CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar Ii Disorder

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Joseph Harris

Document Summary

Prevalence: the percentage of people who have it now (also called point prevalence) assessment: a set of procedures for gathering information on an individual (e. g. , mmpi, interview, mri) Pervasive anxiety leading to disability and distress: lifetime risk 1/3. Subcategory: social phobias are fear of performing specific behaviors in the presence of relatively rare: mysophobia, ailurophobia, triskaidekaphobia others, e. g. using public lavatories; or discrete performance anxiety" (to an audience) Stress disorders include ptsd for which there is a lifetime prevalence of 7: re-experiencing such as nightmares or flashbacks, arousal such as difficulties concentrating, insomnia, sensitivity to startling stimuli, avoidance of stimuli or related stimuli. Generalized anxiety disorder just about any anxiety that causes disability or distress. Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, also termed affective disorders or disorders of affect. Anhedonia (inability to feel happiness or enjoy activities previously enjoyed) At least one of the first two, at least two in total to meet criteria.