Vocabulary
A condition characterized by distressing, impairing, and/or atypical thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Psychological Disorder
Person is tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Generalized Anxiety 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.
Major Depressive Disorder
Preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity
Paranoid
Over exaggerated self importance
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
A group of anxiety disorders involving a pathological fear of a specific object or situation
Phobia
Marked by a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensation
Panic Disorder
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
Withdrawl, after hallucinations and delusions have disappeared
Residual
Disorder in which a person has lots of trouble managing their emotions. This makes them impulsive and uncertain about how they see themselves. It can cause a lot of trouble in their relationships.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions
OCD
A group of severe disorders characterized by
disorganized and delusional thinking
disturbed perceptions
inappropriate emotions and actions
Schizophrenia
Many and varied symptoms
Undifferentiated
Disorder in which the person (usually man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members
Antisocial Personality Disorder
the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
DSM-5
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
Bipolar Disorder
A disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out body hair.
Trichotillomania
Disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion
Disorganized
Disorder in which a person is very shy and feels that they are not as good as others.
Avoidant/Fearful Personality Disorder
Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative Disorders
Disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Personality Disorders
An eating disorder in which a person eats things not usually considered food
Pica
Immobility, extreme negativism, and/or parrotlike repeating of another's speech or movements
Catatonic
Disorder in which a person depends too much on others and feels that they need to be taken care of. They may let others treat them badly because they are afraid of losing the relationship.
Dependent Personality Disorder