Diagnostics of Abnormal psychology
Used to diagnose psychological disorders.
What is the DSMV?
Looks at psychological disorders as a medical condition that can be diagnosed, treated and cured?
What is the medical approach?
An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained anxiety.
What is panic disorder?
Extended period of feeling sad, listless, and drained of energy
What is depression?
Disorders in which the sense of self has become separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, or feelings.
What is dissociative disorder?
The three D's that define a mental disorder
What is Dysfunction, Distress, and Deviance?
Hereditary factors contribute to psychological disorders.
What is the biological perspective?
An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive, irrational fears of specific objects or situations
What is phobia?
An mood disorder where the sufferer has period of abnormally high emotion and activity followed by severe bouts of depressions.
What is Bipolar Depressive?
Group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
What is Schizophrenia?
A breakdown in a person's cognition, emotion, or behavior
What is dysfunction?
Irrational, dysfunctional thoughts or ways of thinking that results in psychological disorders.
An anxiety disorder characterized by reliving a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories (flashbacks) and dreams.
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
A mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences at least two weeks of depressed moods, diminished interest in activities, sleeping more or less, loss of energy, feeling worthless, inability to think, thoughts of suicide, changes in weight.
What is major depressive disorder?
False beliefs that a person is more important than they really are
What is Delusions of Grandeur?
The anxiety and emotional upheaval caused by a person's behavior, either to themselves or others around them.
What is distress?
An individual's experiential history and environment causes their psychological disorders.
What is the behavioristic perspective?
An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness.
What is general anxiety disorder?
Moderately severe depression that begins within three months following childbirth.
What is postpartum depression?
Psychological disorders characterized by rigid and lasting behavior patterns that disrupt social functioning
What is Personality Disorders?
Behaviors that are not considered typical or average for the culture.
What is deviance?
Biological, socio-cultural, and psychological factors combine and interact to produce a psychological disorder.
What is the Biopsychosocial Prospective?
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
stressful experiences, negative explanatory style, depressed mood, cognitive and behavioral changes.
What is the depression cycle?
Exhibit instability of emotions, self-image, behavior, and relationships
What is borderline personality disorder?