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9544239639psychological disorderdeviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors0
9544239640medical modelthe view that psychological disorders are medical diseases with a biological origin1
9544239668psychoanalytic model2
9544239641humanistic modelA model of abnormal behavior that emphasizes personal growth, free will, and responsibility.3
9544239642cognitive modelthe view that emphasizes thinking as the key element in causing psychological disorders4
9544239643biological modelview that psychological disorders have a biochemical or physiological basis5
9544239644sociocultural modelthe idea that abnormal behavior must be understood within the context of social and cultural forces6
9544239645bio-psycho-social modelassumes that disorder is caused by biological, psychological, and social factors7
9544239646insanityrelatively permanent disorder of the mind8
9544239647DSM-IV-TRDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth edition, Text Revision9
9544239669The Rosenhan study: The Influence of Labels10
9544239648anxiety disordersdisorders in which the main symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety and fearfulness11
9544239670bipolar and related disorder12
9544239649depressive disordersemotional disorders primarily involving sadness, despondency, and depression13
9544239650dissociative disordersconscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings14
9544239671feeding and eating disorders15
9544239651neurodevelopmental disordera disorder that stems from early brain abnormalities16
9544239652neurocognitive disorderspsychopathologies due to various forms of damage to the nervous system not arising until adulthood17
9544239653obsessive-compulsive and related disordersextreme preoccupations with certain thoughts and compulsive performance of certain behaviors18
9544239654personality disordersthe view that a personality disturbance of some sort causes an individual to violate social norms19
9544239655schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disordersmental disorders characterized by distortions of reality20
9544239672somatic symptoms and related disorders21
9544239673trauma stressor disorder22
9544239656hypochondriasisa psychological disorder characterized by a pre-occupation with a fear of having a serious illness23
9544239657conversion disorderschanging emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function24
9544239674Theories about the causes of Somatoform disorders25
9544239658dissociative amnesialoss of memory for personal information, either partial or complete26
9544239659dissociative fugueA form of amnesia in which the individual leaves home and sometimes assumes a new identity.27
9544239675dissociative identity disorder28
9544239676Theories about the causes of Dissociative disorders29
9544239660major depressionA severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability30
9544239677Seasonal Affective disorder31
9544239678Bipoloar Disorder32
9544239661schizophreniaa group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions33
9544239662delusionsfalse beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders34
9544239663hallucinationsfalse sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus35
9544239664disorganized schizophreniaA type of schizophrenia in which particularly severe deterioration of adaptive behavior is seen.36
9544239665Paranoid Schizophreniapreoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity37
9544239666Catatonic SchizophreniaMarked by striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity38
9544239667Undifferentiated Schizophreniamixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria for any one type of schizophrenia39

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