Mood Disorders
A person who is experiencing a period of euphoria, hyperactivity and possibly delusions is said to have
A Manic Episode
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.
A phobia?
A a person who believes that everyone, even their family, is out to get them, has poor or few meaningful relationships, and is suspicious of everyone is most likely suffering from
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.
dissociative disorders
This is another word for excoriation Disorder.
Skin picking disorder
When a person experience only one extreme of mood such as only depression or only mania, they have
Unipolar disorder
If fear is intense enough, it may become _________, which is the fear or avoidance of situations in which escape might be difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes.
Agoraphobia
A pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity. The person usually has problems in relationships and may be sexually promiscuous.
Borderline Personality Disorder
A rare dissociation disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Think of Sybil.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
This disorder is characterized by pulling out of body hair.
trichotillomania
Amy is experiencing feelings of hopelessness, insomnia, overeating, and poor concentrations. She may be diagnosed with
Major Depressive Disorder
Symptoms of THIS have been reported by survivors of accidents, disasters, and violent and sexual assaults.
PTSD
Pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.
dependent personality disorder
Daniel has lost all memory of who he is including his past experiences, likes, dislikes, and even what certain concepts mean. He most likely is suffering from
Dissociative Amnesia
A marked incongruence between one's experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender for at least 6 months.
Gender Dysphoria
Kara is experiencing cycles of mood swings, irritability, anxiety and extreme cramping two weeks before every menstrual cycle. She is experiencing
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
This disorder can be defined as having excessive anxiety or worry for at least 6 months (on more days than not). The individual finds it difficult to control the worry. Symptoms may include: restlessness, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, etc.
A person with the need to be the center of attention, highly dramatic reactions, commonly has shallow emotions and tends to be compulsive may have
Histrionic Personality Disorder
In dissociative identity disorder, the more prominent personality that generally presents for therapy is known as the
Host personality
Over period of at least 6 months, involves recurrent and intense sexual arousal from exposure of one's genitals to unsuspecting person.
Exhibitionistic Disorder
Jamal has had two hypomanic episodes and two depressive episodes in the last one year. He has not been hospitalized and while he has had issues with family and friends, his hypomanic episodes have been less than a week and not yet detrimental. Jamal most likely has
Bipolar II Disorder
Symptoms of ________ may include: palpitations, sweating, feelings of choking, chest pain, dizziness, light headed, faint, fear of dying, fear of losing control, etc.
Panic Attack
Anthony has been arrested for robbery and assault, upon intake he is evaluated and the counselor finds that he is very callous about his crimes, does not care that he hurt the person he robbed, tends to lie and that he has had previous arrests. He most likely has
Antisocial Personality Disorder
During the amnesic episode, person travels or wanders, sometimes assuming a new identity in a different place
Dissociative Fugue State
Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without a physical cause.
A somatoform disorder