Psych Disorders
Three ways psychologists distinguish normal from abnormal
Deviation from Normality; Adjustment; Psychological Health
Generalized feeling of dread or uneasiness that you feel in response to a real or imagined danger
Anxiety
psychological distress can bring on a variety of physical symptoms that have no physical cause
Somatoform Disorders
a problem with the ability to reason and perceive reality; person has lost contact with reality
Schizophrenia
Maladaptive or inflexible way of dealing with others and one’s environment; people who have personality disorders do not feel anxiety or much of any emotion
Personality Disorders
What is the issue with distinguishing normal from abnormal?
Normal is subjective. Who’s to say that one person’s idea of normal is correct?
Overall anxiety all of the time; worry about the unknown to the point of not being able to make decisions
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Emotional difficulties into a loss of a body function
Conversion Disorder
False beliefs maintained in the face of contrary evidence
Delusions
Disrupts others; other have “evil motives”
Paranoid Personality Disorder
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Reference book on mental health and brain-related conditions and disorders.
DSM
An intense and unreasonable fear of a particular object or situation; people deal with phobias by avoiding what they fear
Phobic Disorder
Disorder where a person in good health becomes obsessed with imaginary illness; constantly looking for signs of serious illness
Hypochondriasis
Daily Double: Name one of the causes of schizophrenia
Diathesis-stress hypothesis, dopamine Hypothesis, and deteriorated brain tissue could all be causes of this disorder
Periods of depression followed by periods of mania
Bipolar Disorder
fear of being in public places
Agoraphobia
Extreme anxiety in the form of panic attacks
Panic Disorder
Disorder where a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, consciousness
Dissociative Disorders
Which Type? Symptoms have disappeared but are likely to come back
Remission Type
children ages 6-10; highly irritable/ extreme uncontrollable outbursts
DMDD- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Repeating the same unreasonable action over and over, without control
compulsion
Condition in which a person who has experienced a terrible event feels the effect long after or continually relives the event
PTSD
Combination of memory loss and physical escape; person unexpectedly leaves his or her surroundings
Dissociative Fugue
Which type? Remain motionless for long periods; limbs in unusual positions
Catatonic
Displays submissiveness; excessive need to be taken care of
Dependent Personality Disorder