chapter 14 set 3 (exam 7)
specific phobia
anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, distressing, and persistent fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation
panic disorder
anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected panic attacks, along with at least one month of worry about panic attacks or self-defeating behavior related to the attacks
paranoid delusion
characterized by beliefs that others are out to harm them
social anxiety disorder
characterized by extreme and persistent fear or anxiety and avoidance of social situations in which one could potentially be evaluated negatively by others
psychological disorder
condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
suicide
death caused by intentional, self-directed injurious behavior
persistent depressive disorder
depressive disorder characterized by a chronically sad and melancholy mood
supernatural
describes a force beyond scientific understanding
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
experiencing a profoundly traumatic event leads to a constellation of symptoms that include intrusive and distressing memories of the event, avoidance of stimuli connected to the event, negative emotional states, feelings of detachment from others, irritability, proneness toward outbursts, hypervigilance, and a tendency to startle easily; these symptoms must occur for at least one month
personality disorder
group of DSM-5 disorders characterized by an inflexible and pervasive personality style that differs markedly from the expectations of one's culture and causes distress and impairment; people with these disorders have a personality style that frequently brings them into conflict with others and disrupts their ability to develop and maintain social relationships
rumination
in depression, tendency to repetitively and passively dwell on one's depressed symptoms, their meanings, and their consequences
prodromal symptom
in schizophrenia, one of the early minor symptoms of psychosis
safety behavior
mental and behavior acts designed to reduce anxiety in social situations by reducing the chance of negative social outcomes; common in social anxiety disorder
ventricle
one of the fluid-filled cavities within the brain
schizophrenia
severe disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior with symptoms that include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, andnegative symptoms
psychopathology
study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, causes, and treatment; manifestation of a psychological disorder
seasonal pattern
subtype of depression in which a person experiences the symptoms of major depressive disorder only during a particular time of year
peripartum onset
subtype of depression that applies to women who experience an episode of major depression either during pregnancy or in the four weeks following childbirth
suicidal ideation
thoughts of death by suicide, thinking about or planning suicide, or making a suicide attempt
somatic delusion
Diondre harbors the belief that spider eggs have been implanted underneath his fingernails and that the spiders will hatch inside his skin and will eventually begin to eat his organs. What kind of delusion is this?