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Anxiety Disorder
Psych Disorders
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Miscellaneous Disorders
Personality Disorders
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characterized by frequent panic attacks (incidents of intense terror in which a person experiences dread and accompanying frightening physiological sensations such as chest pain and choking) -can last from a few minutes (common) to up to an hour (rare) -affects about 1.3% of the population
What is Panic Disorder
100

physical symptoms that suggest physical illness or injury that cannot be explained by a medical condition

What are somatic symptoms?

100
Characterized by persistent and pervasive depression
What is major depressive disorder
100
an individual experiences retrograde autobiographical loss of memory with no physiological basis for the disruption
What is dissociative amnesia
100
characterized by a pervasive pattern of manipulation and a disregard for the rights of others
What is anti social personality disorder
200

A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and behaviors

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

200
characterized by suffering of neurological symptoms (such as numbness, blindness, or paralysis) without definable organic cause
What is conversion disorder
200

depression experienced during the winter months due to lack of sunlight

What is seasonal affective disorder

200

a mental disorder where a person experiences a feeling of watching oneself act with no control over a situation (depersonalization) and a belief that one’s external world is unreal

What is DID?

200
characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people
What is dependent personality disorder
300

Persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, event, or person.

What is a Phobia

300

an individual excessively worries about a serious illness based on little or no evidence to substantiate the worry

What is hypochondria?

300
characterized by periods of mania (elevated mood and activity/energy) alternating with periods of depression
What is bipolar disorder
300
characterized by excessive uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities with no casual root.
What is general anxiety disorder
300

 When a person is sensitive about rejection and has a difficult time with personal relationships.

What is avoidant personality disorder?

400
characterized by anxiety where the sufferer perceives certain environments as dangerous or uncomfortable, often due to vast openness or crowdedness
What is agoraphobia
400

A family of disorders tied to disorganized and delusional thinking, inappropriate behaviors and emotions, and disturbed perceptions.

What is  Schizophrenia?

400

Which type of Bi-Polar Depression, while the most rare form, is the most serious?

Bi-Polar 1

400
a person who is normally capable of speech does not speak in specific situations or to specific people
What is selective mutism
400
characterized by extreme egocentrism and self-importance and excessive preoccupation with power, prestige, and vanity
What is narcissistic personality disorder
500
characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations due to anxiety over potential social interactions
What is social anxiety disorder
500
characterized by disturbing, recurring flashbacks after exposure to a traumatic event
What is PTSD
500

What are thought to be two causes of depression?

What are Genetics, response to loss, chemical imbalance

500

1-fear can be conditioned by anxiety-arousing events from our past

2-fear can be generalized from one situation to another by avoiding frightening situations 

What are explanations for anxiety disorders

500

Characterized by unstable relationships, self image, identity, and behavior

What is Borderline Personality Disorder?