Psychology - Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders

59160678	Psychological Disorders	Mental processes and/or behavior patterns that cause emotional distress and/or substantial impairment in functioning.
59160679	DSM-IV-TR, 2000	The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, describes the criteria used to classify and diagnose mental disorders.
59160680	Anxiety Disorders	Psychological disorders characterized by frequent fearful thoughts about what might happen in the future.
59160681	Panic Attack	An episode of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror.
59160682	Agoraphobia	An intense fear of being in a situation from which escape is not possible or in which help would not be available if one experienced overwhelming anxiety or a panic attack.
59160683	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	An anxiety disorder in which people experience chronic, excessive worry for 6 months or more.
59160684	Panic Disorder	An anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurring, unpredictable episodes of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror.
59160685	Phobia	A persistent, irrational fear of some specific object, situation, or activity that poses little or no real danger.
59160686	Social Phobia	An irrational fear and avoidance of any social or performance situation in which one might embarrass oneself in front of others by appearing clumsy, foolish, or incompetent.
59160687	Specific Phobia	A marked fear of a specific object or situation; a general label for any phobia other than agoraphobia and social phobia.
59160688	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)	An anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions.
59160689	Obsession	A persistent, involuntary thought, image, or impulse that invades consciousness and causes great distress.
59160690	Compulsion	A persistent, irresistible, and irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly.
59160691	Mood Disorders	Disorders characterized by extreme and unwarranted disturbances in emotion or mood.
59160692	Major Depressive Disorder	A mood disorder marked by feelings of great sadness, despair, and hopelessness.
59160693	Bipolar Disorder	A mood disorder in which manic episodes alternate with periods of depression, usually with relatively normal periods in between.
59160694	Manic Episode	A period of excessive euphoria, inflated self-esteem, wild optimism, and hyperactivity, often accompanied by delusions of grandeur and by hostility if activity is blocked.
59160695	Schizophrenia	A severe psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate or flat affect, some disturbance in thinking, social withdrawal, and/or other bizarre behavior.
59160696	Psychosis	A condition characterized by loss of contact with reality.
59160697	Hallucination	An imaginary sensation.
59160698	Delusion	A false belief, not generally shared by others in the culture.
59160699	Delusions of Grandeur	A false belief that one is a famous person or a powerful or important person who has some great knowledge, ability, or authority.
59160700	Delusions of Persecution	A false belief that some person or agency is trying in some way to harm one.
59160701	Paranoid Schizophrenia	A type of schizophrenia characterized by delusions of grandeur or persecution.
59160702	Disorganized Schizophrenia	The most serious type of schizophrenia, marked by extreme social withdrawal, hallucinations, delusions, silliness, inappropriate laughter, grotesque mannerisms, and other bizarre behavior.
59160703	Catatonic Schizophrenia	A type of schizophrenia characterized by complete stillness or stupor or great excitement and agitation; patients may assume an unusual posture and remain in it for long periods of time.
59160704	Undifferentiated Schizophrenia	A catchall term used when schizophrenic symptoms either do not conform to the criteria of any one type of schizophrenia or conform to more than one type.
59160705	Somatoform Disorders	Disorders in which physical symptoms are present due to psychological causes rather than any known medical condition.
59160706	Hypochondriasis	A somatoform disorder in which persons are preoccupied with their health and fear that their physical symptoms area a sign of some serious disease, despite reassurance from doctors to the contrary.
59160707	Conversion Disorder	A somatoform disorder in which a person suffers a loss of motor or sensory functioning in some part of the body; the loss has no physical cause but solves some psychological problem.
59160708	Dissociative Disorder	Disorders in which, under unbearable stress, consciousness becomes dissociated from a person's identity or her or his memories of important personal events, or both.
59160709	Dissociative Amnesia	A dissociative disorder in which there is a complete or partial loss of the ability to recall personal information or identify past experiences.
59160710	Dissociative Fugue	A dissociative disorder in which one has a complete loss of memory of one's entire identity, travels away from home, and may assume a new identity.
59160711	Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)	A dissociative disorder in which two or more distinct, unique personalities occur in the same person, and there is severe memory disruption concerning personal information about the other personalities.
59160712	Personality Disorder	A longstanding, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of behaving and relating to others, which usually begins in early childhood or adolescence.
59160713	Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs)	A group of disorders in which children exhibit severe disturbances in social relationships.
59160714	Autistic Disorder	A disorder in which children have very limited language skills compared to others of the same age along with an inability to engage in reciprocal social relationships, and a severely limited range of interests.
59160715	Asperger's Disease	A disorder in which children possess the same characteristics as those with autistic disorder but have intact language skills.
59160716	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	A disorder in which and individual shows both significant problems in focusing attention and physical activity.