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What are the criteria for abnormality? Statistical rarity interference with norm. func. personal distress deviance from social norm
What is prevalence of a disorder? the percent of pop. or # of persons experiencing a given disorder during some specified period
What is incidence of a disorder? rate/number of new cases reported during a given period
What are social phobias? fear related to being seen or observed by others
What is specific phobia? any phobia other than agoraphobia or social phobias
What involves chronically high levels of anxiety that is not attached to a specific stimulus with low levels of GABA? Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
An anxiety disorder that is characterized by repetitive, irrational, intrusive, thoughts, impulses, or images, and irresistible, repetitive acts. Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is also associated with anxiety reduction thru operant conditioning and it...
A reaction to a traumatic or life-threathening situation; characterized by repeated experience of traumatic event, avoidance of reminders, emotional numbness, and increased arousal Posttraumatic stress disorder is characterized by...
complaint of bodily symptoms that do not have medical cause but psych factors are involved somatoform disorder
Dissociative dissociative disorders con. awareness becomes sep. from prev memory, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative Amnesia person suddenly unable to recall important personal information
Dissociative Fugue person suddenly leaves home or place of work and travels to another place, losing all memory of their past. New personality is more outgoing
Dissociative Identity Disorder/ Multiple personality disorder rare, person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities
Mood disorders emotional extremes
Major Depressive disorder no reason, experiences 2 or more weeks of sad moods, worthlessness, and loss of interests in most acts.
Bipolar/ manic-depressive disorder alternate between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and overexcited mania
Manic episode hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
Schizophrenia characterized by disorganization, delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, inappropriate emotions and acts
positive symptoms inappropriate behaviors
delusions false beliefs, persecution or grandeur
hallucinations false sensory experiences
Negative symptoms absence of appropriate behavior
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