Psychological Disorders
The study of environmental influences on gene expressions that occur without a DNA change
What is Epigenetics?
A disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Maintaining a starvation diet despite being underweight and having an intense fear of gaining weight
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Repeated, intrusive, and uncontrollable irrational thoughts or mental images that cause extreme anxiety and distress
What are Obsessions?
The field of practice and research that is directed toward helping people who suffer from psychological problems and disorders
What is Clinical Psychology?
An inherited condition that makes someone susceptible to developing a trait or disorder, and a stressor that can activate your vulnerability
What is the Diathesis-stress Model?
An anxiety disorder that consists of sudden, overwhelming attacks of terror
What is Panic Disorder?
Must experience symptoms for 2 weeks or more and must have depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure in activities
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are performed to prevent or reduce anxiety.
What are Complusions?
Who created person-centered therapy?
Who is Carl Rogers?
The interaction of one's biological, psychological, and sociocultural environment helps form their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings
What is the Biopsychosocial Model?
Irrational fears of specific objects or situations and is out of proportion of the actual danger posed
What are Specific Phobias?
An eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Delusions and false beliefs, hallucinations, disorganized speech/behavior
What is Schizophrenia?
Emphasizes innate potential for self-fulfillment, self-healing, and growth
What is Humanistic Therapy?
Describes disorders and estimates the frequency of their occurs
What is the DSM-5-TR?
Occurs through association with classical conditioning and generalization
What is the Conditioning of Phobias?
Severe mood swings between major depressive episodes and manic episodes. characterized by little need for sleep, inflated self-esteem, talkative and racing thoughts, risky activities
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Relationship between obsessions and compulsions
What is Association with OCD?
Seeks for clients to gain insight on how unconscious influences, emotions, and childhood experiences are influencing current distress
What is Psychodynamic Therapy?
What are the four D's associated with a Psychological Disorder?
What is Dysfunction, Distress, Danger, and Deviant?
Significant binge eating, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without any purging behaviors
What is Binge-Eating Disorder?
What percentage of people benefit from antidepressant medication?
What is 40-60%?