Overview of Anxiety, OCD, Dissociative, Personality, & Mood Disorders, Exams of Psychology

Download Overview of Anxiety, OCD, Dissociative, Personality, & Mood Disorders and more Exams Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Intro to Psychology Psychological Disorders Psychological Disorder - a "harmful dysfunction" in which behavior is judged to be: atypical--not enough in itself disturbing--varies with time and culture maladaptive--harmful unjustifiable--sometimes there's a good reason Medical Perspective - Mental Illness (psychopathology) Needs to be diagnosed on the basis of its symptoms Cured through therapy but may include medicine Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective - All behavior (normal/not normal) arise from the interaction of nature and nurture Mind-Body are inseparable Influence of Culture as support for this model DSM-IV - American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) Widely used classification of symptoms for diagnosis of a disorder Aids in the reliability of a diagnosis because it gives good guidelines Anxiety Disorders - distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Continually tense, jittery, worried about bad things, plagued by muscle tension, agitation, sleeplessness Person cannot identify its cause No real physical problem Chronic Panic Disorder - Strikes suddenly, wreaks havoc, & disappears Panic Attacks: episode of intense fear that something horrible is about to happen Heart palpitations, shortness of breath, choking, trembling, dizziness Phobias - focus of anxiety on a particular object, activity, or situation Irrational fears that disrupt behavior Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Obsessed with senseless or offensive thoughts that will not go away Compulsive, rigid behavior-checking, ordering, cleaning, hording Become so persistent that they interfere with the way we live or bring about distress Dissociative Disorder - When a overly stressful situation emerges, individuals "remove" themselves from it. Conscious awareness becomes separated from painful memories, thoughts, and feelings This bitch be fo'getin. Dissociative Identity Disorder -