Perspectives & Diagnosis
"DSM" stands for this.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
This disorder is associated with intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations.
Phobic disorder
Severe developmental disability that impairs children’s ability to communicate and relate to others.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
This symptom is characterized by persistent, recurring unwanted thoughts or ideas.
Obsession
Hallucinations and delusions are _____ symptoms of schizophrenia.
positive
This perspective focuses on peoples' thoughts and beliefs as being central to psychological disorders.
Cognitive Perspective
Severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability.
Major Depressive Disorder
Marked by inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration, and a great deal of inappropriate activity.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Encompasses acute intoxication, harmful use, dependence syndrome, withdrawal state, withdrawal state with delirium, psychotic disorder and amnesic syndrome.
Psychoactive substance-use disorders
A condition in which a person experiences blindness, paralysis or other neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by illness or injury.
Conversion Disorder
The DSM is published by this organization.
American Psychiatric Association
This disorder is associated with long-term, persistent anxiety and worry.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are apart of this category of disorders.
Eating Disorders
Characteristics of this disorder include lack of guilt or anxiety about wrongdoing, impulsiveness, and manipulative and deceptive behaviors.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Alzheimer's disease is in this category of disorders.
Neurocognitive Disorders
Neurological explanations for psychological disorders fall under this perspective.
Medical
Person alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression.
Bipolar Disorder
Person displays characteristics of two or more distinct personalities
Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
A disorder in which someone deceives others by faking an illness or injury, or purposely getting sick or injured.
Factitious disorder
Identity confusion and depersonalization are component of this class of disorders.
Dissociative Disorders
The characterization associated with a psychological disorder that may foster a socially negative attitude towards the individual diagnosed with the disorder.
Stigma (Stigmatization)
Amnesia means this.
Memory loss
A class of disorders in which severe distortion of reality occurs.
Schizophrenia
This disorder is characterized by problems with regulating emotions and thoughts, frequent displays of impulsive and reckless behavior, unstable relationships with others, difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are, tendency to rely on relationships with others to define their identity, and emotional volatility that leads to self-destructive behavior.
Borderline Personality Disorder
_____ is the inability to feel pleasure.
Anhedonia