AP Psychological Disorders Flashcards

9538158608	schizophrenia	disorder in which person experiences a break from reality; hallucinations, delusions, and lack of emotion are primary features	0
9538158609	depression	includes symptoms like feeling worthless or hopeless, having difficulty sleeping, lacking energy, or suicidal thoughts; most common mental illness	1
9538158610	generalized anxiety disorder	persistent and pervasive feelings of anxiety without any external cause	2
9538158611	mood disorders	includes depression, bipolar disorder, and seasonal affective disorder	3
9538158612	dissociative disorders	a group of disorders in which the personality becomes detached	4
9538158613	bipolar disorder	swings of mood from depression to mania	5
9538158614	panic disorder	recurrent panic attacks, marked by rapid heart rate, perspiration, and fear without reason	6
9538158615	dissociative identity disorder	two or more distinct personalities exist within the same body; extreme sexual, emotional, or mental abuse is typically the cause	7
9538158616	phobic disorder	persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that is out of proportion to the circumstances	8
9538158617	depersonalization disorder	feeling that mind and body have separated; out of body experience	9
9538158618	antisocial personality disorder	lack of conscience and sense of responsibility to others; chronic lying, stealing, and fighting are common signs; do not feel anxiety or shame	10
9538158619	obsessive-compulsive disorder	persistent, unwanted thoughts and behaviors	11
9538158620	delusions	persistent, false beliefs	12
9538158621	hallucinations	false sensory experiences (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)	13
9538158622	personality disorders	chronic, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of thinking, emotion, social relationships, or impulse control	14
9538158623	mania	excessive elation; symptoms often include euphoria, hyperactivity, distractedness, and talkativeness	15
9538158624	narcissistic personality disorder	sense of self-importance, need for constant attention and admiration, exploit others selfishly	16
9538158625	obsessions	thoughts or images that persist despite a person's efforts to suppress them	17
9538158626	somatoform disorders	psychological problems that result in bodily symptoms or physical complaints	18
9538158627	compulsions	repetitive, purposeful acts performed in an attempt to eliminate obsessions	19
9538158628	positive symptoms of schizophrenia	symptoms that have been added - hallucinations and delusions	20
9538158629	negative symptoms of schizophrenia	symptoms that demonstrate a lack of something - lack of emotion or social connection	21
9538158630	dissociative amnesia	memory loss for identity or length of time without any known cause	22
9538158631	insanity	a legal term used to determine if a person knew the difference between right and wrong at the time of committing a crime	23
9538158632	agoraphobia	fear of public spaces or crowds; usually stay home to avoid panic attacks in public	24
9538158633	anxiety disorders	includes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorder, PTSD, and OCD	25
9538158634	post-traumatic stress disorder	after experiencing a traumatic event, the person relives it, has an extreme startle reflex, has trouble sleeping, etc.	26
9538158635	bulimia	an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging	27
9538158636	anorexia	symptoms include limiting food intake and extreme exercise	28
9538158637	when is it a disorder?	does it hurt the person or others, does it make the person unhappy, or does it violate social norms?	29
9538158638	cognitive-behavioral model of illness	illness is caused by learning poor ways of thinking and behaving	30
9538158639	social phobia	irrational fear about social situations or people	31
9538158640	conversion disorder	A somatoform disorder in which a person appears to be (but actually is not) blind, deaf, paralyzed, or insensitive to pain.	32
9538158641	hypochondriasis	A strong, unjustified fear of physical illness.	33