General Terms
a condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
What is a psychological disorder?
Disabilities associated primarily with the functioning of the neurological system and brain.
What is a neurodevelopment disorder?
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
what is an anxiety disorder?
disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings.
What is a dissociative disorder?
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
What is behavior therapy?
The three Ds of psychological disorders
What are Deviance, Distress, and Dysfunction?
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
What is a personality disorder?
disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists
What are Somatoform disorders?
psychological disorder characterized by emotional extremes
an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
what is psychotherapy?
A diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders is what?
What is DSM-IV-TR?
a personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing
What is antisocial personality disorder?
symptoms of this disorder include feeling restless or on-edge, having difficulty concrentrating, being irritable, and difficultly controlling feelings of worry
what is Generalized anxiety disorder?
A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
what is schizophrenia?
the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
what is Psychopharmacology?
The concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed and treated
What is a Medical Model?
symptoms of not being able to focus, impusive actions, and being hyper are associated with which disorder?
What is ADHD?
A rare disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
what is conversion disorder?
usually used by trauma, and has symptoms of gaps in memory and changes in behavior
What is Dissociative identity disorder?
therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
what is cognitive therapy?
the approach that the disorder may be caused by other factors then genetic, physiological factors or past and present experiences
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
Three potential causes for ADHD?
What are genetics, exposure to the environment, alcohol, and tobacco use during pregnancy?
Potential causes may include genetics, major stress, and emotional stability. Symptoms include terror, chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.
What is panic disorder?
symptoms of this disorder may include mania, episodes of depression, trouble at work/ school and social relationships, as well as changes in mood. possible causes include genetics, enviromental factors, traumatic experiences, and physical illness.
what is bipolar depression?
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight
what is psychodynamic therapy?