Somatoform
Disorder
Schitzophrenia and
Other Psychotic Disorders
Substance Related Disorders
General
Questions
Misc.
Disorders
100
Disorders characterized by physical sympotms that have no organic basis and are related to intrapsychic factors
What is Somatoform disorders
100
a group of psychotic disorders involving disturbances in the content of thought (e.g., delusions), form of thought (e.g., loosening of associations), perception (e.g., hallucinations), sense of self, volition, interpersonal functioning (e.g., emotional detachement), affect and psychomotor functioning.
What is Schizophrenia.
100
is a general term encompassing alcohol, recreational drugs, and medications.
What is a Substance.
100
refers to the origen of a disorder.
What is Etiology.
100
should be distinguished from Somatoform disorder and Malingering.
What is Factitious disorder.
200
a Somatoform disorder involving a preoccupation with pain that is apparently not due to a physical cause. Pain is often precipitated by a physical trauma.
What is Pain disorder.
200
a Psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of Schizophrenia that have a duration of less than six months.
What is Schizophreniform disorder.
200
a reversible substance-specific syndrome that arises during or shortly after ingesting a substance and often disturbs perceptions, wakefulness, sleep, attention, judgement, emotionality, and movement.
What is Intoxication.
200
refers to the course of development.
What is Pathogenesis.
200
voluntary faking or exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms in order to avoid responsibility or obtain some reward. The goal of the behavior is clearly recognizable.
What is Malingering.
300
a Somatoform Disorder involving a preoccumpation with either the fear of having or the belief that one has a serious disease; the preoccupation persists despite medical evidence to the contrary.
What is Hypochondriasis.
300
a Psychotic disorder that has characteristics of both Schizophrenia and a Mood Disorder that don't meet the criteria for a diagnosis of either disorder.
What is Schizoaffective disorder.
300
the repeated, nonmedical use of a substance that harms the user or incites behavior in the user that harms others, and involves psychological and/or physical dependence.
What is Drug Dependence.
300
an approach to diagnostic psychopathology that is based primarily on inferred causes and mechanisms.
What is psychological.
300
a term used to designate patients who travel from hospital to hospital, dramatically presenting plausible histories and receiving surgery.
What is Munchausen syndrome.
400
a Somatoform Disorder characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined (or exaggerated) physical defect.
What is Body Dysmorphic disorder.
400
a syndrome characterized by a disturbance of consciousness and either a change in cognition or the development of perceptual disturbances. Caused by the direct physiological effects of either a general medical condition, a substance, or both.
What is Delirium.
400
involves the misuse of a substance resulting in significant impairment or distress without actually developing substance dependence.
What is Substance Abuse.
400
the science that studies the frequency and distribution of mental disorders within various populations.
What is Psychiatric Epidemiology.
400
term associate with general systems theory that states that no matter where one enters the system, the patterning will be the same. According to this concept, different causes can produce the same results.
What is Equifinality.
500
a Somatoform disorder characterized by symptoms or deficits affecting sensory or motor functions (e.g., anesthesia, paralysis). Symptoms or deficits suggest a physiological cause but cannot be explained by physiological factors and appear to be due to psychological conflicts or needs.
What is Conversion disorder.
500
involves one psychotic symptom that is present for at least one day but less than one month, with an eventual return to full premorbid functioning. Often caused by an overwhelming stressor.
What is Brief Psychotic disorder.
500
quells anxiety, induces sleep, or both and are classified into three groups: barbiturates, barbiturate-like drugs, and benzodiazepines.
What is Hypnoanxiolytics.
500
the aspect of psychopathology that deals with a person's consciously reported experiences.
What is Phenomenology.
500
a Tic disorder involving multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics.
What is Tourette's disorder
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