Download Mental Health Disorders: An Overview and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 generalized anxiety disorder DEFINITION 1 psychological disorder characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety; general anxiety disorder- continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. 2/3 of those dignosed are women SYMPTOMS: worried, jittery, agitated, sleep deprived, trouble concentrating, twitching eyes, trembling, persperation, fidgeting, leads to ulcers and high blood clots TERM 2 phobia DEFINITION 2 irrationalfear, fear of things that others arent normally scared of; most common type is social phobias inderal- a drug that keeps your heart from beating fast, aka less nervous TERM 3 panic disorder DEFINITION 3 unpredicatable episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, etc; strikes suddenly, wreaks havoc, and disappears SYMPTOMS: heart palpatations, shortness of breath, choking sensations, trembling, dizziness TERM 4 obsessive compulsive disorder DEFINITION 4 obsession is a thought that you cant get out of your head, compulsions-behaviors that cannot be controlled; both medical treatments; turns into a disorder when obsessive thoughts and behaviors become so persistent they interfere with everyday life; only 1 in 5 fully recover; more common among teens and young adults SYMPTOMS: rigidly checking, ordering, and cleaning; repeatedly organizing, excessive rituals, etc TERM 5 somatoform conversion disorder DEFINITION 5 disorder whose symptoms appear to have a physical cause but are actually the result of mental processes; symptoms, but no real brain cause TERM 6 dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) DEFINITION 6 consciousness becomes separated from thoughts, feelings, and/or memory; real? TERM 7 bipolar disorder (manic depression) DEFINITION 7 alternating betweenthe hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania; really excited then really depressed; li used as treatment, take at TOP, or else you will hit rock bottom SYMPTOMS: over talkative, overactive, elated, little need for sleep, less sexual inhibitions; loud, flighty, hard to interrupt speech, grandoise optimism and self esteem TERM 8 delusions DEFINITION 8 a thought or belief that has no basis in reality ex: think fbi is following you, they are really not TERM 9 hallucinations DEFINITION 9 feel, see, hear something that isnt there; sensory experience actually increased by the mind ex: a beautiful mind TERM 10 schizophrenia DEFINITION 10 disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inppropriate emotions and actions SYMPTOMS: positive (presence of inappropriate behaviors)- hallucinations, talk in disorganized and deluded ways, inappropriate laughter, tears, or rage negative (the absence of appropriate behaviors)- toneless voices, expressionless faces, mute and rigid bodies
