Anxiety
Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of actual value, resulting in excessive accumulation that compromises the use of living areas and impairs daily functioning
What is Hoarding Disorder?
Characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or speech, disorganized motor behavior, and negative symptoms, and can experienced as either acute or chronic conditions
What are Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders?
Characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and lack of empathy for others, often resulting in exploitative behavior and difficulties in maintaining healthy relationships
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
The response of the body and mind to challenges or demands, characterized by physical, emotional, and mental reactions
What is Stress?
Psychoactive medications used to treat depressive disorders by altering brain chemistry, primarily increasing the levels of neurotransmitters like serotonin and norepinephrine to improve mood and emotional state
What are Antidepressants?
Persistent and excessive worry about various aspects of daily life, accompanied by physical symptoms such as restlessness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating, which are not tied to any specific cause or event
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the world, resulting in gaps in memory and a disrupted sense of self
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
Characterized by pervasive distrust and suspicion of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent, leading to significant interpersonal difficulties and isolation
What is Paranoid Personality Disorder?
What type of stress does this example provide?: Taking AP courses to prepare for the upcoming AP exams
What is Eustress?
Surgical procedure that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex
What is Lobotomy?
Characterized by excessive fear and anxiety that lead to significant disturbances in behavior
What are Anxiety Disorders?
Severe reduction in emotional expressiveness, where the individual shows little or no facial expression, voice tone, or emotional reaction
What is Flat Affect?
Characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors
What are Cluster B Personality Disorders?
What type of stress does this example provide?: Financial difficulties that threaten a college student's ability to continue their education
What is Distress?
Psychoactive medication commonly used to treat bipolar disorder by stabilizing mood swings and reducing the frequency and severity of manic and depressive episodes
What is Lithium?
Involve psychological distress following exposure to a traumatic or stressful event, characterized by symptoms such as hyper vigilance, severe anxiety, flashbacks, insomnia, emotional detachment, and hostility, which impair daily functioning.
What are Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders?
Deficits in normal emotional and behavioral functions
- Affective Flattening
- Alogia
- Anhedonia
- Avolition
What are Negative Symptoms?
Characterized by acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentric behaviors, often leading to significant social and interpersonal difficulties
What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
Describes how the body reacts and adapts to stress over time
What is General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain, commonly used to treat depression by improving mood and cognitive function
What is TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)?
Episodes of intense emotional distress, dramatic expressions of emotions, such as screaming or crying, and sometimes uncontrollable physical symptoms like shaking or feeling as if one is suffocating
What is Ataque de nervios "Attack of Nerves"?
Involves an inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually of traumatic or stressful nature
What is Dissociative Amnesia?
Characterized by odd or eccentric behaviors and thinking
What are Cluster A Personality Disorders?
When the body tries to adapt and cope with a stressor, maintaining heightened alertness and stress hormone levels
What is the Resistance Phase?
Potential side effect of long-term use of antipsychotic medications, characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements, such as grimacing, tongue movements, and jerking of the limbs
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?