front 1 Medical Model | back 1 Abnormal psychological experiences are conceptualized as illnesses that, like physical illnesses, have biological and environmental causes, defined symptoms, and possible cures. |
front 2 Percentage of Americans with some type of mental disorder | back 2 This number varies by age group, with the highest prevalence of mental illness (33.7%) among young adults (18–25). This is followed by adults aged 26–49 (28.1%) and those 50 and older (15.0%). Women are also more likely to have mental illness than men, with 27.2% of women experiencing AMI compared to 18.1% of men. |
front 3 Most recent DSM – DSM 5 | back 3 Describes 22 major categories containing more than 200 different mental disorders |
front 4 Comorbidity | back 4 Co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual |
front 5 No Single Cause for Psychological Disorder | back 5 A number of factors can contribute to risk for mental illness, such as: Your genes and family history. Your life experiences, such as stress or a history of abuse, especially if they happen in childhood. |
front 6 Diathesis-Stress-Model | back 6 Suggests that that a person may be predisposed |
front 7 Diathesis | back 7 biological predisposition |
front 8 Anxiety Disorders | back 8 class of mental disorder in which anxiety is the predominant feature |
front 9 Phobia Disorder | back 9 disorders characterized by persistent, and excessive fear and avoidance of specific objects, activities, or situations that are not likely to be dangerous. |
front 10 Social Phobia | back 10 Disorder that involves an irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed |
front 11 Specific Phobia | back 11 Disorder that involves an irrational fear of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual’s ability to function: for example, animals, natural environment, situations, blood injections and injury. |
front 12 Agoraphobia | back 12 Specific phobia involving a fear of public places |
front 13 Claustrophobia | back 13 fear of enclosed or narrow spaces |
front 14 Panic Disorder | back 14 Disorder characterized by the sudden occurrence of multiple psychological and physiological symptoms that contribute to a feeling of stark terror; panic attacks |
front 15 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | back 15 Disorder characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance |
front 16 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | back 16 Disorder in which repetitive, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) designed to fend off those thoughts interfere significantly with an individual’s functioning |
front 17 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | back 17 Disorder characterized by chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the traumatic event to mind. |
front 18 Mood Disorder | back 18 Mental disorders that have mood disturbances as their predominant feature |
front 19 Major Depressive Disorder | back 19 Disorder characterized by a severely depressed mood that lasts 2 weeks or more and is accompanied by feelings of worthlessness and lack of pleasure, lethargy, and sleep and appetite disturbances |
front 20 Bipolar Disorder | back 20 Unstable emotional condition characterized by cycles of abnormal, persistent high mood (mania) and low mood (depression |
front 21 Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | back 21 Depression that involves recurrent depressive episodes in a seasonal pattern |
front 22 Postpartum Depression | back 22 a mood disorder characterized by feelings of sadness and the loss of pleasure in normal activities that can occur shortly after giving birth |
front 23 Helplessness Theory | back 23 the idea that individuals who are prone to depression automatically attribute negative experiences to causes that are internal , stable, and global |
front 24 Schizophrenia | back 24 Disorder characterized by the profound disruption of basic psychological processes, a distorted perception of reality, altered or blunted emotion, and disturbances in thought, motivation, and behavior; occurs in about 1% of the population; rarely develops before adolescence |
front 25 Delusions | back 25 Obviously false belief system, often bizarre and grandiose, that is maintained in spite of its irrationality |
front 26 Hallucinations | back 26 false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus |
front 27 Grossly Disorganized Behavior | back 27 Behavior that is inappropriate for the situation or ineffective in attaining goals, often with specific motor disturbances |
front 28 Catatonic | back 28 Marked decrease in all movement (stupor) or an increase in muscular rigidity and overactivity |
front 29 Conduct Disorder | back 29 Persistent pattern of deviant behavior involving aggression to people or animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, or serious rule violations. |
front 30 Personality Disorder | back 30 Disorder characterized by deeply ingrained, inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, or relating to others or controlling impulses that cause distress or impaired functioning |
front 31 Odd/Eccentric | back 31 Cluster A consists of paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders |
front 32 Anxious/Inhibited | back 32 Cluster C, the anxious or fearful types, are the avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders |
front 33 Dramatic/Erratic | back 33 Cluster B, the dramatic, emotional, or erratic types, are antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders. |
front 34 Suicide | back 34 Refers to intentional self-inflicted death |
front 35 10th Leading Cause of Death | back 35 Suicide |
front 36 2nd Leading Cause of Death for High School and College Students | back 36 Suicide |
front 37 Biological Factors in Mental Health Disorders | back 37 closer a person's genetic relatedness to a person with schizophrenia , the greater the likelihood of developing a disorder |
front 38 Psychological Factors in Mental Health Disorders | back 38
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front 39 Social/Environmental Factors in Mental Health Disorders | back 39 family environmental plays an role in the development of an recovery of the problem |