Unit 12 vocab
Psychological disorder - A harmful dysfunction in which thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Hyperactive behavior; can’t stay on task long
Medical model - that mental illness had a physical or organic cause
DSM-V (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders )- the big book of disorders
Anxiety disorders - A group of conditions where the primary symptoms are anxiety or defenses against anxiety
Generalized anxiety disorder - Marked by disruptive levels of persistent feelings of apprehension and tenseness (your body is tense and u don't know why bc you’re waiting for something bad to happen)
Panic disorder - An anxiety disorder marked by a sudden bout of intense, unexplained panic, in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, and other frightening sensations.
Phobia - Marked by disruptive, irrational fears of objects, activities, or situations
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - Persistent unwanted thoughts cause someone to feel the need to engage in a particular repetitive action
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Flashbacks or nightmares following a person’s involvement in or observation of an extremely stressful event.
Post-traumatic growth - positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event
Somatoform disorder - Disorders in which symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause
Conversion disorder - Loss or impairment of some motor or sensory function due to a psychological conflict ( known as hysteria)
Hypochondriasis - Characterized by imagined symptoms of illness (illness anxiety disorder)
Dissociative disorders - Disorders in which the sense of self has become separated from previous memories, thoughts, or feelings.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Rare & controversial disorder where the person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities (known as Multiple Personality Disorder)
Mood disorders - Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes (Ex. depression, mania, or both).
Major depressive disorder - Unhappy for at least two weeks with no apparent cause feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest in most activities
Mania - you have a period of abnormally elevated, extreme changes in your mood or emotions, energy level, or activity level (highly energized episode)
Bipolar disorder - Formally called manic depression; Involving periods of depression and manic episodes
Schizophrenia- Is not one disorder but a group of disorders
Disorganized thinking.
Disturbed Perceptions.
Inappropriate Emotions and Actions.
Delusions - false beliefs
Personality disorders - Characterized by rigid and lasting behavior patterns that disrupt social functioning
Antisocial personality disorder - disorder characterized by a lack of conscience. prone to criminal behavior never feeling sorry for harming others
Dysthymic disorder - seeds from major depressive disorder. When symptoms are present for over 2 years (milder than MDD)
Psychotherapy - An interaction between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth
Active Listening - technique which the therapist verbally and non-verbally communicates interest in what the client is saying to encourage openness
Aversion Therapy - counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (nausea) with an unwanted behavior (alcoholism) (Ex.putting peppers on a nail biter fingernails)
Exposure therapy - therapy in which your therapist creates a safe environment to expose you to your fears (shaping & unconditional positive regard)
Cognitive therapy - therapists trying to teach people new, more constructive ways of thinking
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Integrative therapy that combines changing self-defeating thinking with changing inappropriate behaviors