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Ψ Unit 6: Health & Adjustment: Ch 18 Psychological Disorders

Psychologists believe it is important to have an agreed upon classification system for psychological disorders to correctly diagnose and treat individuals. The document discusses several types of psychological disorders including anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Key aspects and subtypes are defined for each category.

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Ψ Unit 6: Health & Adjustment: Ch 18 Psychological Disorders

Psychologists believe it is important to have an agreed upon classification system for psychological disorders to correctly diagnose and treat individuals. The document discusses several types of psychological disorders including anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Key aspects and subtypes are defined for each category.

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Unit 6: Health & Adjustment Ch 18 Psychological Disorders

Section 1: What Are Psychological Disorders?

Psychologists believe that it is important to have a widely agreed upon classification of


psychological disorders

It is important to classify psychological disorders so that individuals can be correctly


______________ and ______________

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, p. 412

Section 2: ANXIETY DISORDERS

Feeling anxious all or most of the time or having anxiety that is ___________________ to the
situation provoking it

Anxiety that ______________ with effective ______________, the achievement of desired goals, life
satisfaction, and emotional comfort

Section 3: Dissociative Disorders

FOUR DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

Dissociative ______________ characterized by a sudden loss of memory usually following a


particularly stressful or traumatic event

Dissociative ______________ characterized not only by forgetting personal information and past
events but also by suddenly relocating from home or work and taking on a new identity

Dissociative ______________ involves the existence of two or more personalities within a single
individual

______________ ______________ feeling of detachment from ones mental processes or body

Section 4: Somatoform Disorders

DIFFERENCES IN SOMATOFORM DISORDERS

______________ disorder is characterized by a sudden and severe loss of physical functioning that
has no medical explanation.

______________ is the unhealthy fear of having a serious disorder

Section 5: Mood Disorders

PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF MOOD DISORDERS

Some people are prone to depression because they ______________ a real or imagined loss of a
loved object or person in childhood

Some believe that ________________ makes people prone to depression (dog experiment, p. 424+)
Others believe that some people are prone to depression because of their
_______________________________

Section 6: Schizophrenia

SUBTYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

______________ Schizophrenia delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations relating to a single


theme

______________ Schizophrenia incoherent in their thoughts and speech and disorganized in their
behavior

______________ Schizophrenia disturbance of movement

Section 7: PERSONALITY DISORDERS

A personality disorder is part of an individuals makeup influencing virtually all


_____________________________

Other psychological disorders tend to be discrete ______________ of illness than can be


distinguished from the individuals usual behavior

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