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Describe post-traumatic stress disorder.

A type of anxiety disorder triggered by exposure to a catastrophic or horrifying event that posses serious harm or threat.

What are the primary childhood disorders?

ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.

What factors contribute to the occurrence of schizophrenia?

Abnormal brain development before birth. Maternal infections Brain abnormalities is a dysfunctional pre-frontal cortex and excess activity in that area.

What is a panic attack? Panic disorder?

An anxiety disorder associated with perceptions of threat and occurring because of fear of danger inability to escape embarrassment or specific objects for example. Panic disorder a anxiety disorder characterized by panic attacks and persistent anxiety about having more attacks.

What is social phobia?

An anxiety disorder fear of humiliation in the presence of others, characterized by intense self consciousness about appearance or behavior or both.

What are mood disorders?

Category of psychological disorder that is characterized by disturbances in emotional behavior that inhibit normal everyday functioning.

Define anxiety disorder.

Characterized by motor attention hyperactivexpectation apprehensive expectation thoughts include generalized anxiety disorder panic disorder phobic disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder

What is DID?

Dissociative Identity Disorder develop at least two distinctive personalities each with a unique set of memories behaviors thoughts and emotions.

Explain the diathesis-stress model.

Explanation for the origin of psychological disorders as a combination of biological predispositions diathesis plus stress or an abusive environment.

Describe the differences between hallucinations and delusions.

Hallucinations are convincing sensory experiences that occur in the absence of an external Stimulus. Delusions in people with schizophrenia are a false beliefs exaggeration claims despite evidence to be contrary.

What are the criteria for deeming a behavior a psychological disorder?

It must be deviant distressing and dysfunctional.

Define OCD. What is the difference between an obsession and a compulsion?

OCD an anxiety disorder in which compulsive thoughts lead to obsessive behaviors. Obsession an unwanted thought word phase or image that persistently and repeatedly comes into a persons mind and causes distress. Compulsion a repetitive behavior performed in response to uncontrollable urges or according to a ritualistic set of rules.

What is the link between psychological disorders and creativity?

People in these groups are more likely to have unusual thought processes that develop into creative achievements that other people recognize to be significant.

What are personality disorders? Explain the major types.

Personality disorders maladapted and inflexible patterns of cognitive emotion and behavior that develop in late childhood or adolescence. Three distinct clusters of personality disorder odd-eccentric dramatic emotional and anxious fearful.

What are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia? Negative symptoms?

Positive symptoms include hallucinations delusional thinking and disorganized thought and speech typically perception is poorly integrated as well. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include non responsiveness emotional flatness immobility catatonia problems with speech and the ability to complete tasks.

Define psychosis.

Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality typically including delusions (false ideas about what is taking place or who one is. Inability to distinguish real from Emagine's perceptions.

Define schizophrenia and explain the four subtypes.

Psychotic disorder characterized by significant disturbances in thought and emotion specifically problem with perception including hallucinations.

Describe the four specific mood disorders.

Two other major forms of mood disorder are depression and bipolar dysthymia a milder form of depression cyclothymia a milder form of bipolar.

Define the terms phobia and agoraphobia.

phobia an anxiety disorder a ongoing and irrational fear of a particular object, situation, or activity. Agoraphobia an anxiety involving fear of being in places from which escape might be difficult or in which help might not be available should panic attract occur.

Define dissociative disorders.

psychological disorder characterized by extreme splits or gaps in memory identity or consciousness.