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- MEDICAL MODEL
- THE PERSPECTIVE THAT SUGGENSTS THAT WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL DISPLAYS SYMPTOMS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIORK THE ROOT CAUSE WILL BE FOUND IN A PHYSICAL EXAM OF THE INDIVIDUALK WHICH MAY REVEAL A HORMONAL IMBALANCE, ACHEMICAL DEFICIENCY, OR A BRAIN INJURY.
- PSYCHOANALYTICAL MODEL
- THE PERSPECTIVE THAT SUGGESTS THAT ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR STEMS FROM CHILDHOOD CONFLICTS OVER OPPOSING WISHES REGARDING SEX AND AGGRESSSION.
- BEHAVIORAL MODEL
- LOOKS AT A BEHAVIOR ITSELF AS THE PROBLEM
- CONGNITIVE MODEL
- SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS ARE A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
- HUMANISTIC MODEL
- EMPHISIZES THE RESPONSIBILITY PEOPLE HAVE FOR THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR, EVEN WHEN SUCH BEHAVIOR IS ABNORMAL.
- SOCIALCULTURAL MODEL
- ASSUMES THAT PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR--BOTH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL--IS SHAPED BY THE KIND OF FAMILY GROUP, AND CULTURE IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
- DIAGNOSTIC AND SATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, FOURTH EDITION (DSM-IV-TR)
- A SYSTEM, DEVISED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, USED BY MOST PROFESSIONALS TO DIAGNOSE AND CLASSIFY ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR.
- GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
- THE EXPERIENCE OF LONG-TERM, PERSISTENT ANXIETY AND WORRY.
- PANIC DISORDER
- ANXIETY THAT REVEALS ITSELF IN THE FORM OF PANIC ATTACKS THAT LAST FROM A FEW SECONDS TO AS LONG AS SEVERAL HOURS
- PHOBIA DISORDER
- INTENSE, IRRRATIONAL FEARS OF SPECIFIC OBJECTS OR STITUATIONS.
- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
- A DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY OBSESSIONS OR COMPULSIONS
- OBSESSION
- A PERSISTENT, UNWANTED THOUGHT OR IDEA THAT KEEPS RECURRING
- COMPULSION
- AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO REPEATEDLY CARRY OUT SOME ACT THAT SEEMS STRANGE AND UNREASONABLE
- HYPOCHONDRISIS
- A DISORDER IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE A CONSTANT FEAR OF ILLNESS AND PREOCCUPATION WITH THEIR HEALTH.
- SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
- PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT TAKE ON A PHYSICAL (SOMATIC) FORM, BUT FOR WHICH THERE IS NO MEDICAL CAUSE.
- CONVERSION DISORDER
- A MAJOR SOMATOFORM DISORDER THAT INVOLVES AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE, SUCH AS THE INABILITY TO USE A SENSORY ORGAN OR THE COMPLETE OR PARTIAL INABILITY TO MOVE AN ARM OR LEG
- DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
- PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTIONS CHARACTERIZED BY THE SEPARATON OF CRITICAL PERSONALITY FACETS THAT ARE NORMALLY INTEGRATED, ALLOWING STRESS AVOIDANCE THROUGH ESCAPE
- DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
- A DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON DISPLAYS CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO OR MORE DISTINCT PERSONALITIES
- DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA
- A DISORDER IN WHICH A SIGNIFICANT, SELECTIVE MEMORY LOSS OCCURS
- DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE
- A FORM OF AMNESIA IN WHICH PEOPLE TAKE SUDDEN, IMPULSIVE TRIPS, SOMETIMES ASSUMING A NEW IDENTITY.
- MOOD DISORDERS
- A DISTURBANCE IN EMOTIONAL FEELINGS STRONG ENOUGH TO INTRUDE ON EVERYDAY LIVING.
- MANIA
- AN EXTENDED STATE OF INTENSE, WILD ELATION.
- HALLUCINATIONS
- THE EXPERIENCE OFPERCEIVING THINGS THAT SO NOT ACTUALLY EXIST. FUTHERMORE THEY MAY SEE, HEAR, OR SMELL THINGS DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHRS
- REACTIVE SCHIZOPHREMIA
- THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS IS SUDDEN AND CONSPICUOUS. TREATMENT FOR REACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA IS REALATIVELY FAVORABLE
- DOPAMINE HYPOTHESIS
- SUGGESTS THAT SCHIZOPHRENIA OCCURS WHEN THERE IS EXCESSACTIVITY IN THE AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT USEDOPAMINE AS A NEUROTRANSMITTER.
- PSHCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE-USE DISOREDR
- A DISORDER IN WHICH PROBLEMS ARISE FROM THE ABUSE OF DRUGS
- SEXUAL DISORDERS
- A DISORDER IN WHICH ONE'S SEXUAL ACIIVITY IS UNSATISFACTORY
- ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDERS
- THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE A PURELY BIOLOGICAL BASIS.