Psychological+Disorders

toc = = = Definition: = Mental processes and/or behavior patterns that cause emotional distress and/or substantial impairment in functioning. Gen Psych, Chapter 12, Pg. 380

= **Examples:** = Schizophrenia, catatonic type Delusional disorder. ||
 * **Category** || **Symptoms** || **Examples** ||
 * Schizophreni/ other psychotic disorders || disorders characterized by the presence of psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions disorganized speech bizarre behaviorm and loss of contact with reality. || Schizophrenia, paranoid typeSchizophrenia, disorganized type
 * Mood disorders || Disorders characterized by periods of extreme or prolonged depression or mania or both. || Major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder. ||
 * Anxiety Disorders || Disorders characterized by anxiety and avoidance behavior. ||
 * Somatoform Disorders || Disorders in which physical symptoms are present that are psychological in origin rather than due to a medical condition. || Hypochondriasis, Conversion disorder. ||
 * Dissociative Disorders || Disorders in whch on ehandles stress or conflict by forgetting important personal information or one's whole identity, or by compartmentalizing the trauma or conflict into a split-off alter personality. || Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative fugue, Dissociative identity disorder. ||
 * Personality Disorders || Disorders characterized by long-standing, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of behavior beginning early in life and causing personal disterss or problems in social and occupational functioning. || Antisocial personality disorder, Histrionic personality disorer, Narcissistic personality disorer, Borderline personality disorder. ||
 * Substance-related Disorders || Disorders in which undesirable behavioral changes result from substance abuse, dependence, or intoxication. || Cocaine abuse, Cannabis dependence, Acohol abuse. ||
 * Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence || Disorders that include mental retardation, learning disorders, communication disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders, tic disorders, and elimination disorders. || Conduct disorder, Autistic disorder, Tourette's syndrome, Stuttering. ||
 * Eating Disorders || Disorders charactereized by severe disturbances in eating behavior. || Anorexia nervose, Bulimia nervosa. ||

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