Abnormal Psychology

Delusional Disorder

Age: mid to late 30s

Rarely turns into schizophrenia

Hallucinations infrequent

Predominantly delusions

Duration of 1 month or longer

Not due to another disorder

Brief Psychotic Disorder

must have 1 of top three

Delusions

Hallucinations

Disorganized speech

grossly disorganized

catatonic behavior

Length: 1 day- 1 month

Schizophreniform Disorder

Meet 2 or more of following: Delusions, Hallucinations, disorgainzed speech

Length: signs should be present most of time for a month but less than 6 moths

Schizophrenia

Length: more than 6 months

Have two or more symptoms: delusions, hallcinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized speech, negative symptoms

Schizoaffective disorder

an uninterrutped period of illness then a major mood episode (depression or mania) along with delusions, hallucinations, or disorganzied speech for at least two weeks separate from the schizophrenia symptoms

Delusions

false belifs that cannot be explained by person culture or education

These are thoughts

Hallucinations

these are sensations- touch, hearing, smell, taste, seeing

false sensory perception in the absence of a stimulus

Major Depressive Disorder

at least 5 of the listed symptoms

symtoms last for at least 2 weeks

and cause significant distress or impairment in daily functioning.

Persistent Depressive Disorder

depressed more days than not for at least 2 years

NO more than a 2 month period of remission in the last 2 years without symptoms

2 symptoms needed

Bipolar I

Manic Episodes that cause hospitalization, and some from of extreme highs and lows in life, often will spend execessive money or do things that can ruin their life

Often super motivated or hyper for a period of time then a majro case of depression

Bipolar II

Hypomania-less severe than mania

Often charatcerized by periods of feeling good then a period of depression but not as extreme as in bipolar I cases

Cyclothymic

disorder characterized by periods of hypomania and mild depression lasting for at least two years, with symptoms not meeting the criteria for major depressive episodes. A rollercoaster of emotions, but high and lows are not as strong as Bipolar I and Bipolar II

Panic Disorder

A type of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, which are sudden periods of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes. Symptoms may include heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and feelings of impending doom.

Will often avoid the situations where attacks have occurred.

a panic attack is symptom not a diagnosis

Separation Anxiety Disorder

A disorder characterized by excessive fear or anxiety related to separation from home or attachment figures, often leading to distress and avoidance of separation.

Selective Mutism

A childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a consistent inability to speak in specific social situations, despite speaking in other settings. This condition often interferes with educational or social functioning.

Social Anxiety Disorder

A chronic condition characterized by an intense fear of social situations, leading to significant distress and avoidance. Individuals may fear judgment, embarrassment, or humiliation in social interactions.

Fear that society will disapprove of them

Agoraphobia

A fear of a situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in case of panic or other incapacitating symptoms. This often leads to avoidance of public places.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

NO PANIC ATTACKS

but excessive worry about various aspects of life, such as health, work, and social interactions. This worry is often difficult to control and can lead to physical symptoms like restlessness and fatigue.

often no reason(s) to worry

Reactive Attachment Disorder

A condition in which a child has difficulty forming healthy emotional attachments to caregivers, often due to severe neglect or absence of consistent care. This can lead to problems with emotional regulation and social interactions.

symptoms remind you of depression but the symptoms cannot be easily explained

Acute Stress Disorder

a traumatic event leaves the person with the symptoms of PTSD but the time period of 3 days to a month following the event, including intrusive memories, avoidance, and heightened arousal.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

A mental health condition triggered by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, characterized by symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts about the event.

Symptoms persist for more than a month.

Adjustment Disorder

something happened in one’s life that changes the flow of the person’s routine and they have trouble coping with this change

can last years and symptoms are similar to depression and anxiety

OCD Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Obessions- recurrent, intrusive thoughts or images that cause significant anxiety or distress.

Compulsions- activites that must be completed repletively to relieve stress in the individual

characterized by the need to do a task or thoughts over a task that can take hours to expereince

1 hour a day or a loss in job or social life

Most people who do this see themselves as crazy

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

person beielives a certain part of their body is deformed and hate the way it looks

will obsess over this body part and try to hide it

Muscle Dysmorphia

individuals do not feel they are fit enough and will continuously exercise in a manner and for a period where they feel as if they have worked on body part

Hoarding Disorder

an overwhelming amont of itmes in the house or place they reside and they see nothing weong with it

will have anxiety if one tries to trash the objects

Tricotilomanía

excessive hair pulling

Excoriation Disorder

excessive skin picking that can last hours

Somatic Symptom Disorder

ONLY REQUIRES ONE SYMPTOM

has to interfere with your life and impair functioning

can affect different body part’s functioning

Conversion Disorder

Change in sensory and voluntary motor functioning

does not conform to medical issues

Factitious Disorder

One fakes an illness

Illness Anxiety Disorder

constantly fearing one will have a heart attack or cancer

they reject medical care

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder

one has experiences where they feel as if they are viewing themself in the third person in addition to feeling that the world around them is not real

