Psychological Disorders: important terms
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| 13857083338 | Agoraphobia | A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) |  | 0 |
| 13857083339 | Antisocial personality disorder | A personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist |  | 1 |
| 13857083340 | Anxiety disorders | Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |  | 2 |
| 13857083363 | ADHD | A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity |  | 3 |
| 13857083341 | Bipolar disorder | A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. was once known as Manic Depression. |  | 4 |
| 13857083342 | Catatonia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods | 5 | |
| 13857083343 | Conversion disorder | A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found |  | 6 |
| 13857083364 | compulsions | The person's need to perform repetitive behaviors |  | 7 |
| 13857083344 | Delusions | False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders |  | 8 |
| 13857083345 | Dissociative amnesia | The sudden loss of memory for significant personal information |  | 9 |
| 13857083346 | Dissociative disorders | Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. the person may become "detached" from themselves |  | 10 |
| 13857083347 | Dissociative fugue | The sudden loss of memory for one's personal history, accompanied by an abrupt departure from home and the assumption of a new identity |  | 11 |
| 13857083348 | Dissociative identity disorder (DID) | A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; formerly called multiple personality disorder |  | 12 |
| 13857083365 | diathesis stress theory | an individual is born with a genetic predisposition towards a mental health problem- the problem is only expressed if the individual is exposed to certain environmental triggers. | 13 | |
| 13857083366 | dopamine | neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement, attention, alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia |  | 14 |
| 13857083367 | DSM-V | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: A reference for coding psychiatric disorders or conditions. Organized by symptoms |  | 15 |
| 13857083349 | Generalized anxiety disorder | An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal |  | 16 |
| 13857083350 | Hallucinations | False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus |  | 17 |
| 13857083351 | Hypochondriasis | Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments |  | 18 |
| 13857083352 | Major depressive disorder | A mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities |  | 19 |
| 13857083353 | Mood disorders | Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes |  | 20 |
| 13857083354 | Negative symptoms | Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention, and poverty of speech |  | 21 |
| 13857083355 | Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) |  | 22 |
| 13857083368 | obsessions | persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate, causing marked distress | 23 | |
| 13857083356 | Panic disorder | An anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks. May be triggered by the amygdala. |  | 24 |
| 13857083357 | Personality disorders | Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning | 25 | |
| 13857083358 | phobia | An anxiety disorder characterized by a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation |  | 26 |
| 13857083359 | Positive symptoms | Schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral excesses or peculiarities, such as hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and wild flights of ideas |  | 27 |
| 13857083369 | PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder A disorder in which a person has lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event |  | 28 |
| 13857083370 | postpartum depression | A new mother's feelings of inadequacy and sadness in the days and weeks after giving birth |  | 29 |
| 13857083360 | Prevalence | The percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period | 30 | |
| 13857083371 | psychological disorder/psychopathology | a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that results in distress | 31 | |
| 13857083372 | Rosenhan study | study in which healthy individuals were admitted into mental hospitals after saying they were hearing voices. Once in, they acted normally and still were not labeled as impostors. |  | 32 |
| 13857083361 | Schizophrenia | psychological disorder marked by disturbances in thought that spill over to affect perceptual, social, and emotional processes |  | 33 |
| 13857083362 | Somatoform disorders | Disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists |  | 34 |
| 13857083373 | serotonin | a neurotransmitter that affects hunger,sleep,arousal,and mood. appears in lower than normal levels in depressed persons |  | 35 |
| 13857083374 | seasonal affective disorder | Controversial disorder in which a person experiences depression during winter months and improved mood during spring. Can be treated using phototherapy, using bright light and high levels of negative ions. |  | 36 |
| 13857083375 | mania | A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. extravagant shopping sprees may happen or a flight of ideas |  | 37 |
| 13857083376 | flat affect | A marked lack of expressed emotions; a symptom of schizophrenia. | 38 | |
| 13857083377 | word salad | Incoherent mixture of words, phrases, and sentences |  | 39 |
| 13857083378 | paranoia | A tendency toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution |  | 40 |
| 13857083379 | Irrationality | Abnormal indicator involving acting or talking in ways that are incomprehensible to others | 41 | |
| 13857083380 | Unpredictability | Abnormal indicator involving erratic and inconsistent behaviors | 42 | |
| 13857083381 | Unconventional Behavior | Abnormal indicator involving behavior that violates social norms or are statistically rare. | 43 | |
| 13857083382 | Organic Disorders | disorders that affect organs; in the case of psychological patients most often dementia and Alzheimer's which leads to problems with normal functioning | 44 |
