Psychological Disorders
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Psychological Disorders
Etiology of Psychological Disorders
Describe the following perspectives on the etiology of psychological disorders:
Perspective Description of Perspective
Biological Perspective Born with the disorder because of a person’s genes.
Learning Perspective This is a behavior that is learnt through time.
Cognitive Factors The way a person thinks controls the disorder.
Diathesis-Stress Model Brought on by a life event.
Personality Factors Verbal abuse or how someone treats another person can cause a person’s personality to be odd.
Social-Cognitive Perspective The learned helplessness model suggests that when people feel they don’t have any control over the good things that happen to them, they are more likely to become depressed
Psychological Factors A disorder in which a real medical syndrome is exacerbated by psychological factors.
Classifications of Psychological Disorders
List and briefly describe the major classifications of psychological disorders discussed in the text, and list the major disorders found under each classification.
DSM-IV-TR Classification Description of Classification Disorders Included
Anxiety disorders When a person feels uneasy about a certain situation they are in. Specific phobia, OCD, PTSD
Somatoform Disorder Symptoms of physical illness that cannot be explained by a general medical condition. Stomachaches that cannot be related to anything. Headache a person may think he or she has a brain tumor but doesn’t.
Dissociative Disorders Loss of the integration of consciousness, memory, or a change in the identity of a person. amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity disorder
Mood Disorders Problematic social functioning, thinking, behaviors, and physical symptoms Depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
Psychotic Disorders psychological conditions that include symptoms of psychosis Schizophrenic
Personality Disorders
Psychological Disorders
Etiology of Psychological Disorders
Describe the following perspectives on the etiology of psychological disorders:
Perspective Description of Perspective
Biological Perspective Born with the disorder because of a person’s genes.
Learning Perspective This is a behavior that is learnt through time.
Cognitive Factors The way a person thinks controls the disorder.
Diathesis-Stress Model Brought on by a life event.
Personality Factors Verbal abuse or how someone treats another person can cause a person’s personality to be odd.
Social-Cognitive Perspective The learned helplessness model suggests that when people feel they don’t have any control over the good things that happen to them, they are more likely to become depressed
Psychological Factors A disorder in which a real medical syndrome is exacerbated by psychological factors.
Classifications of Psychological Disorders
List and briefly describe the major classifications of psychological disorders discussed in the text, and list the major disorders found under each classification.
DSM-IV-TR Classification Description of Classification Disorders Included
Anxiety disorders When a person feels uneasy about a certain situation they are in. Specific phobia, OCD, PTSD
Somatoform Disorder Symptoms of physical illness that cannot be explained by a general medical condition. Stomachaches that cannot be related to anything. Headache a person may think he or she has a brain tumor but doesn’t.
Dissociative Disorders Loss of the integration of consciousness, memory, or a change in the identity of a person. amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity disorder
Mood Disorders Problematic social functioning, thinking, behaviors, and physical symptoms Depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
Psychotic Disorders psychological conditions that include symptoms of psychosis Schizophrenic
Personality Disorders