Quiz chapter 15

Which childhood disorder is characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and repetitive patterns or behavior or interests?

Autism spectrum disorder

What is cormorbidity?

Co-occurrence of two disorders

Which classification system is used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America ?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The __________ model suggests that people with a predisposition for a disorder are more likely to develop the disorders when faced with adverse environmental or psychological events.

Diathesis- stress

Who identified psychological disorders as a harmful dysfunction

Jerome C. Wakefield

Who argued that the notion of mental illness was invented by society ( and The mental health establishment) to stigmatize and subjugate people whose behavior violates accepted social and legal norms ?

Thomas Szasz

A panic disorder is a type of __________ disorder characterized by panic attacks, along with at least one month of worry about panic attacks or self- defeating behavior related to the attacks.

anxiety

__________ disorders are characterized by excessive, persistent fear and apprehension and by related disturbances in behavior.

anxiety

Etiology is another word for ________.

causes

psychological disorder is a ___________

condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors