Psychological Disorders: Understanding Anxiety, Mood, and Personality Disorders, Exams of Psychology

Download Psychological Disorders: Understanding Anxiety, Mood, and Personality Disorders and more Exams Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Psychology Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders Abnormal behavior - behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personallly distressful over a long period of time Biological approach - Attributes disorders to organic, internal causes. Primarily focuses on the brain, genetic factors, and neurotransmitter functioning Psychological Approach - Emphasizes contributions of experiences, thoughts, emotions, and personality characteristics in explaining disorders Sociocultural Approach - Emphasizes the social contexts in which a person lives, including gender, ethnicity, economic status, family relations, etc. Biopsychosocial Approach - Biological, psychological, and social factors all interact with each other to produce normal or abnormal behavior DSM-IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Current (DSM-IV-TR[Text Revision]) Split up into 5 axes Axis I - All diagnostic categories except personality disorders and mental retardation. I.e. anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, mood disorders, etc. Axis II - Personality disorders and mental retardation Axis III - General medical conditions Axis IV - Psychosocial and environmental problems Axis V - Current level of functioning Anxiety Disorders - involve fears that are uncontrollable, disproportionate to the actual danger the person might be in, disruptive of ordinary life Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Experience persistent anxiety for at least six months with no apparent reason for anxiety; caused by deficiency in neurotransmitter GABA Panic Disorder - Experience recurrent, sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror, often without warning or cause Phobia - Persistent fear of a particular object or situation Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -