PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Binge Eating, Insomnia, Confidence Trick
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Psychological disorder: a significant dysfunction in a person"s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. The biopsychosocial approach to psychological disorders: today"s psychology studies how biological, psycho- logical, and social-cultural factors interact to produce specific psychological disorders. Medical model: the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd): a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyper- activity, and impulsivity. Dsm-iv-tr: the american psychiatric association"s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition, with an updated text revision ; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Anxiety disorders: psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder: an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
