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Psychological disorder
Definition
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feeling, and actions.
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Medical model
Definition
The concept that diseases, psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and cured, often through treatment in a hospital.
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Biological perspective
Definition
Influences of disorders are evolution,individual genes, and brain structure and chemistry
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DSM-IV
Definition
A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
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Malleus malificarum
Definition
a treatise on the prosecution of witches
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Mood disorders
Definition
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes.
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Major depressive disorder
Definition
A mood disorder in which a person experiences two or more weeks of depressed mood.
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Manic episode
Definition
A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.
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Bipolar disorder
Definition
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between depression and the state of mania.
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Historical treatment of mental illness
Definition
-Exorcism to get "demons" out
-"mad" people were caged
-Beatings,burnings, and castration deal with demons
-Drilling holes in skull
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Psychoanalytic perspective
Definition
Influences of disorders are stress, trauma, learned helplessness, and mood-related perceptions and memories.
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social-cognitive perspectives
Definition
Influences of disorders are roles, expectations, and definitions of normality and disorder.
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