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| 371917332 | psychological disorders | deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns | 1 | |
| 371917333 | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD | a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one of more of the 3 key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and inpulsivity | 2 | |
| 371917334 | inattention | distractability, forgetfullness, disorganization | 3 | |
| 371917335 | hyperactivity | fidgetting, restlessness | 4 | |
| 371917336 | impulsivity | difficulty taking turns, interrupting | 5 | |
| 371917337 | medical model | concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, it assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may inclued treatment in a psychiatric hospital -Philippe Pinel | 6 | |
| 371917338 | neurosis | less severe disorders | 7 | |
| 371917339 | psychosis | more severe disorders | 8 | |
| 371917340 | Biopsychosocial Approach | -all behavior from interactions of nature and nurture -different disorders more common in different cultures -possibly same underlying dynamic, but different symptoms -influenced by genetic predisposition and physiological states, by psychological dynamics and social and cultural circumstances | 9 | |
| 371917341 | DSM-IV | American Psychiatric association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders | 10 | |
| 371917342 | anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety | 11 | |
| 371917343 | generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense apprehensice, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal -tense and jittery -worried various bad things may happen -"free floating" anxiety -can lead to physical problems (ulcers, etc) | 12 | |
| 371917344 | panic disorder | an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minute-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations | 13 | |
| 371917345 | phobia | an anxiety disorder marked bya persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object/situation | 14 | |
| 371917346 | somatoform disorder | physical ailment w/out a physical cause ex. hypocondrious = thin they are sick but are nt | 15 | |
| 371917347 | obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD | an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actoins (compulsions) | 16 | |
| 371917348 | post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD | an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawl, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after traumatic experience | 17 | |
| 371917349 | survivor resiliency/post-traumatic growth | greater appreciation for life, bounce back from traumatic experience | 18 | |
| 371917350 | Learning perspective | -fear conditioning: general anxiety learned with classical conditioning of fear, anxiety swells w/reminder of trauma, -observational learning: observe others fear, human parents trasmit fears to children | 19 | |
| 371917351 | biological perspective | -natural selection: phobias based off things our ancestors feared and things we did to stay alive -genes: genetically predisposed temperament and traumatic event = new phobia -the brain: overarousal of brain areas involved in impulse control (anterior cingulate cortex = hyperactive in those w/OCD, fear circuits in amygdala) | 20 | |
| 371917352 | dissociative disorders | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes serpeated (dissociated) from pervious memories, thoughts and feels | 21 | |
| 371917353 | dissociative identity disorder DID | a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities. Aka multiple personality disorder -"Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde" split -way to deal with anxiety | 22 | |
| 371917354 | mood disorders | psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes 1. major depressive disorder 2. bipolar disorder | 23 | |
| 371917355 | depression | response to past and current loss | 24 | |
| 371917356 | major depressive disorder | mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activites | 25 | |
| 371917357 | aysthymic disorder | mix of middle between temporary bad mood and full blown crushing depression | 26 | |
| 371917358 | mania | a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive widely optimistic state | 27 | |
| 371917359 | biopolar disorder | a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited state of mania (aka manic-depressive disorder) | 28 | |
| 371917360 | biological perspective (mood) | -depression = whole body disorder -involves genetic predispositions, biochemical imbalances, negative thoughts, and melancholy mood -mood disorders run in families - | 29 | |
| 371917361 | depressed brain | -norepinephrine = scarce, overabundant in mania -serotonin = scarce -lower levels of omega 3's -less brain activity -frontal lobes 7% smaller than normal | 30 | |
| 371917362 | social cognitive perspective (mood) | -everything is negative -negative thoughts and moods interact -pessimistic thinking = up in depression -up social support = down depression | 31 | |
| 371917363 | depressions vicious cycle | 1. stressful events 2. negative explanatory style 3. depressed mood 4. cognitive and behavioral changes | 32 | |
| 371917364 | schizophrenia | group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and innappropriate emotions and actions | 33 | |
| 371917365 | disorganized thinking | fragmented, bizarre, distorted by false beliefs | 34 | |
| 371917366 | delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur that may accompany psychotic disorders -breakdown in selective attention -minute, irrelevant stimuluses can distract | 35 | |
| 371917367 | disturbed perceptions | -hallucinations -voices telling them they are bad, giving orders | 36 | |
| 371917368 | inappropriate emotions and actions | -flat affect = zombie like state of apparent apathy -senseless compulsive acts | 37 | |
| 371917369 | catatonia | motionless for hours and become agitate | 38 | |
| 371917370 | positive symptoms | hallucinations, inappropriate laughter, tears, and rage | 39 | |
| 371917371 | negative symptoms | toneless voices, expressionless faces, mute, rigid bodies | 40 | |
| 371917372 | paranoid | preoccupation w/delusions or hallucinations, often w/themes of persecution or grandiosity | 41 | |
| 371917373 | disorganized | disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion | 42 | |
| 371917374 | catatonic | immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement) extreme negatisim and parrotlike repeating or anothers speech/movement | 43 | |
| 371917375 | undifferentiated | many and varied symptoms | 44 | |
| 371917376 | residual | withdrawl, after hallucinations and delusions have disapeered | 45 | |
| 371917377 | etiology | caues/origins of a problem | 46 | |
| 371917378 | personality disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning | 47 | |
| 371917379 | antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong doing, even towards friends/family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist -feel little fear and feel little | 48 |
