Behavioral Sciences – Psychological Disorders

Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(DSM)
The guide by which most psychological disorders are
characterized, described, and diagnosed
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Schizophrenia
 Psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality
and disturbance in content and form of thought, perception,
and behavior
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Positive Schizophrenia Symptoms
Hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thoughts and
behaviors
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Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms
Disturbance of affect and avolition
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Major Depressive Disorder
Contains at least one major depressive episode
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Pervasive Depressive Disorder
A depressed mood (either dysthymia or major depression)
for at least two years
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
The colloquial name for major depressive disorder with
seasonal onset, with depression during within the winter
months
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Bipolar I Disorder
Contains at least one manic episode
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Bipolar II Disorder
Contains at least one hypomanic episode and at least one
major depressive episode
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Cyclothymic Disorder
Contains hypomanic episodes with dysthymia
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Constant disproportionate and persistent worry
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Specific Phobias
Irrational fears of specific objects
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Social Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety due to social or performance situations
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Agoraphonia
Fear of places or situations where it is hard for an
individual to escape
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Panic Disorder
 Recurrent attacks of intense, overwhelming fear and
sympathetic nervous system activity with no clear stimulus.
It may lead to agoraphobia
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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Obsessions (persistent, intrusive thoughts and impulses)
and compulsions (repetitive tasks that relieve tension by
cause significant impairment)
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Body Dysomorphic Disorder
Unrealistic negative evaluation of one’s appearance or
specific body part
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Dissociate Amnesia
Inability to recall past experience; may involve dissociative
fugue
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Dissociative Fugue
A sudden change in location that can involve the
assumption of a new identity
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Dissociate Identity Disorder
Two or more personalities that take control of behavior
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Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Feelings of detachment from the mind and body, or from
the environment
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Somatic Symptom Disorder
At least one somatic symptom, which may or may not be
linked to an underlying medical condition, that causes
disproportionate concern
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Illness Anxiety Disorder
Preoccupation with having or coming down with a serious
medical condition
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Conversion Disorder
Unexplained symptoms affecting motor or sensory function
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Personality Disorder
Patterns of inflexible, maladaptive behavior that cause
distress or impaired functioning
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Cluster A
Paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid (odd, eccentric, “weird”)
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Cluster B
Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic (dramatic,
emotional, “wild”)
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Cluster C
Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive (anxious,
fearful, “worried”)