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Psychological Disorders

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Psychological Disorder   deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns  
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Medical Model   Medical Model the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured  
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DSM - IV   a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders  
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M'Naughten Rule   The right or wrong of criminal law, applies insanity as a defense in criminal cases  
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Maladaptive Behavior   not easily adaptable behavior  
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Neurotic Disorders   A psychological disorder that is usually distressing but allows one to think rationally and function socially  
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Psychotic Disorders   A psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions  
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Anxiety Disorders   Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.  
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Phobias   an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations  
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Specific Phobias   When there is an extreme irrational fear of one specific thing that can affect your life: i.e. spiders, heights, water, etc.  
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Social Phobia   Extreme feelings of shyness and self-consciousness build into a powerful fear. As a result, a person feels uncomfortable participating in everyday social situations.  
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Agoraphobia   fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes  
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder   an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal  
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Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder   an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions  
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Panic Disorder (attacks)   an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations  
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PTSD   an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience  
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Somatoform Disorder   A class of psychological disorders involving physical ailments with no authentic organic basis that are due to psychological factors.  
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Hypochondriasis   A somatoform disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with health concerns and incessant worry about developing physical illnesses.  
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Conversion Disorder   A somatoform disorder characterized by a significant loss of physical function (with no apparent organic basis), usually in a single organ system.  
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Conduct Disorder   a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in children and adolescents in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated.  
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ADHD   a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity  
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Dissociative Disorders   disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings  
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Amnesia   loss of all or part of memory  
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Fugue   dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life  
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Dissociative Identity Disorder   rare and controversial dissociative disorder in which an individual experiences two or more distinct and alternating personalities.  
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Mood Disorders   psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes  
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Dysthymia   down-in-the-dumps mood that fills almost every day for more than 2 years  
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Major Depressive Disorder   a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities  
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Bipolar Disorder   a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania  
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Mania   a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state  
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Schizophrenia   a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions  
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Hallucinations   false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus  
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Delusions   false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders  
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Word Salad   Jumbled words reflecting chaotic thought  
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Catatonic Behavior   may remain motionless for hours on end and then become agitated  
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Personality Disorders   psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning  
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Paranoid PD   extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people and their motives  
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Anti - social PD   a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist  
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Histrionic PD   a personality disorder characterized by self-dramatization, exaggerated expression of emotions, and attention-seeking behaviors  
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Narcissistic PD   a personality disorder characterized by exaggerated ideas of self-importance and achievements; preoccupation with fantasies of success; arrogance  
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Schizoid PD   a personality disorder characterized by a need for social isolation, anxiety in social situations, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs.  
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Borderline PD   a personality disorder marked by unstable emotions and relationships, dependency, and manipulative, self-destructive behavior  
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Avoidant PD   characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and avoidance of social interaction.  
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Bio - psych - social perspective   A contemporary perspective which assumes that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors combine to produce psychological disorders  
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