Anxiety Disorders
an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. The patient is constantly tense and worried, feels inadequate, is oversensitive, can’t concentrate and suffers from insomnia; all of this without any apparent reason.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
A psychological disorder parked by extreme inattention and/or impulsivity
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
inflexible and enduring patterns of behavior that impair social functioning.
There are three clusters
Cluster A - odd/eccentric
Cluster B - dramatic/erratic
Cluster C - anxious/fearful
Personality Disorders
an eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescent female) maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight; sometimes engaging in excessive exercise
Anorexia
an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations often followed by worry over a possible next attack.
Panic Disorder
A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts, actions, or both.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
a euphoric, overly talkative wildly energetic and extremely optimistic state in bipolar disorder
Mania
an eating disorder in which a person’s binge eating (usually of high calorie foods) is followed by inappropriate weight loss behavior, such as purging, laxative use, and/or excessive exercise
Bulimia
extreme fear of judgement leading to avoidance of settings that would require interacting with other people- People might avoid parties.
Social Anxiety Disorder
After experiencing an event with high emotional distress, hypervigilance and jumpiness
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
a disorder characterized by delusions (false beliefs), hallucinations (false sensory experiences), disorganized thoughts, and/or inappropriate emotional expression.
Schizophrenia
Lack of empathy, morality; Disobeys laws, ethical rules, lacks conscience; Little or no regard for other people’s feelings; Manipulative, impulsive, lacks sense of guilt; Reckless disregard for safety of self or others; Views the world as hostile and looks out only for themselves; May be charming, personable and friendly
Antisocial personality disorder
Fear or avoidance of crowded places, or wide open spaces- leading to a feeling of loss of control. People may fear leaving their home to control their environment.
Agoraphobia
Provide the disorder for the symptoms (5 or more symptoms for a diagnosis with systems present for two or more weeks)
Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in activities ,Insomnia, sleeping too much, or disrupted sleep Lethargy, or physical agitation, Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day, Worthlessness, or excessive/inappropriate guilt Daily problems in thinking, concentrating, and/or making decisions, Recurring thoughts of death and suicide
Major Depressive Disorder
rare disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and/or feelings.
Dissociative disorders
Someone who's fear of spiders negatively impacts their quality of life has arachnophobia. This is an example of a ______ _______
Specific Phobia
A person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
Bipolar Disorder
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.
commonly have a history of childhood abuse or trauma
Dissociative Identity Disorder