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Psychology 14
14 Psychological Disorders
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| • Hallucinations | Imaginary sensations without external stimulation, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling things that do not exist in the real world |
| • Delusions | False beliefs about reality that individuals insist are true, regardless of overwhelming evidence against them |
| • Grandeur | a false impression of one's own importance |
| • Persecution | people become convinced that they are under attack, or someone is out to get them |
| • Jealousy | a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof |
| • Somatic delusions | a delusion that there is some alteration in a bodily organ or its function |
| • Organic psychosis | Psychosis caused by brain injury (damage) or disease that causes delusions, hallucinations, and a loss of emotional control |
| • Social phobias | Excessive fear of social situations |
| • Agoraphobia | Intense fear of crowds and public places or other situations that require separation from source of security, such as the home |
| • Generalized anxiety disorder | Prolonged vague but intense fears not attached to any particular object or circumstance |
| • Obsessive-compulsive disorder | Driven to disturbing thoughts (obsessions) and/or performing senseless rituals (compulsions) |
| • Paranoid (Cluster A) | a person who has a long-term pattern of distrust and suspicion of others, does not have a full-blown psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia. |
| • Schizoid (Cluster A) | a person who has a lifelong pattern of indifference to others and experiences social isolation. |
| • Schizotypal (Cluster A) | a person who has trouble with relationships and disturbances in thought patterns, appearance, and behaviour. |
| • Antisocial (Cluster B) | a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others without any remorse. This behaviour may cause problems in relationships or at work and is often criminal. |
| • Borderline (Cluster B) | a person has long-term patterns of unstable or turbulent emotions. These inner experiences often result in impulsive actions and chaotic relationships with other people. |
| • Histrionic (Cluster B) | a person who acts in a very emotional and dramatic way that draws attention to themselves. |
| • Narcissistic (Cluster B) | a person who has an excessive sense of self-importance, an extreme preoccupation with themselves, and a lack of empathy for others |
| • Avoidant (Cluster C) | a person has a lifelong pattern of feeling very shy, inadequate, and sensitive to rejection |
| • Dependent (Cluster C) | a person who depends too much on others to meet their emotional and physical needs. |
| • Obsessive-compulsive (Cluster C) | a person who is overly preoccupied with rules, orderliness, and control |
| • Hypochondriasis | Minor symptoms are interpreted as sign of serious illness |
| • Conversion disorder | Dramatic, specific disability without physical cause, ie. a person may lose the ability to use their arm even if there is nothing physically wrong with it. |
| • Dissociative amnesia | Loss of memory without a physical cause |
| • Dissociative fugue | Involves flight from home and adoption of a new identity and amnesia for past events to escape from threat |
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