Definition
Significant disturbances in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that significantly impair life
What are psychological disorders?
A group of disorders in which a person experiences excessive, persistent, distressing fear, and anxiety that interferes with normal functioning
What is anxiety disorders?
Belief that mental disorders came from divine forces or possession from spirits
What is an ancient psychological disorder perspective?
A Greek word that means fear
What is phobia?
Intrusive and distressing memories of an event, flashbacks
What are symptoms of PTSD?
A term that refers to an intense and persistent sadness
What is depression?
Disorders that involve intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors
What are obsessive-compulsive and related disorders?
Belief that psychological disorders stem from flawed biological processes
What is the modern day, biological perspective?
An extreme and persistent fear and avoidance of social situations
What is social anxiety disorder?
Includes episodes of profound sadness and los of interest or pleasure in usual activities
What are symptoms of depressive disorder?
A manual that details the symptoms, risk factors and prevalence of hundreds of psychological disorders
What is DSM-5?
A disorder in which the experience of a traumatic or profoundly stressful event,such as combat , sexual assault, or natural disaster, produces a constellation of symptoms that must last for one month or more
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
Belief that factors like stress and thoughts in combination with environmental factors in the development of psychological disorders
What is the psychological perspective?
Experiencing recurring and unexpected panic attacks, and negative psychosocial effects regarding the attacks
What is panic disorder?
A disorder characterized by mood states that vary between sadness and happiness
What is bipolar disorder?
A severe disorder characterized by hallucinations and delusions, and extreme difficulty with emotional and behavioral regulation
What is schizophrenia?
Disorders in which the person experiences severe disturbances in mood and emotion
What are mood disorders?
Belief that mental disorders as a combination of biological and psychosocial factors
What is the psychosocial perspective?
A fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult
What is agoraphobia?
A disorder characterized by a chronic state of sadness
What is persistent depressive disorder?
This suggests that people with an underlying diathesis are more likely to develop the disorder when faced with stressful events than those without the diathesis
What is diathesis-stress model?
Disorders are characterized by one being dissociated from their sense self, and leads to memory and identity disturbances
What are dissociative disorders?
Daily Double: This epidemic swept Western Europe in the 11th to 17th century, where groups of people would dance wildly
What is dancing mania?
A relatively continuous state of excessive, uncontrollable, pointless worry and and apprehension
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This suggests that negative thinking leads to a sense of hopelessness, which then leads to depression
What is hopelessness theory?