Psychology
A handbook used by health care professionals as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders
What is DSM(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
A disorder characterized by two or more personality states.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
Involves the senses when something feels real but is not.
What is a hallucination?
A person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or success of something.
What is an optimist?
The new term that replaced manic depression.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
A disorder that causes difficulty recovering because of a traumatizing event.
What is PTSD?
A fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment.
What is agoraphobia?
A type of anxiety disorder that is characterized by a strong, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger.
What are phobia disorders?
Unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that trigger intensely distressing feelings.
What is an Obsession?
A disorder characterized by a way of thinking, feeling, and behaving that deviates from the expectations of the culture, causes distress or problems functioning, and lasts over time.
What is a personality disorder?
A condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is psychological Disorders?
A disorder characterized by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things.
What is generalized anxiety disorder(GAD)?
Extremely elevated and excitable moods that usually are associated with bipolar disorder.
What is mania?
A physiological reaction that occurs in response to a harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.
What is "Fight or Flight"?
A sudden episode of intense fear or anxiety and physical symptoms, based on a perceived threat rather than imminent danger.
What is a panic attack?
A disorder that occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions.
What is OCD?
What is schizophrenia?
Disorders that involve a problem with memory, identity, emotion, perception, behavior, and sense of self.
What are dissociative disorders?
A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or thinks the worst will happen.
What is a pessimist?
A disorder characterized by emotional state or mood is distorted and/or inconsistent with your circumstances and interferes with your ability to function.
What is a mood disorder?
A reaction because of a harmful situations that causes a feeling of emotional or physical tension.
What is Stress?
What is Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue Disorder?
A false belief that persists in spite of the evidence.
What are delusions?
What is a compulsion?
A disorder characterized by feelings of worry or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.
What is an anxiety disorder?