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| psychological disorder | harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical |
| Phillipe Pinel | French physician who worked to reform the treatment of people with mental disorders |
| medical model | concept that mental diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treat |
| bio-psycho-social model | assumes biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders |
| DSM-IV-TR | American Psychiatric Association’s widely used system for classifying disorders |
| Anxiety | vague feeling of apprehension or nervousness |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | characterized by disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness |
| Panic disorder | characterized by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained anxiety, often associated with physical symptoms like choking sensation or shortness of breath |
| Phobia | characterized by disruptive, irrational fears of objects or situations |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder | characterized by unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | characterized by reliving a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories and dreams |
| Major depressive disorder | mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences at least 2 weeks of depressed moods, diminished interest in activities, and other symptoms, such as feelings of worthlessness |
| Bipolar disorder | mood disorder (formerly called manic depressive disorder) in which the person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and the overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state of mania |
| dissociative fugue | Dissociative disorder characterized by loss of identity and travel to a new location. |
| dissociative amnesia | Dissociative disorder characterized by loss of memory in reaction to a traumatic event. |
| Group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and behaviors. | schizophrenia |
| antisocial personality disorder | Personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) shows a lack of conscience for wrongdoing and a lack of respect for the rights of others. |
| dissociative identity disorder | Rare and controversial dissociative disorder in which an individual experiences two or more distinct and alternating personalities. |
| hypochondriasis | Somatoform disorder characterized by imagined symptoms of illness. |
| dissociative disorders | Disorders in which the sense of self has become separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, or feelings. |
| delusions | False beliefs that are symptoms of schizophrenia and other serious psychological disorders. |
| hallucinations | False perceptions that are symptoms of schizophrenia and other serious psychological disorders. |
| personality disorders | Psychological disorders characterized by rigid and lasting behavior patterns that disrupt social functioning. |
| somatoform disorders | Psychological disorders in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause. |
