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Vocab List
Psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DSM-5 | current version of the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| anxiety | a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger |
| phobia | an intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation |
| panic disorder | an extreme anxitey that manifest itself in the form of panic attacks |
| post-traumatic stress disorder | disorder in which viticms of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks |
| somatoform disorder | a condition in which there is no apparent physical cause |
| 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 amensia | 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 |
| schizophrenia | a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions |
| delusions | false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence |
| hallucinations | perceptions that have no direct external cause |
| 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 depresson |
| personality disorders | maladaptive or flexible ways of dealing with others and one´s environment |
| antisocial personality | a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience |
| psychological dependence | use of an drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it |
| 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 discontinue the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted |