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Psych Vocab Test
Ch. 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DSM-5 | current version of the America 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 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 |
| 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 Amnesia | the inability to recall important persona 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 depression |
| Personality Disorder | maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and ones environment |
| Antisocial Personality | a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions and lack on conscience |
| Psychological Dependence | use of a 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 discontinues the sue of a drug to which he or she has become addicted |
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