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Ch 16 Vocab Psych
personality disorders
Term | Definition |
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Label | to describe or identify with a word or phrase |
comprehensive | covering completely |
DSM-5 | current version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
anxiety | a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger |
stress | a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes physical or mental tension and may be a factor in causing disease |
phobia | an intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation |
panic disorder | an extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks |
post-traumatic stress disorder | disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks |
display | to exhibit |
somatoform disorder | a condition in which there is no apparent physical cause |
challenge | to confront; to question formally |
conversion disorder | changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function |
dissociative disorder | a disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness |
dissociative amnesia | the inability to recall important personal events or information; is usually associated with stressful events |
dissociative fugue | a dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past |
dissociative identity disorder | a person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving |
ultimate | in the end; finally |
schizophrenia | a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions |
somewhat | slightly, to some extent |
delusions | false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence |
hallucinations | perceptions that have no direct external cause |
decline | to drop or become less in amount |
major depressive disorder | severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities |
bipolar disorder | disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania (euphoria) and depression |
personality disorders | maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one's environment |
antisocial personality | a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience |
tolerance | physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original effect |
withdrawal | the symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted |
vary | to exhibit a deviation from the typical form |