Abnormal Psychology (AP) Flashcards

6636162197	psychological disorder	deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors	0
6636162198	DSM V	the American Psychological Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," 5th edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders	1
6636162199	anxiety disorders	psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety	2
6636162200	generalized anxiety disorder	an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic nervous system arousal	3
6636162201	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	4
6636162202	phobia	an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation	5
6636162203	obsessive-compulsive disorder	an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)	6
6636162204	post-traumatic stress disorder	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 event	7
6636162205	somatoform disorder	psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause	8
6636162206	conversion disorder	a rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found	9
6636162207	hypochondriasis	a somatoform disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease	10
6636162208	dissociative disorders	disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings	11
6636162209	dissociative identity disorder	a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities	12
6636162210	mood disorders	psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes	13
6636162211	major depressive disorder	a mood disorder in which a person experiences two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities	14
6636162212	mania	a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state	15
6636162213	bipolar disorder	a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy or depression and the overexcited state of mania	16
6636162214	schizophrenia	a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions/hallucinations, and inappropriate emotions and actions	17
6636162215	delusions	false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders	18
6636162216	personality disorders	psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning	19
6636162217	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.	20
6636162218	exposure theraphy	behavioral technique, such as systematic desensitization, that treats anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear and avoid	21
6636162219	cognitive behavior therapy	a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)	22
6636162220	psychopharmacology	the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior	23
6636162221	antipsychotic drugs	drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder	24
6636162222	antianxiety drugs	drugs used to control anxiety and agitation	25
6636162223	antidepressant drugs	drugs used to treat depression; also increasingly prescribed for anxiety. Different types work by altering the availability of various neurotransmitters.	26
6636162224	electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient	27
6636162225	hallucination	a false sensory experience, can be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic	28
6636162226	dissociative amnesia	a dissociative disorder in which a person forgets their identity (episodic memories) following a traumatic event	29
6636162227	dissociative fugue	a disorder in which a person enters a fugue state, forgets their true identity and creates a new one, and travels to a new location following a traumatic event. After they wake from the fugue state, their identity returns to normal but they no recollection of what happened during the fugue	30
6636162228	Axis I	the first classifications of disorders in the DSM, these disorders are treatable, most disorders fall under this category	31
6636162229	Axis II	the second classifications of disorders in the DSM, these disorders are not treatable (personality disorders, cognitive disorders like traumatic brain injury)	32
6636162230	narcissistic personality disorder	a personality disorder in which the person is obsessed with their own self-importance	33
6636162231	borderline personality disorder	a personality disorder in which the person experiences dramatic mood swings, explosive reactions, and engages in self-harm (cutting or suicidal tendencies)	34