Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders and Dissociation
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
100
Assumes that mental illnesses can be diagnosed through the symptoms and treated with therapy.
What is the medical model?
100
Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
What are Anxiety Disorders?
100
Disorders characterized by emotional extremes
What are Mood Disorders?
100
"split mind" a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
What is Schizophrenia?
100
Disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.
What are Personality Disorders?
200
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.
What are Psychological Disorders?
200
Sara is always stressed out whether it be driving to work or just making an meal, what disorder does she have?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
200
Mary randomly starts to sing and dance in the super market, what is going on?
Manic Episode
200
James has the false belief that the world will end in 2012. What is this an example of?
What are delusions?
200
Joe lacks empathy for others, he can't distinguished between right and wrong. What is this an example of?
Anti-Social Personality Disorder?
300
Bill always feels he is being followed and hears things that are not there, what disorder does he have?
Psychotic Disorder
300
Jim struggles with random episodes of short tense terrors and experiences chest pain, and choking, what disorder does he have?
Panic Disorder
300
One minute Jamie can be jumping off the wall with excitement and another minute she is extremely depressed, what disorder does she have?
Bipolar disorder
300
Subtype of Schizophrenia: preoccupation with delusions or hallucination often with themes of persecution or grandiosity.
What is Paranoid Schizophrenia?
300
Symptoms: Exaggerated feelings of self-worth and constant need for affirmation.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
400
A contemporary perspective which assumes that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders.
What is bio-psycho-social perspective?
400
Kathy at all cost avoids clowns and can not to go to the circus because of this, what is this called?
Phobia
400
Disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and a loss of intrest in finding pleasure.
Major Depressive Disorder
400
Subtype of Schizophrenia: disorganized speech or behavior, or flat or inappropriate emotion.
What is disorganized Schizophrenia?
400
Symptoms: moody, impulsive, manipulative, empty, worthlessness, self-destructive, and fear of abandonment.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
500
John experiences distress but can function well in society. What disorder does he have?
What is neurotic disorder?
500
Sammy every night turns on and off the lights and locks the doors 5 times each, what disorder does she show?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
500
Jerry at different moments has variety of different personalities. What is this called?
Dissociative Disorder
500
Subtype of Schizophrenia: many and varied symptoms from other subtypes.
What is Undifferentiated Schizophrenia?
500
Symptoms: overly emotional/seductive, and attention seeking.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
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