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defining psychological disorders

distress, devance , dysfunction

diathesis- stress model

environmental stressors can provide circumstances under which a biological predisposition for illness can express itself.

neurodevelopment

autism, ADHD, Alzheimer

Anxiety disorders.

A group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear or worry that interferes with daily functioning.

arachnophobia

fear of spiders

agoraphobia

fear of open or public spaces

Taijin kyofusho

it is type of social anxiety that involves concern that one’s body displeasing to others.

anxiety types

GAD, panic attacks, Ataqu de nervous ( in Caribbean cultures)

General Adaptation Systems

alarm reaction , resistance , exhaustion

managing stress

tend and befriend, emotion focused coping.

depressive disorders

major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, SAD (seasonal affective disorder)

Martin’s Seligman

learned helpless

info

pessimism attaribituonal style, cognitive distortion that influences depression.

bipolar

manic depression characterized by extreme mood swings

bipolar one disorder

extreme

bipolar two

involves at least one episode of hypomania which is less extreme level of mania than bipolar.