Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Dissociative, Somatic, Schizophrenia, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Vocabulary flashcards covering anxiety, OCD, trauma, dissociative, somatic, schizophrenia, personality, and eating disorders.

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Intense fear or anxiety about social situations where one fears negative judgment.

Egodystonic

Awareness that anxiety is excessive or unwarranted.

Derealization

Feeling detached from reality, a 'spaced out' feeling due to anxiety.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Broader anxiety, not just social situations.

Agoraphobia

Fear of being trapped, not primarily fear of judgment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Therapy that changes thoughts and behaviors.

SSRIs

Medications that regulate serotonin.

SNRIs

Medications that regulate serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.

Beta Blockers

Medications that reduce physical symptoms like performance anxiety.

Panic Attack

Sudden intense fear or discomfort, peaking within 10–20 minutes.

Panic Disorder

Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks with persistent worry or behavioral change.

Anticipatory Anxiety

Fear of future panic attacks.

Phobias

Extreme, irrational fear of objects, situations, or activities that causes avoidance and distress.

Specific Phobia

Fear of specific things (animals, environment, blood/injection, situational).

Agoraphobia

Fear of public places where escape might be difficult.

Arachnophobia

Fear of spiders.

Alektorophobia

Fear of chickens.

Triskaidekaphobia

Fear of the number 13.

Phobophobia

Fear of phobias.

Systematic Desensitization

Gradual exposure to feared stimuli combined with coping techniques.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Excessive, persistent, and unreasonable anxiety about everyday matters.

Obsessions

Intrusive, persistent, uncontrollable thoughts.

Compulsions

Repetitive behaviors/mental acts performed to reduce distress.

Symmetry

Need things aligned, arranging, repeating as a type of obsession/compulsion.

Forbidden Thoughts

Fear of harm, checking, reassurance seeking as a type of obsession/compulsion.

Contamination

Washing, using gloves/masks as a type of obsession/compulsion.

Hoarding

Fear of discarding, collecting unnecessary items.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Preoccupation with perceived flaws in appearance.

Muscle Dysmorphia

Preoccupation with being too small or not muscular enough.

Trichotillomania

Recurrent hair pulling causing hair loss.

Excoriation

Recurrent skin picking causing lesions.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Therapy that prevents rituals to extinguish anxiety.

Dissociation

Feeling detached from self or surroundings.

Depersonalization

Feeling detached from oneself.

Derealization

The external world feels unreal, strange, or dream-like.

Dissociative Amnesia

Inability to recall important autobiographical information.

Localized Amnesia

Forgetting specific traumatic events.

Generalized Amnesia

Forgetting identity and life history.

Dissociative Fugue

Purposeful travel or wandering with amnesia for identity/personal info.

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Presence of two or more distinct identities.

Host

The main personality seeking treatment in DID.

Switch

Transition from one identity to another in DID.

Somatic Symptom Disorder

One or more distressing physical symptoms with excessive thoughts/behaviors about them.

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness.

Conversion Disorder

Altered voluntary motor/sensory function incompatible with neurological conditions.

Factitious Disorder

Falsification of physical/psychological symptoms with deception.

Delusions

Firmly held false beliefs, resistant to contrary evidence.

Hallucinations

Sensory experiences without external stimuli.

Avolition

Lack of motivation/interest.

Alogia

Reduced speech.