Psychological Disorders: An Overview of Symptoms and Types, Exams of Psychology

Download Psychological Disorders: An Overview of Symptoms and Types and more Exams Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Psychology Psychological Disorder Symptoms Anxiety Disorder - (Anxiety Disorder)Unpleasant emotional state that involves feelings of worry, dread, apprehension, and tension, along with heightened physical arousal, nervous General Anxiety Disorder - (Anxiety Disorder)Headaches, stomach aches, muscle tension, irritability, easily startled, may lie awake worrying about various topics Panic Attacks - (Anxiety Disorder)Sudden episodes of helpless terror with high psychological arousal Panic Disorder - (Anxiety Disorder) Racing, pounding heart, weakness,feeling faint, and feeling as if one were unable to breathe Agoraphobia - (Anxiety Disorder) afraid of having a panic attack in a public place Social Phobia - (Anxiety Disorder)afraid and axious in public situations Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - (Anxiety Disorder)Frequently recall traumatic event, avoidance of situations that trigger recall of the event, increased physical arousal associated with stress Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - (Anxiety Disorder)repetitive, intrusive thoughts and/or uncontrolable urges to perform certain repetitive behaviors Mood disorders - (Mood Disorder) serious and persistant distrubances or fluctuations in a person's emotional state Major depression - (Major Depression) feeling mentally slugglish and have difficulty concentrating Dysthymic Disorder - (Major Depression) chronic low-grade depressed feelings that are not severe enough to be major depression Seasonal Affective Disorder - (Major Depression) episodes of depression that are triggered by the transition to the fall and winter months, and subside during the spring and summer months bipolar disorder - (Major Depression) periods of incapacitating depression alternating with periods of extreme euphoria and excitment Cyclothymic disorder - (Major Depression) moderate but frequent mood swings that are not severe enough to qualify as bipolar disorder Dissociative disorder - (Dissociative Disorder) literally a dis-association of memory, person suddenly becomes unaware of some aspects of their identity or history. Unable to recall except under certain circumstances (hypnosis) Dissociative Amnesia - (Dissociative Disorder) Response to stress, trauma, or an extermely distressing situation