Psychological Disorders
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Psychological Disorder
- a “harmful dysfunction” in which behavior is judged to be atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable
- The Medical Model assumes that . . .
- the behavior disorder is caused by an underlying illness.
- culture-bound syndromes
- clusters of symptoms that define or describe an illness in a particular culture.
- anxiety
- a psychological state characterized by tension and apprehension, foreboding, and dread.
- phobia
- an excessive, irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger.
- simple phobia
- an anxiety disorder characterized by a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation.
- social phobia
- an irrational fear of social situations in which one might be exposed to the close scrutiny of others.