Dissociative Disorders
Perception of a sensation without sensory input
What is a hallucination?
A period of intense dread and panic, usually lasting a few minutes, but up to an hour
What is a panic attack?
This disorder is marked by periods of intense sadness or feelings of worthlessness
What is major depressive disorder?
This theory states that people gain anxiety disorders through conditioning and reinforcement
What is the behavioral approach?
This group of disorders usually gives people hallucinations and delusions
What are dissociative disorders?
This disorder used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A fear that has no rational reason for existing
What is a phobia?
This disorder is characterized by periods switching between manic and depressive states
What is bipolar disorder?
This book lists the symptoms of known psychological disorders, and is used by doctors to diagnose thier patients
What is the DSM-V?
This state of mind causes people to suddenly find themselves in unfamiliar situations, with no clue how they got there
What is a dissociative fugue?
A person suffering from Schizophrenia will often feel this, which causes feelings of persecution or granduer
What are delusions?
A persons repeated behavior when suffering from OCD
What is a compulsion?
This disorder is characterized by fear of disease and sickness, thinking that you are more sick than you actually are
What is hypochondria?
This idea of explaining how disorders form combines biological, psychological, and social-cultural issues
What is the biopsychosocial approach?
What is the most common group of psychological disorders in the U.S.
What are anxiety disorders?
This disorder occurs when someone loses their memory, but has no physiological basis for the memory loss.
What is psychogenic amnesia?
A person typically needs to be suffering from this disorder for 6 months to be properly diagnosed
What is General Anxiety Disorder?
This disorder is marked by periods of intense hyperactivity and optimism
What is manic disorder/manic episodes?
This theory states that people gain anxiety disorders through genetics and inherited survival skills
What is the biological approach?
This group of disorders cause people to feel extreme changes in moods for no apparent reason
What are mood disorders?
This type of schizophrenic will be unresponsive, or unable to communicate with others
What is catatonic?
This will often cause a person with PTSD to feel intense fear or dread
What is a memory/flashback?
This disorder causes depression during cold/dark times of the year
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
This early treatment for psychological disorders included drilling a hole into the patients head
What is trepanning?
This group of disorders cause people to feel intense periods or fear, dread, and stress
What are anxiety disorders?