Diagnosing and classifying psychological disorders
What is diagnosis?
Identifying and labeling a set of defined symptoms
What does supernatural perspective mean?
To a force beyond scientific understanding
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
When people experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted (obsessions) and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions)
What is posttraumatic stress disorder?
Extremely stressful or traumatic events, such as combat, natural disasters, and crimes, place the people who experience them at an increased risk for developing psychological disorders
What is Schizophrenia?
psychological disorder that is characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior.
American Psychiatric Association published the ____, which is used by mental health professionals today?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What is diathesis-stress model?
Integrates biological and psychosocial factors to predict the likelihood of a disorder
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
An individual that is preoccupied with a perceived flaw in physical appearance that is either nonexistent or barely noticeable to other people
How can a person be diagnosed with PTSD?
Must be exposed to, witness, or experience the details of a traumatic experience
Describe some symptoms of schizophrenia?
Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms
What is the co-occurrence of two disorders?
comorbidity
What is the diathesis-stress model?
People with an underlying predisposition for a disorder are more likely than others to develop a disorder when faced with adverse environmental or psychological events
What is hoarding disorder?
When a person cannot bear to part with personal possessions, regardless of how valueless or useless these possessions are
What are mood disorders?
Characterized by severe disturbances in mood and emotions, most often depression, but also mania and elation
People with schizophrenia have what?
Enlarged Ventricles
Who International Classification of Diseases?
World Health Organization (WHO),
What are anxiety disorders?
characterized by excessive and persistent fear and anxiety, and by related disturbances in behavior
What area of the brain plays a role in OCD?
orbitofrontal cortex
What are Depressive disorders?
Group of disorders in which depression is the main feature
What is dissociative amnesia?
A person unable to recall important personal information, usually following an extremely stressful or traumatic experience such as combat, natural disasters, or being the victim of violence
Name 3 categories of disorders the DSM-5 includes?
anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and dissociative disorders
What is specific phobia?
When a person experiences excessive, distressing, and persistent fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation
What are Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders?
a group of overlapping disorders that generally involve intrusive, unpleasant thoughts and repetitive behaviors
What is major depressive disorder?
depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day (feeling sad, empty, hopeless, or appearing tearful to others), and loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities
What is dissociative identity disorder?
People with dissociative identity disorder exhibit two or more separate personalities or identities, each well-defined and distinct from one another