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Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
Vocab and Facts
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A condition characterized by fear/anxiety that is not focused on any particular object or situation

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

100
Symptoms include: 2 or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished pleasure in most activities.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
100

Perceiving things that others don't perceive

hallucinations

100

A person that exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

100

This percent of the U.S population will experience some form of disorder in their lifetime

over 50%

200
Symptoms include: choking sensation, tightening of throat, emotional distress, emotional arousal and physiological arousal.
What are the symptoms of a panic attack?
200

The stages of Mania and Depression characterize this disorder

bipolar disorder

200

Immobility (or excessive, purposeless movement), extreme negativism, and/or repeating of another’s speech or movements.

Catatonic Schizophrenia

200

Seeing oneself as the center of the universe; inflated sense of self

Narcissistic PD

200

this somatoform disorder is characterized by extreme fear of/anxiety about becoming physically ill even though there are no physical symptoms

hypochondriasis

300

A type of therapy that seeks to help patients identify and change disturbing thought patterns

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

300
A disorder characterized by symptoms similar to Bipolar disorder but far less severe

Cyclothymic disorder

300

Individuals with this subtype of schizophrenia typically display delusions of persecution and extreme distrust along with classic hallucinations

paranoid schizophrenia

300

people with this disorder rely far too much on the attention and help of others; may often end up in abusive relationships

Dependent PD

300

the inability to enjoy things that others find pleasurable which often occurs in schizophrenic individuals

anhedonia

400

What anxiety disorders symptoms include an irrational fear of crowded spaces or enclosed public spaces?

agoraphobia

400

Patients with extreme Depression may suffer from these false beliefs

delusions

400
The neurotransmitter that is found in excess in schizophrenic people's brains.
What is Dopamine?
400

A disorder marked by overly dramatic behavior

Histrionic PD

400

the 3 D's that help of define abnormality

deviation, dysfunction and distress 

500

Unwanted, repetitive rituals engaged in by those with OCD

compulsions

500

These 2 neurotransmitters are often unbalanced in patients with mood disorders

dopamine and serotonin

500
The direct translation of Schizophrenia.
What is "split brain"?
500

This disorder tends to cause discomfort in relationships (in spite of desiring relationships), distorted thoughts and beliefs, and odd behavior; magical thinking

Schizotypal PD

500

a widely used approach that recognizes the roles of both genetic and environmental factors in the appearance of psychological disorders.

diathesis-stress model