Psychological disorders

patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for those who are affected or for those with whom they come in contact

difficulty in fulfulling appropriate and expected family, social, and work-related roles

a view of mental disorders as caused by a combination of interacting biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors

a modern name for the midical model, in which psychological disorders are seen as reflecting disturbances in the anatomy and chemistry of the brain and in other biological processes

a view in which mental disorder is seen as arising from psychological processes

a way of looking at mental disorders in relation to gener, age, ethnicity, and other social and cultural factors

viewing psychological disorders as arising when a predisposition for a disorder combines with sufficient amounts of stress to trigger symptoms

a condition in which intense feeling of apprehension are long-standing and disruptive

an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fear of an object or situation that does not objectively justify such a reation

an anxiety disorder involving fear and aviodance of heights, animals, and other specific stimuli and situations

an anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relating to social situations

an anxiety disorder involving stong fear of being alone or away from the security of home

a condition that involves relatively mild but long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any partifulat object or situation

an anxiety disorder involving sudden panic attacks

an anxiety disorder involving repetitive thoughts and urges to perform certain rituals

psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a physical disorder without a physical cause

a somatoform disorder in which a person displays blindess, deafness, or other symptioms of sensory or motor failure without a physical cause

a somatoform disorder involving stong, unjustified fear of physical illness

somatoform disorders in which there are numerous physical complaints without verfied physical illness

a somatoform disorder marked by complaints of severe pain with no physical cause

rare conditions that involve sudden and usually tempirary disruptions in a person's memory consciousness, or identity

a dissociative disorder involving sudden loss of memory and the assumption of a new identity in a new locale

a dissociatvie disorder involving sudden loss of memory

a dissociative disorder in which a person reports having more than one identity

conditions in which a person experiences extreme moods, such as depression or mania

a mood disorder in which a person feels sad and hopeless for weeks or months

false beliefs, such as those experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia or extreeme depression

a mood disorder involving a pattern of comparatively mild depression that lasts for at least two years

an elated, very active emotional state

a mood disorder in which a person alternates between deep depression and mania

a severe and disabling pattern of disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, and behavior

delusions of grandeur or persecution; anger; anxiety; argumentativeness; extreme jealousy; onset often sudden; signs of impairment may be subtle

delusions; hallucinations; incoherent speech; facial grimaces; inappropriate laughter/ gigggling; neglected personal hygiene; loss of bladder/ bowel control

disordered movement , alternating between total immobility and wild excitement.

patterns of disordered behatio, thought, and emotion that do not fall easily into any other subtype

applies to people who have had prior episodes of schitz buy are not currently displaying sysmptoms

a symptom of disorder in which people perceive voices or other stimuli when there are no stimuli present

Schiz symptoms such as disorganized thoughts, hallucinations, and delusions

schiz symptoms such as absence of pleasure, lack of speech, and flat affect

long-standing, inflexible ways of behaving that create a variety of problems

a personality disorder involving impulsive, selfish, unscrupulous, even criminal behavior

devopment of a physical need for a psychoactive drug

a pattern of drinking that may lead to addiction and almost always causes sever social, physical, and other problems