AP Psych Unit 11 Abnormal Psychology

any patterns of emotions, behaviors, or thoughts inappropriate to a situation and leading to distress of inability to achieve goals

the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

Asserts that most psychiatric disorders result from a combination of genetic vulnerability and negative environmental stressors

A model of illness that holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: A reference for coding psychiatric disorders or conditions.

A legal status indicating that a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness.

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.

An abnormal fear of open or public places

persistent fear of one or more social performance situations.

Developmental disorder characterized by the individual’s consistent failure to speak in specific social situations despite speaking in other situations.

Characterized by excessive anxiety or worry about numerous things, lasting for 6 months or longer.

-Recurrent and intrusive obsessions and compulsion

collecting and putting things away in a guarded way.

a somatoform disorder in which a person becomes so preoccupied with his or her imagined ugliness that normal life is impossible

Disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one’s own hair

Characterized by one or more manic episodes with or without a history of a depressive episode; appears to occur equally in men and women and across the races

Alternation of major depressive episodes with hypomanic episodes (not full manic episodes).

Same symptoms as MDD, pure Dysthymic with some fever sysmptoms.Chronic MDD has some symptoms as MDD. Symptoms persistent for at least two years and the main difference is the course of the disorder: Cronic Vs. Episodic. Typical age of onset is late childhood early adolescence. more likely to have sleep abnormalities than in MDD

A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

-severe recurrent temper outburts in response to common stressors, including verbal or behavioral expressions of temper that are out of proportion in intensity or duration to the provocation

A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.

A dissociative disorder whose essential feature is that the person suddenly feels changed or different in a strange way.

Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.

A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

A disorder defined by excessive concern and help seeking about health concerns in the absence of major physical symptoms.

Abrupt change in geographic location with inability to recall past, confusion about personal identity or assumption of a new identity. Associate with traumatic circumstances (natural disasters, wartime, trauma). Leads to significant distress or impairment. Not the result of substance abuse or general medical conditions.

A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

A disorder defined by excessive concern and help seeking about health concerns in the absence of major physical symptoms.

Condition in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.

A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior.

A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

rare disease characterized by lack of muscle control, tic’s, purposeless movement and incoherant barks and grunts

A serious difficulty learning to read in the usual way

D/O in which a clinically significant deficit in cognition (thinking), reasoning, memory, learning, and speaking exists; a significant change from a previous level of functioning

A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

Delusions of persecution and grandeur

A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.

a personality disorder characterized by lack of stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion; impulsivity; angry outbursts; intense fear of abandonment; recurring suicidal gestures

Marked by emotional ATTENTION-SEEKING behavior in which the person needs to be the center of attention. The person with histrionic personality disorder is impulsive and melodramatic and may act flirtatious or provocative

characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with fantasies of success or power, and a need for constant attention or admiration

inhibition; inadequacy; hypersensitivity; rejection; criticism; incompetent; inept; criticism; rejection

submissive; clinging; separation; decisions; disagreement; support; nurturance;

A disorder in which a person has lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event

A class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety.

obsessions or compulsions. time consuming or cause significant distress.

A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.

general category of mood disorders in which people show extreme and persistent sadness, despair, and loss of interest in life’s usual activities.

disorders in which conscious awareness becomes seperated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

disparate group of disorders including the complex somatic symptom disorders, conversion disorders, and factious disorders.

a disorder that stems from early brain abnormalities

psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning