Diagnosing
List of clear diagnostic categories used by clinicians and researchers used to aid in treatment and diagnosis of many mental disorders.
What is DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and physical changes that are severe enough to disrupt ordinary functioning.
What is major depression
Disorder where people become extremely anxious in situations in which they will be observed by others.
What is social anxiety disorder
Disorder identified in people who have extreme negative emotions and who are unable to regulate their emotions
What is Borderline personality disorder
A psychotic disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized and incoherent speech, inappropriate behavior, and cognitive impairments.
What is schizophrenia
____ questionnaires help assess many psychological concepts like anxiety, well-being, hostility, emotional regulation, etc. Used to help with the diagnosis of mental disorders.
What is self-report questionnaire
A disorder when someone has episodes of both depression and mania.
Fear of places where escape or rescue might be difficult in the event of a panic attack or other incapacitating symptoms.
What is agoraphobia
Disorder characterized by a lifelong pattern of irresponsible, antisocial behavior and other reckless and impulsive acts.
What is antisocial personality disorder (APD)
an extreme mental disturbance involving distorted perceptions of reality, irrational behavior, and an inability to function
What is psychosis
Psychological tests that consist of ambiguous pictures, sentences, or stories that the test taker interprets or completes.
What is Projective tests
A continuous state of anxiety marked by feelings of worry, apprehension, difficulties in concentration, and signs of motor tension.
What is generalized anxiety disorder
Disorder where a person who has experienced trauma has symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia, intrusive memories, and increased psychological arousal.
What is PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder)
Set of personality characteristics that may accompany APD and is marked by fearlessness, lack of empathy, guilt, remorse, and the use of deceit; and coldheartedness.
What is psychopathy
Genetic predispositions, prenatal/birth complications/problems, biological events during adolescence are all...
Origins of schizophrenia
Model that holds that addiction is due primarily to a person's neurology and genetic predisposition.
What is biological model/disease model
Disorder in which a person has recurring rapid-onset attacks of intense fear and many physical symptoms of arousal.
What is panic disorder
Disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent, unwanted thoughts or images and by repetitive, ritualized behaviors or mental acts that the individual feels must be carried out to avoid disaster.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Pervasive, enduring patterns of emotion and behavior that cause great distress to an individual or impair his or her ability to get along with others
What is personality disorders
Model that examines the role of the environment, learning, and culture in encouraging or discouraging factors involved with addiction
What is learning model
Exaggerated, unrealistic fear and avoidance of a specific situation, activity, or object.
What is a phobia
Disorder with the apparent emergence, within one person, of two or more distinct identities, each with their own name, memories, and personality traits.
What is dissociative identity disorder (DID)