Mental Health Terms and Definitions: Moral Treatment to Dissociative Identity Disorder, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Mental Health Terms and Definitions: Moral Treatment to Dissociative Identity Disorder and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Moral Treatment DEFINITION 1 Approach to mental illness calling for dignity, kindness, and respect for the mentally ill. TERM 2 Deinstitutionalization DEFINITION 2 1960s and 1970s governmental policy that focused on releasing hospitalized psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals. TERM 3 Bulimia Nervosa DEFINITION 3 Eating disorder associated with a pattern of binging and purging in an effort to lose or maintain weight. TERM 4 Anorexia Nervosa DEFINITION 4 Eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight. TERM 5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) DEFINITION 5 Diagnostic system containing the American Psychiatric Association (APA) criteria for mental disorders. TERM 6 Labeling Theorists DEFINITION 6 Scholars who argue that psychiatric diagnoses exert powerful negative effects on people's perceptions and behaviors. TERM 7 Prevalence DEFINITION 7 Percentage of people within a population who have a specific mental disorder. TERM 8 Axes DEFINITION 8 Dimensions of functioning. TERM 9 Comorbidity DEFINITION 9 Co-occurrence of two or more diagnoses within the same person. TERM 10 Categorical Model DEFINITION 10 Model in which a mental disorder differs from normal functioning in kind rather than degree. TERM 21 Agoraphobia DEFINITION 21 Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or embarrassing, or in which help is unavailable in the event of a panic attack. TERM 22 Specific Phobias DEFINITION 22 Intense fear of objects, places, or situations that are greatly out of proportion to their actual threat. TERM 23 Social Phobia DEFINITION 23 Marked fear of public appearances in which embarrassment or humiliation is possible. TERM 24 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) DEFINITION 24 Marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event. TERM 25 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) DEFINITION 25 Condition marked by repeated and lengthy (at least one hour per day) immersion in obsessions, compulsions, or both. TERM 26 Obsessions DEFINITION 26 Persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate, causing marked distress. TERM 27 Compulsions DEFINITION 27 Repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce or prevent stress. TERM 28 Anxiety Sensitivity DEFINITION 28 Fear of anxiety-related sensations. TERM 29 Major Depressive Episode DEFINITION 29 State in which a person experiences a lingering depressed mood or diminished interest in pleasurable activities, along with symptoms that include weight loss and sleep difficulties. TERM 30 Cognitive Model of Depression DEFINITION 30 Theory that depression is caused by negative beliefs and expectations. TERM 31 Learned Helplessness DEFINITION 31 Tendency to feel helpless in the face of events we can't control. TERM 32 Manic Episode DEFINITION 32 Experience marked by dramatically elevated mood, decreased need for sleep, increased energy, inflated self- esteem, increased talkativeness, and irresponsible behavior. TERM 33 Bipolar Disorder DEFINITION 33 Condition marked by a history of at least one manic episode. TERM 34 Dissociative Disorders DEFINITION 34 Conditions involving disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception. TERM 35 Depersonalization Disorder DEFINITION 35 Condition marked by multiple episodes of depersonalization. TERM 46 Borderline Personality Disorder DEFINITION 46 Condition marked by extreme instability in mood, identity, and impulse control. TERM 47 Psychopathic Personality DEFINITION 47 Condition marked by superficial charm, dishonesty, manipulativeness, self-centeredness, and risk-taking. TERM 48 Antisocial Personality Disorder DEFINITION 48 Condition marked by a lengthy history of irresponsible and/ or illegal actions. TERM 49 Criteria for Mental Disorder DEFINITION 49 Statistical Rarity Subjective Distress Impairment Societal Disapproval Biological Dysfunction TERM 50 Subjective Distress DEFINITION 50 The person themselves suffers. Criteria for mental disorder. TERM 51 Impairment DEFINITION 51 Can't carry on normal day-to-day activities. Criteria for mental disorder. TERM 52 Societal Disapproval DEFINITION 52 People around you think you are strange. Criteria for mental disorder. TERM 53 Biological Dysfunction DEFINITION 53 There must be a physiological factor contributing to it. Criteria for mental disorder. TERM 54 Historical Conceptions DEFINITION 54 Middle Ages: Demonic Model (Mental Disorder=Demon possession) Renaissance: Medical Model (Mental Disorder= Physical Disorder) 1800s Moral Treatment: Dix and Pinel Modern Era: De-Institutionalization. Gov't Policy 1960s. Released hospitalized patients and closed mental hospitals. TERM 55 Culture-Bound Disorders DEFINITION 55 Specific to one or more societies Taijin Kyofushu Latah Windigo Koro TERM 56 Taijin Kyofushu DEFINITION 56 Fear of offending others or giving off body odor. Culture- bound disorder. TERM 57 Latah DEFINITION 57 Startle reaction, cursing, mimicking speech. Culture-bound disorder. TERM 58 Windigo DEFINITION 58 Fear that a supernatural being will turn them into a cannibal. Culture-bound disorder. TERM 59 Koro DEFINITION 59 Males believe testicles and penis are ascending into abdomen. Culture-bound disorder. TERM 60 Uniquely Western Disorders DEFINITION 60 Bulimia Nerovsa: Binging and Purging to lose weight Anorexia Nervosa: Excessive weight loss (15% of your body weight is lost) *Not culture-bound!