1. Psychological Disorders
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2. Psychological disorder
Deviant, stressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.
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3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD
A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by the age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
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4. Medical model
The concept of diseases have some physical causes that can be diagnosed treated and in most cases cured.
The medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms and cure through therapy, which may include treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
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5. DSM-IV
American psychiatric Association’s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed an updated “text revision”
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6. Panic disorder
Anxiety disorder marked by on predictable minutes – long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror a thumping chest pains, choking, or other frightening sensations.
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7. Phobia
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
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8. Obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD
Anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions).
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9. Post dramatic stress disorder PTSD
Anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jump being said, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after dramatic experience. File save
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10. Major depressive disorder
A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or medical condition, two more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminish interest or pleasure in most activities
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11. Mania
A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, quietly optimistic state.
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12. Bipolar Disorder
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness of the orgy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
This was formally called manic depressive disorder.
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13. Schizophrenia
A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, to stir perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
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14. Delusions
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders.
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