AP psychology psychological disorders.
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| 729626499 | Psychological Disorder | Deviant, distressful and dysfunctional behavior patterns. | |
| 729626500 | 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 | |
| 729626501 | Medical model | the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated and in most cases, cured. | |
| 729626502 | DSM IV | The APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Mainly used in USA to classify disorders. | |
| 729626503 | Anxiety Disorders | Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent or anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. | |
| 729626504 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. | |
| 729626505 | Panic Disorder | An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror with accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations. | |
| 729626506 | phobia | an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation. | |
| 729626507 | Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and or actions (compulsions) | |
| 729626508 | Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawl, jumpy anxiety, and or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. | |
| 729626509 | 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. | |
| 729626510 | mania | a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state. | |
| 729626511 | bipolar disorder | a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcitement of mania. | |
| 729626512 | Schizophrenia | a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. | |
| 729626513 | delusions | false beliefs, often a persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders. | |
| 729626514 | personality disorders | psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduing behavior patters that impair social functioning | |
| 729626515 | 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. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. |
