Chapter 15: Psychiatric Disorders

Table of Contents

• Disorders in Childhood
  • ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
  • AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Questions
  • Personal Application Question
• Dissociative Disorders
  • DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA
  • DEPERSONALIZATION/DEREALIZATION DISORDER
  • DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
  • Personal Application Question
• Schizophrenia
  • SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
  • CAUSES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
  • SCHIZOPHRENIA: EARLY WARNING SIGNS
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • A BROADER DEFINITION OF PTSD
  • RISK FACTORS FOR PTSD
  • SUPPORT FOR SUFFERERS OF PTSD
  • LEARNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PTSD
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
• Personality Disorders
  • BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
  • ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
• Introduction
  • References
• Mood Disorders
  • MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
  • SUBTYPES OF DEPRESSION
  • BIPOLAR DISORDER
  • THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF MOOD DISORDERS
  • SUICIDE
  • RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDE
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
  • Personal Application Question
• Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
  • BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
  • HOARDING DISORDER
  • CAUSES OF OCD
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Questions
• Anxiety Disorders
  • SPECIFIC PHOBIA
  • ACQUISITION OF PHOBIAS THROUGH LEARNING
  • SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
  • PANIC DISORDER
  • GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
• Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
  • SUPERNATURAL PERSPECTIVES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • THE DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
  • Personal Application Question
• What Are Psychological Disorders?
  • DEFINITION OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER
  • CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
  • HARMFUL DYSFUNCTION
  • THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA) DEFINITION
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Question
  • Personal Application Question
• Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  • THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM)
  • THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES
  • THE COMPASSIONATE VIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • Summary
  • Critical Thinking Questions

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