Download Psychological Disorders: Definition and Classification and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Psychological Disorders DEFINITION 1 Ongoing patterns of thoughts, feelings and actions that are deviant, distressful and/or dysfunctional TERM 2 Deviant DEFINITION 2 Unusual or strange (accounting for culture and time) TERM 3 Distressful DEFINITION 3 Bothersome, causing distress TERM 4 Dysfunctional DEFINITION 4 Being unable to function in the way that you're supposed to TERM 5 What does diagnostic classification aim to do? DEFINITION 5 describe aparticular disorder and predict the future course of the disorder and to stimulate research. It is financiallynecessary forinsuranceand medical purposes TERM 6 DSM-IV-TR DEFINITION 6 Diagnostic andstatisticalmanual of mental disorders, 4th edition. Found as a helpful andpractical tool in diagnosing and treating mental disorders TERM 7 Anxiety Disorders DEFINITION 7 Distressing and persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety TERM 8 Generalized Anxiety Disorder DEFINITION 8 a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic nervous system arousal TERM 9 Panic Disorder DEFINITION 9 suffering from panic attacks, severe anxiety TERM 10 Phobias DEFINITION 10 anxiety disorder ofpersistentand irrational fear of a specific object or situation TERM 21 Cyclothymia DEFINITION 21 Milder version of bipolar disorder, slightly more common that B.D. TERM 22 Schizophrenia DEFINITION 22 though disorder. "split mind" A group ofdisorderscharacterized by disorganized thinking, perceptual disturbances,inappropriate emotions and actions. Occurs in both genders. Thoughts areeasily derailed, hallucinations (voices), facial features are off TERM 23 Type 1 Schizophrenia DEFINITION 23 "Positive Symptoms" Behaviors arenoticeablebecause they are present or "added." Easier to cure TERM 24 Type 2 Schizophrenia DEFINITION 24 "Negative Symptoms" Behaviors are absent. Flat emotion, movement stops. Harder to cure TERM 25 What are the 5 subtypes of schizophrenia? DEFINITION 25 Paranoid: mostly normal looking, butdesperately trying to avoid being followed or huntedDisorganized: disorganized speech or behavior, or flat inappropriate emotionCatatonic: immobility, they'll stop moving, or they'll parrot the actions of othersUndifferentiated: Many and variedsymptomsResidual:Withdrawal, positive symptoms are gone, but negative ones are still there TERM 26 Personality Disorders DEFINITION 26 Long-lasting ways of behaving thatimpair social functioning TERM 27 Antisocial Personality Disorder DEFINITION 27 (sociopath, psychopath) lack of conscience, con artist. No guilt or regret for actions
