Psychological Disorders 1
A disorder marked by alternating or intermixed periods of mania and depression
What is bipolar disorder?
An intense fear of animals, spiders, insects or other specific objects or situations
What are Specific Phobias?
A disorder characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences.
What is Alcohol Use Disorder?
A pattern of instability in personal relationships, intense emotions, poor self-image, and impulsivity
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
The most common mental disorder.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
A disorder in which a person develops two or more distinct personalities
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A disorder in which the person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread.
What is panic disorder?
Apattern of need for admiration and lack of empathy for others. A person with this disorder may have a grandiose sense of self-importance, a sense of entitlement, take advantage of others or lack empathy.
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
Preoccupied with fears of receiving criticism or rejection in social situations so they remove themselves from these situations.
Who is avoidant personality disorder?
A disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme weight loss
What is anorexia nervosa?
A disorder where a person has repetitive thoughts and behaviors that they have difficulty controlling.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
An anxiety problem that develops in some people after extremely traumatic events, such as combat, crime, an accident or natural disaster.
What is PTSD?
A pattern of needing to be taken care of and submissive and clingy behavior. People with this disorder may have difficulty making daily decisions without reassurance from others or may feel uncomfortable or helpless when alone because of fear of inability to take care of themselves.
What is dependent personality disorder?
When a person feels detached from their own limb this is known as:
Who is Depersonalization?
A person experiences neurological symptoms (symptoms of the nervous system) not attributable to any medical condition
What is conversion disorder?
A neurological disorder that affects communication and behavior.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
A state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
What is fugue?
A pattern of excessive emotion and attention-seeking. People with this disorder may be uncomfortable when they are not the center of attention, may use physical appearance to draw attention to themselves or have rapidly shifting or exaggerated emotions.
What is histrionic personality disorder?
This disorder is when a person has trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or wakes up frequently during sleep.
Who is Insomnia?
A disorder that has somatic symptoms that are either very distressing or result in significant disruption of functioning, as well as excessive and disproportionate thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding those symptoms. To be diagnosed with SSD, the individual must be persistently symptomatic (typically at least for 6 months).
What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
A psychotic disorder in which functioning deteriorates as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions and motor abnormalities
What is Schizophrenia?
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
A pattern of disregarding or violating the rights of others. A person with this disorder may not conform to social norms, may repeatedly lie or deceive others, or may act impulsively.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
In order to be classified as as abnormal, the behavior must be:
What is deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional?