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| 6137176275 | psychological disorder | deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 562) | 0 | |
| 6137176276 | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 563) | 1 | |
| 6137176277 | medical model | 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 564) | 2 | |
| 6137176278 | DSM-IV-TR | the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, updated as a 2000 "text revision"; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 565) | 3 | |
| 6137176279 | anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 569) | 4 | |
| 6137176280 | generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 570) | 5 | |
| 6137176281 | panic disorder | an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 570) | 6 | |
| 6137176282 | phobia | an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 571) | 7 | |
| 6137176283 | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions). (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 571) | 8 | |
| 6137176284 | post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 572) | 9 | |
| 6137176285 | post-traumatic growth | positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 573) | 10 | |
| 6137176286 | somatoform disorder | psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. (See conversion disorder and hypochondriasis.) (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 576) | 11 | |
| 6137176287 | conversion disorder | a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 577) | 12 | |
| 6137176288 | hypochondriasis | a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 577) | 13 | |
| 6137176289 | dissociative disorders | disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 577) | 14 | |
| 6137176290 | 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 578) | 15 | |
| 6137176291 | mood disorders | psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes. See major depressive disorder, mania, and bipolar disorder. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 579) | 16 | |
| 6137176292 | major depressive disorder | a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 580) | 17 | |
| 6137176293 | mania | a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 581) | 18 | |
| 6137176294 | bipolar disorder | a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.) (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 581) | 19 | |
| 6137176295 | schizophrenia | a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 590) | 20 | |
| 6137176296 | delusions | false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 590) | 21 | |
| 6137176297 | personality disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 596) | 22 | |
| 6137176298 | antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 597) | 23 |
