Intro to Disorders
Define psychological disorders:
Abnormal behavior patterns that causes emotional distress or impairment in functioning.
List two main mood disorders
Depressive and bipolar disorder
_____________ is a class of psychological disorders characterized by excessive or maladaptive anxiety reactions
Anxiety Disorders
A psych disorder characterized by loss of touch with reality. People often have hallucinations, delusions, social withdrawal, etc.
What is Schizophrenia?
Mental illness can be triggered by
Life events and biological causes
The most common mental disorder.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
List some of the symptoms of a Major depressive episode
What is Depressed mood, diminished interest, changes in weight or appetite, insomnia, fatigue, difficulty thinking or concentrating, thoughts of death, or feelings of worthlessness?
The fear of a specific object. Ex: An intense fear of spiders.
What is Specific Phobias?
A disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive, ritualistic behaviors that decrease anxiety, such as checking door locks a certain number of times before leaving.
What is OCD
List the three types of eating disorders
Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating Disorder
List options for what makes behavior abnormal.
What is Considered strange, causes distress, maladaptive, is a danger to themselves or others, makes them not legally responsible for their actions (insanity defense)
A symptom of Bipolar disorder when a person experiences a time period of extreme highs, optimism, and hyperactivity.
What are manic episodes?
An anxiety problem that develops in some people after extremely traumatic events, such as combat, crime, an accident or natural disaster.
What is PTSD?
Obsessions are
Recurring thoughts that one cannot control
a childhood disorder characterized by inattention, distractibility, impulsiveness, and/or excesssive activity and restlessness
ADHD / attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder
Widely used book published by the American Psychiatric Association for classifying psychological disorder symptoms
DSM-V / DSM-5
Explain why Major Depressive Disorder affects an individual in an "invisible" way
Impairs people's ability to meet ordinary responsibility of everyday life. Involves changes in emotional states, motivation, cognition, and functioning, and motor behavior
A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Compulsions are
A repetitive or ritualistic behavior that a person feels compelled to perform
The major classes of drugs are
Depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens
The ability to have 2 or more psych disorders is called
What is comorbidity?
Manic episodes include:
Inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep. talkative. flight of ideas, distractibility, goal-directed activity, and excessive pleasurable activities
Increased heart rate, trembling, breathing, nausea, and fear of dying are all symptoms of _________
Panic attack
Intense fear of social situations and the unknown. Subjects usually do not leave their house or apartment because of fear of the outside world.
What is Agoraphobia?
There are two types of dependence causes in substance abuse:
Physiological and psychological