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Unit 11 Module 35-39 Flashcards

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Psychological Disorder

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Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity

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Medical Model

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The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital.

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DSM-5

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a reference book on mental health and brain-related conditions and disorders

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Anxiety Disorder

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Worry and dread

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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persistent and uncontrollable apprehensive feeling (worry)

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Panic Disorder

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anxiety escalates into periodic episodes of intense dread and then physical symptoms

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Phobia

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a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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A disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and insomnia

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Post-Traumatic Growth

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Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crisis

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Mood Disorders

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Psychological Disorders characterized by emotional extremes.

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Major Depressive Disorder

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A disorder in which a person experiences two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods or diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.

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Mania

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period of extreme high energy or mood associated with bipolar disorder

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Bipolar Disorder

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Adolescent mood swings might be misdiagnosed as which psychological disorder?

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Schizophrenia

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A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and behaviors. (split from reality)

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Psychosis

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A disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions. (halluciantions and delusions)

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Delusions

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are untrue beliefs and may be a symptom of conditions such as delusional disorder and schizophrenia.

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Dissociative Disorders

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mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

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Anorexia Nervosa

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A disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight.

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Bulimia Nervosa

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binging then compensating by purging, fasting, or excessively exercising

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Binge-Eating Disorder

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Frequently consuming unusually large amounts of food in one sitting and feeling that eating behavior is out of control.

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Personality Disorder

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Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

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Anti-Social Personality Disorder

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lack of regret over violating other’s rights

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fraction of population that suffers

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¼ of the US population suffers from some type of mental illness

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Four D’s

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Distress - behavior(s) cause anxiety, bad feelings, or negative feelings
Danger - behavior are detrimental to the person or those around them
Deviance - behavior is not a typical or appears off
Dysfunction - behavior impairs a life area (work, home, relationships, sleep)

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Philippe Pinel

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“moral treatment” disorders are caused by environmental factors like stress and poverty

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Dorothea dix

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advocated for the mental ill; created the first generation of american mental asylums

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Somatic symptom disorder

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a bodily symptom that is psychologically unexplained `(person focuses so much on physical symptoms

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Somatic symptom disorder

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a bodily symptom that is psychologically unexplained `

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Part of brain

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frontal lobes, thalamus, and amygdala

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