Unit 8 Mods 65-69

Question 1

Psychological disorder

Answer 1

A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual his cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior

Question 2

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

Question 3

Epigenetics

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The study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

Question 4

DSM-5

Answer 4

The American psychiatric Association’s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

Question 5

ADHD

Answer 5

A psychological disorder marked by extreme in attention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

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Anxiety disorders

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Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Question 7

Social anxiety disorder

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Intense fear and avoidance of social situations

Question 8

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 8

An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Question 9

Panic disorder

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And anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack

Question 10

Agoraphobia

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Fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, we’re one has felt loss of control and panic

Question 11

Phobia

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And anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

Question 12

OCD

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A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions),or both

Question 13

PTSD

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A disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Question 14

Major depressive disorder

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A disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or another medical condition, two or more weeks with five or more symptoms, at least one of which must be either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure

Question 15

Bipolar disorder

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A disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargic of depression and the overexcited state of mania

Question 16

Mania

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A hyper active, wildly optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgment is common

Question 17

Rumination

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Compulsive fretting; overthinking our problems and their causes

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Schizophrenia

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A disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression

Question 19

Pyschotic disorders

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A group of disorders marked by irrational ideas, distorted perception, and a loss of contact with reality

Question 20

Hallucinations

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False sensory experiences, such as seeing some thing in the absence of an external visual stimulus

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Delusion

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A false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that made a company psychotic disorders

Question 22

Chronic schizophrenia

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A form of schizophrenia in which symptoms usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood. As people age, psychotic episodes last longer and recovery periods shorten

Question 23

Acute schizophrenia

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A form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age; frequently occurs in response to a traumatic event

Question 24

Somatic symptom disorder

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A psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic form without a parent physical cause

Question 25

Conversion disorder

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A disorder related to somatic symptom disorder in which a person experiences very specific, physical symptoms that are not compatible with recognized medical or neurological conditions

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Illness anxiety disorder

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A disorder related to somatic symptom disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations and symptoms of a disease

Question 27

Dissociative disorders

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Controversial, rare disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated

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DID

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A rare dissociative disorder in which a person Exhibit 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities

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Personality disorders

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Inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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Antisocial personality disorder

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A personality disorder in which a person exhibit a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist artist

Question 31

Anorexia nervosa

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An eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly under weight; sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise

Question 32

Bulimia nervosa

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An eating disorder in which a persons binge eating is followed by inappropriate weight loss promoting behavior, such as vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise

Question 33

Binge eating disorder

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Significant binge eating episodes, followed by distress, discussed, or guilt, but without the compensatory behavior that marks bulimia nervosa