Download Mental Health and Abnormal Psychology: Terms, Definitions, and Classifications and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 etiology DEFINITION 1 apparent causation and developmental history of an illness TERM 2 Criteria of Abnormal Behavior DEFINITION 2 1. Deviance: from behaviors, thoughts, and emotions considered normal (societal norms) in a specific place and time and by specific people 2. dysfunctional (maladaptive behavior): their everyday adaptive behavior is impaired; ex: cocaine use interferes with a person's occupational functioning 3. pesonal distress: behavior must be personally distressing 4. danger: abnormal behavior may become dangerous to oneself or others TERM 3 Classifying abnormalties DEFINITION 3 DSM-IV (multi-axial approach: Axis I: major clinical syndromes Axis II: personality disorders Axis III: physical disorders Axis IV: psychosocial stressors (marital problems, son in jail, financial troubles) Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF 0 -100) TERM 4 Anxiety disorders DEFINITION 4 *marked by a chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat; *OCD = persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of compulsions and obessions *panic disorder = sudden, overwhelming anxiety *phobic disorder: marked by persistence and irrational fear of an object/situation that presents no realistic danger etiology: genetic predisposition, conditioned response, cognitive factors, stress TERM 5 Somatoform Disorders DEFINITION 5 marked by a history of diverse physical complaints that are psychological in origin ex: Conversion disorder: blindness with no apparent problems with eyes or brain ex: hypochonriasis etiology: 1.Cognitive factors 2.Personality factors 3. sick role: dramatic illness as children tend to develop disorders TERM 6 Dissociative disorders DEFINITION 6 * people lose contact with portions of their consciousness or memory, disrupting their sense of identity -amnesia, - dissociative identiy disorder (DID) aka multi personalities etiology: severe emotional trauma during childhood, chronic sexual/physical abuse TERM 7 Mood disorders DEFINITION 7 *marked by emotional disturbances that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes -major depressive disorder: persistent feelings of sadness, despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure -bipolar disorder: experience of both depressed & manic states etiology: genetic vulnerability, nuerochemical factors, stress, lack of social support, cognitive factors, interpersonal roots TERM 8 Schizophrenic disorders: pcdur DEFINITION 8 = "split mind" *disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior subtypes: -paranoid: dominated by delusions of persecution & grandeur -catatonic: random motor activity -disorganized - undifferential -Residual TERM 9 Suicide DEFINITION 9 = a major health problem in the world; not an actual disorder *not classified as a mental disorder in the DSM-IV *Women w/ higher attempt rate; men have higher completion *race & marital status influence rates TERM 10 Schizophrenia DEFINITION 10 in all socioeconomic groups, but is found more frequently in the lower levels -Leading theorists argue that the stress of poverty causes the disorder downward drift theory = disorder causes victims from higher social levels to fall and remain at lower levels etiology: -genetic vulnerability, "dopamine hypothesis", structual abnormalities in the brain
