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psychological disorder correct answers a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior medical model correct answers the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed...

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Unit 8 Clinical Psychology Vocabulary || very Flawless.
psychological disorder correct answers a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance
in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior

medical model correct answers the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders,
have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through
treatment in a hospital.

epigenetics correct answers the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur
without a DNA change

DSM-5 correct answers the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological
disorders.

*Does NOT describe causes of disorders

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) correct answers a psychological disorder
marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

Category: Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Treatment: Biological (Adderall/Ritalin)

Anxiety Disorders correct answers psychological disorders characterized by distressing,
persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Includes: Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety
Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder correct answers intense fear and avoidance of social situations;
extremely anxious in social situations where people might judge them - parties, class
presentations, eating in public.

Category: Anxiety Disorders

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) correct answers an anxiety disorder in which a person is
continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Category: Anxiety Disorders

panic disorder correct answers An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long
episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain,
choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack

Category: Anxiety Disorders

, agoraphobia correct answers fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places,
where one has felt loss of control and panic

Category: Anxiety Disorders

Phobia correct answers anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of
a specific object, activity, or situation

Category: Anxiety Disorders
Treatment: Systematic Desensitization (Behavioral Perspective)

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) correct answers a disorder characterized by unwanted
repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

Category: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correct answers a disorder characterized by haunting
memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia
that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Category: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Major Depressive Disorder correct answers a disorder in which a person experiences, in the
absence of drugs or another medical condition, two or more weeks with five or more symptoms,
at least one of which must be either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure

Category: Depressive Disorders

bipolar disorder correct answers a disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness
and lethargy is depression and the overexcited state of mania.

Category: Biplolar and Related Disorders
3 Types: Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder
Treatment: Lithium (Biological)

mania correct answers a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state in which dangerously poor
judgement is common

Schizophrenia correct answers a disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations,
disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression

Category: Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders
Causes:
- Dopamine Hypothesis: Oversupply of Dopamine
- Diathesis-Stress Model: Predisposition + Major life stressor

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