Depersonalization

a sense of feeling cut off or detached from one’s body

reports living as if they are in a dream

Derealization

A sense as if the person’s exterior world is not real

people seem dead or robotic

sizes of things can be off

they realize that world has not changed it is their perception

Dissociative Amnesia

the person has forgotten something

only acceptable after other disorder have been ruled out

Dissociative Fugue

subtype of ammesia

the person waked up one day and leaves their old life not questioning their actions

have to travel away

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

person has multiple personalities or alters

each alter takes different role within the body

person may not realize they have alters

often have no memory of the event if an alter has taken over

alters can be different sexes, sexual orientation, races, and ages

PICA

eating things that are not meant to be eaten

at least one month

common in young kids and pregnant women

Rumination Disorder

when someone regurgitates their food and rechews it

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Hypersensitivity to certain foods, textures, and colors

worse than picky eating

Anorexia Nervosa

reduces food intake and caloric intake to maintain and lose weight

solely about body appearance

Bulimia Nervosa

Binge- purge cycles where the person will eat immense amounts of food then throw up, take laxatives, or diuretics to expel the food

Binge Eating Disorder

eating large amounts of food in a short amount of time with no want to get rid of the food

Enuresis

bed wetting

Encopresis

pooping places one should not and hiding the feces

Insomnia Disorder

sleep is too brief and is not restful

trouble getting or staying asleep

can’t diagnose unless patient complains about sleep

present for at least 3 months

Hypersomnolence Disorder

Sleeps way too much, 7+ hours

Still sleepy after 7+ hours of sleep

Narcolepsy

Attacks where the person instantly falls asleep

attacks are brief usually 10min to an hour

Sleep Paralysis

being awake but cannot move your body

Sleep Apnea

Restricted oxygen resulting in loud snoring

Sleepwalking

person walks in their sleep

Sleep terrors

a nightmare on crack

person tends to be loud

person tends to forget the event in the morning or after awakening

person sleeps through the event unless they are woken up

Nightmare Disorder

Nightmares that wake the person up completely

can remember EVERY detail

Rapid Eye Movement sleep behavior disorder

person acts out their dreams resulting in them swinging their arms and legs

rarely get out of bed

Restless Leg syndrome

urge to move legs because of uncomfortable sensations

Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorder

Misalignment between natural body sleep rhythm and the demands of work or social lives

results in unwanted sleepiness or drowsiness, or both

Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorders

Recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, usually occurring during the 1st third of the major sleep episode, accompanied by sleep walking or sleep terrors

Gender Dysphoria

Rejection of their assigned sex

as soon as they change their sex to how they want to perceive themselves (or feel as if they are who they are) it is no longer diagnosable

Delayed ejaculation

delay or infrequent climaxes

does not have to happen every time

problems reaching orgasm or many never reach orgasm

Erectile Dysfunction

trouble maintaining an erection for penetration

Female Orgasmic Disorder

Orgasm are too slow, rare, weak

Female Sexual Interest/ Arousal Disorder

low sexual or arousal

generally will not initiate sex

absent or reduced interest in sex

absent or reduced sexual thoughts or fantasies

No or reduced sexual excitement or pleasure during intercourse or activities in almost all encounters

Genito-Pelvic pain/ penetration disorder

Major repeated pain or other problems with efforts at vaginal intercourse

Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Men who DO NOT want sex

Premature Ejaculation

males who finish way too quickly, within approximately 1 minute following vaginal penetration

Exhibitionistic Disorder

people that like to flash other people

Fetishistic Disorder

person is aroused by inanimate objects

Frotteuristic Disorder

get off by rubbing against someone who hasn’t consented

Pedophilic Disorder

person who is sexually aroused by prepubescent individuals

Sexual Masochism Disorder

person who gets off by having someone who inflicts pain onto them

Asphyxiophilia

likes to have air flow restricted, cut off oxygen for a better orgasm

Sexual Sadism Disorder

person who gets off by inflicting pain onto others

Transvestic Disorder

cross dressing person to get sexually excited

Voyeuristic Disorder

get off by watching people who DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE BEING WATCHED getting naked

Intoxication

When someone is feeling the effects of the substance

Withdrawal

When someone is going through withdrawal symptoms from the substance

Use Disorder

When someone has to take the substance to function, or they cannot function normally without being intoxicated. Used often.

Alcohol Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Caffeine Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of caffeine

Cannabis Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of cannabis use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Phencyclidine Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of pharmacological similar substances use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Inhalant Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of use of a hydrocarbon-based inhalant substance leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Opioid Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of opioid use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Sedative, Hypnotic, or anxiolytic Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Stimulant Use Disorder

a problematic pattern of amphetamine- type substance, cocaine, or other stimualnt use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Tobacco Use disorder

a problematic pattern of tobacco use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Gambling Disorder

Persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

Delirium

lasts hours to a week

can happen because of surgeries or withdrawal

altered state of mind

a disturbance in attention

Alzheimer Disorder

prograssive loss of memory

Lewy Bodies Dementia

loss of memory with issues to light and sound

wide fluctuation in attentiveness

Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder

anything dealing with a stroke or blood clot

Neurocognitive Disorder due to traumatic brain injury

typically from war or sports injury

rapid movement of brain inside skull

Neurocognitive Disorder due to HIV infection

symptoms cannot be explained by non-HIV conditions

Paranoid Personality Disorder

lack of trust, are very suspscious of others

get jealous quickly

Schizoid Personality Disorder

avoid others

socially withdrawn

do not wish to have intimate relationships

Schizotypical Personality Disorder

weirdos

odd behavior

schizophrenia like but without the delusions or hallucinations

Antisocial Personality Disorder

disregard for others and violations of other’s rights

lack remorse

psychoapths

Borderline Personality Disorder

extremely focused on themself

periods of anger

erratic

unstable, feel like no one likes them

Histrionic Personality Disorder

overly emotional

highschool theater kids

drama kings and queens