Misc. Disorders
Schizophrenia
A disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly.
Psychological Disorder
A psychological disorder is, broadly, a condition characterized by distressing, impairing, and/or atypical thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
A type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving.
Phobia
A phobia is an anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation.
Free-floating anxiety
A general sense of uneasiness that is not tied to any particular object or specific situation.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
An anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress.
Psychopathology
Anorexia Nervosa
A distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight.
Specific Phobia
An intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger.
Panic Disorder
Anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
A psychiatric diagnosis that may occur in patients within four weeks of a traumatic event.
Phobia
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
Bulimia Nervosa
A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.
Panic Attack
A sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause.
Biological Model
Disorders have a biological or medical cause
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states.
Flat Affect
Emotional expressions don't show
Borderline Personality Disorder
A mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life.
Panic disorder
A type of anxiety disorder, causing panic attacks when there is no real danger.
Biopsychosocial Perspective
Disorders are the result of biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Severe, ongoing anxiety that interferes with daily activities.
Cultural Relativity
The principle of regarding and valuing the practices of a culture from the point of view of that culture and to avoid making hasty judgments.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
A mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people.
Agoraphobia
Fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment.
Stress-vulnerability Model
Assumes a biological sensitivity, or vulnerability, to a certain disorder will result in development.