AP Psychology: Psych Disorders Flashcards
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6607651347 | Psychological Disorder | disturbance in ones cognition, emotions or behavior, interferes with daily functioning | ![]() | 0 |
6607654416 | ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, extreme impulsivity, inattention, often overdiagnosed | ![]() | 1 |
6607658698 | 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. | 2 | |
6607660668 | Phillipe Pinel | mental health patients should be taken care of, humane treatment | 3 | |
6607664460 | DSM 5 | The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, describes the criteria used to classify and diagnose mental disorders. | ![]() | 4 |
6607665717 | MAUD | is the disorder Maladaptive? Atypical? Unjustifiable? Disturbing? | 5 | |
6607669353 | Anxiety Disorders | distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. | 6 | |
6607670826 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | persistent, continually in a tense aroused state, long term | ![]() | 7 |
6607676235 | Panic Disorder | intense short anxiety episodes, accompanied with disabling effects | ![]() | 8 |
6607677780 | Phobia | irrational fear of something, maladaptive | ![]() | 9 |
6607679783 | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | obsessive repeated thoughts with compulsions that interfere with life | ![]() | 10 |
6607681578 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | anxiety provoking memories of a traumatic experience, continuing for 4+ weeks | ![]() | 11 |
6607684415 | Post Traumatic Growth | positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises | 12 | |
6607685902 | Anxiety is.....(biologically) | overarousal of the brain and neurotransmitters | 13 | |
6607687535 | Normal behavior needs.... | mental function, self control and awareness, social relations and successfully engaged in working life | 14 | |
6607690634 | Multiaxial Classification | Categorization system used in DSM- IV-TR, in which the individual is assessed on 5 types of information in order to provide a more complete picture of the disorder and its context. | 15 | |
6607691775 | Axis I | Clinical Disorder | 16 | |
6607692532 | Axis II | personality disorders and mental disability | 17 | |
6607693653 | Axis III | General Medical Conditions | 18 | |
6607694574 | Axis IV | Psychosocial and environmental problems | 19 | |
6607694575 | Axis V | Global Assessment of Functioning | 20 | |
6607696202 | Major Depressive Disorder | two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities, withdrawn | ![]() | 21 |
6607700638 | Dysthymic Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder | mildly depressed mood, more often then not for 2 years, more than a blue mood but not as intense as MDD | ![]() | 22 |
6607703647 | Mania | hyperactive extreme state, euphoric | ![]() | 23 |
6607705219 | Bipolar Disorder | altering between mania and depression, manic depressive disorder | ![]() | 24 |
6607707952 | Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder | severe recurrent temper outbursts along with a persistent irritable or angry mood | 25 | |
6607710522 | Non Suicidal Self Injury | deliberate attempts to hurt oneself in nonlethal ways including cutting or burning ones skin | ![]() | 26 |
6607711834 | Why do people self harm? | relieves stress, coping, physical pain helps mask emotional pain | 27 | |
6607713748 | Norepinephrine | neurotransmitter, too much=mania | 28 | |
6607714485 | Serotonin | neurotransmitter, not enough=depression | 29 | |
6607715639 | Explanatory Style | A person's characteristic way of explaining his experiences. Consistently attributing bad experiences to internal, global, and stable causes may increase vulnerability to depression. | 30 | |
6607718177 | Somatoform Disorders | physical ailments with no biological cause, psychological disorder | ![]() | 31 |
6607719221 | Hypochondriasis | a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease ex: headache means a brain tumor | ![]() | 32 |
6607722103 | Conversion Disorder | a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found. Usually a severe stress repsonse | 33 | |
6607725143 | Seasonal Affective Disorder | recurrent depressive episodes in a seasonal pattern | ![]() | 34 |
6607726387 | Dissociative Amnesia | retrograde (past memory), no physical basis for memory loss | ![]() | 35 |
6608015550 | Dissociative Fugue | forget old identity and resume a new one | 36 | |
6608017240 | Dissociative Identity Disorder | multiple personalities, generally have been through trauma | ![]() | 37 |
6608019522 | Schizophrenia | A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. | ![]() | 38 |
6608022456 | Psychosis | person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions | ![]() | 39 |
6608037920 | Delusions | False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders | ![]() | 40 |
6608038450 | Hallucinations | False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. | ![]() | 41 |
6608046059 | Flat Affect | a lack of emotional responsiveness | ![]() | 42 |
6608047601 | Positive Schizophrenia | presence of symptoms such as hallucinations | ![]() | 43 |
6608049116 | Negative Schizophrenia | absence of symptoms, toneless and expressionless, apathetic | ![]() | 44 |
6608050279 | Catatonia | a state of unresponsiveness to one's outside environment, usually including muscle rigidity, staring, and inability to communicate, copy others movements | ![]() | 45 |
6608050900 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia that is dominated by delusions of persecution along with delusions of grandeur. | 46 | |
6608052615 | Disorganized Schizophrenia | type of schizophrenia characterized by severely disturbed thought processes, frequent incoherence, disorganized behavior, and inappropriate affect. | 47 | |
6608053293 | Catatonic Schizophrenia | a type of schizophrenia marked by striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity, often flat emotions | 48 | |
6608054421 | Undifferentiated Schizophrenia | a schizophrenic disorder that is characterized by a mixture of symptoms and does not meet the diagnostic criteria of any one type. | 49 | |
6608055436 | Residual Schizophrenia | withdrawl from having symptoms and not having them | 50 | |
6608057953 | Chronic Schizophrenia | develops over time, harder to treat | 51 | |
6608059404 | Acute Schizophrenia | rapid development generally following a stressful experience, easier to treat | 52 | |
6608060984 | Antisocial Personality | lack of empathy, psychopath, will hurt others to obtain something they want | ![]() | 53 |
6608063979 | Borderline Personality | lack of stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion; impulsivity; angry outbursts; intense fear of abandonment; recurring suicidal gestures | ![]() | 54 |
6608064626 | Histronic Personality | need for attention, usually sexually provocative, exaggerated emotions | ![]() | 55 |
6608067463 | Narcissistic Personality | inflated sense of self, lack empathy, not good with criticism, need admiration | ![]() | 56 |
6608070517 | Biological concepts of Schizoprenia | -thin cerebral tissue -increased brain activity in amygdala and thalamus -more dopamine | 57 | |
6608072350 | Anorexia | An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of being fat | ![]() | 58 |
6608072806 | Bulimia | An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise. | ![]() | 59 |
6608073304 | Binge Eating | an eating disorder in which people overeat compulsively | ![]() | 60 |
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