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