Models & Diagnosis
An approach that views psychological disorders as medical illnesses
What is the medical model?
Behavior that interferes with everyday functioning
What is maladaptive behavior?
A disorder involving chronic, excessive worry
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
Sudden travel away from home with memory loss
What is dissociative fugue?
Disorders that involve disturbances in emotional state
What are mood disorders?
The process of identifying a psychological disorder
What is diagnosis?
Behavior that violates social norms
What is deviant behavior?
Sudden episodes of intense fear with physical symptoms
What is panic disorder?
A disorder involving two or more distinct identities
What is dissociative identity disorder?
A disorder involving extreme mood swings
What is bipolar disorder?
The cause or origin of a psychological disorder
What is etiology?
Behavior that causes emotional suffering to the individual
What is personally distressing behavior?
Disorders involving irrational fears of objects or situations
What are phobic disorders?
A disorder involving gaps in memory or awareness
What are dissociative disorders?
The legal term for inability to know right from wrong
What is insanity?
A prediction of how a disorder will develop over time
What is prognosis?
The study of how common mental disorders are
What is epidemiology?
Intrusive thoughts that cause anxiety
What are obsessions?
Repetitive behaviors performed to reduce anxiety
What are compulsions?
Disorders involving prolonged sadness or loss of interest
What are depressive disorders?
The classification system used to diagnose mental disorders
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)?
Abnormal behavior defined by distress, dysfunction, or deviance
What is abnormal behavior?
A disorder marked by obsessions and compulsions
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
A disorder involving sudden identity or memory disruption
What is dissociation?
A mood disorder involving alternating mania and depression
What is bipolar disorder?