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must be present

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unjustifiable

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sometimes there’s a good reason

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biological viewpoints on mental illness

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Mental illness is caused by genetic factors; chemical or structural malfunctions in the nervous system

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Neurodevelopmental disorders (def)

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Group of disorders associated primarily with the functioning of the neurological system and the brain

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Intellectual disabilities

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lower intellect scores under 70 on an IQ test

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Communication disorder

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language disorder, stutter

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Autism spectrum disorder

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struggles with communication, doesn’t get social ques (give and take) fixated interest

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specific learning disorder

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acidemic functioning is below the average for your chronological age, mathematics, reading, or writing disorder

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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Needs 6 symptoms of intentions and 6 symptoms of hyperactivity, symptoms must be present for at least 6 months, needed in 2 domains(school, home, etc)

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Motor disorder

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functional impairment, involuntary spasms, turrets

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Anxiety disorders (def)

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Group of disorders whose most dominant symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety fearfulness

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Free-floating anxiety

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appears to have no specific cause, always anxious all the time

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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person is tense apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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Panic disorder

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experiences panic attacks palpitations, sweating nausea, feelings of dread, lost control, and feelings like you are going to die.

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Phobia

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persistent irrational fear of a specific object or situation intense illogical fear of something, there are over 700 phobias, most common are stage fright, agoraphobia, arachnophobia, and clowns

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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unwanted repetitive thoughts and or actions must be extremely time-consuming and must take up at least 1 hour of your day

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hoarding disorder

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difficult time discarding items, huge accommodation of valved items

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body dysmorphia disorder

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perceived flaws or deflect they perceived that no one else perceives-not about weight

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

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resulting from exposure to as major stressor, with symptoms of anxiety, nightmares, poor sleep, concentration problems and reliving the event (lasts longer than a month )

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persistent depressive disorder

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chronic moderate depression for 2 years straight, moderate levels of depression, always focused on the negative

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Major depressive disorder

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a person experienced 2 or more weeks of the following symptoms (5 or more needed to be diagnosed):
depressed mood
significant weight change
sleep disturbance
psychomotor retardatriopn
diminished concentration
loss of energy
feelings of worthlessness
suicidal ideation

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Manic episode

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state of excessive excitement energy and joy or irritability

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Bipolar disorder

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person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania, presence of 3 or more of the following:
elevated mood
extremely endergetic’
excessive involvement
talkative
no need for sleep
psychomotor agitioin
flight of ideas
inflated self of esteem
distracted

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Schizophrenia

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“split mind”, disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, inappropriate emotions or reactions

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brief psychotic disorder

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symptoms for a month or less

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schizophreniform disorder

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symptoms for 1-6 months

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schizoaffective disorder

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major mood episodes and psychotic symptoms
EX: depression and schizophrenia at the same time

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delusional disorder

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exclusively have delusions

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dissociative disorder

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conscious awareness becomes separated from memories thoughts and feelings

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dissocosiative amnesia

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forgets who they are, “fogginess” or “checks out” in the mind

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depersonalization disorder

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out-of-body experience

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dissociative identity disorder

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2 or more distinct and altering personalities

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somatic symptom and related disorder

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belief that one is physically ill with no physical ailment

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illness anxiety disorder

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preoccupation with illness, belive you are sick at least 6 months

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somatic symptom

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one or more physical complaints

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conversion disorder

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loss of motor and or sensory functions- temp blind or def

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factitious disorder

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feigning illness, fake illnesses can be imposed by yourself or someone else, (they know they are not sick)

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anorexia nervous

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restriction of food intake (at least 3 months)

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Bulimia Nervosa

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binging food and purging (at least 3 months)

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oppositional defiant disorder

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irritable mood and argumentative defiant behavior

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conduct disorder- bad kids

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basic rights of others or rules are violated

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pyromania

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purposeful fire setting for no purpose, psychological arousal, releases muscle tension

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personality disorders

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think they are normal and everyone else is strange

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paranoid

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distrusting in everyone

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schizoid

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not social, isolationists

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schizotypal

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strange people with quirky behaviors, some delusional thinking

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Antisocial

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against society, and civil liberties of others

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narcissistic

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superior to everyone else

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borderline

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unstable with a sense of self-impulsive behavior

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histrionic

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drama queens, pathological liers, 1 uppers,

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avoidant

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avoid conflict run and hide

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dependent

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can’t make decisions on their own

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obsessive-compulsive

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perfectionist

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