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General
Somatoform & Other
Anxiety Disorders
General
General
100
result or conclusion of the Rosenhan study
What is the affect of labeling on perceptions of normal or abnormal behavior?
100
the misinterpretations of normal physical sensations as symptoms of disease
What is hypochondriasis?
100
purpose of a compulsive behavior
What is anxiety reduction?
100
increased negative expectations of negative outcomes
What are cognitive changes of that accompany depression?
100
part of the DSM that provides a detailed and comprehensive portrait of the client's entire experience
What are the five axes?
200
the model that treats mental disorders like physiological diseases
What is medical?
200
being blind or deaf without any physiological causes
What is conversion disorder?
200
symptoms are trouble sleeping with flashbacks of the traumatic event
What is PTSD?
200
heart races and you are dizzy
What is panic attack?
200
the approach that can best explain irrational thoughts
What is cognitive?
300
patterns of behavior that interfere with normal life
What is dysfunctional?
300
a preschool child does not communicate, but does well on IQ test
What is autism?
300
feeling of anxiousness with no cause that lasts more days than not
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
300
detachment is a characteristic of this category of disorders
What is dissociative?
300
treating people in a way that makes them act they way you think they are going to act
What is self-fulfilling prophecy?
400
the hypothesis that believes that genetic factors put a person at risk, but environment and stress trigger the disorder
What is the diathesis-stress hypothesis?
400
season where most people are affected by seasonal affective disorder
What is winter?
400
often miss appointments or classes in order to avoid social interactions
What is social phobia?
400
irrational beliefs
What are delusions?
400
model that neglects the importance of social circumstances and psychological factors
What is medical?
500
person who believes that mental illness is a myth (what society rejects as normal)
Who is Thomas Szasz?
500
category of disorders where people seem to have illnesses without any physiological causes
What are somatoform disorders?
500
key brain structure supposedly responsible for panic attacks
What is the amygdala?
500
low levels of serotonin are associated with this disorder
What is depression?
500
provides reliable diagnostic criteria for mental disorders
What is the DSM?