Psychology Chapter: Mood Disorders and Disorders #1

A mental health condition where a person has a strong focus on perceived flaws in their appearance, leading to significant distress.

Excessive focus on physical appearance, believing flaws exist even when others perceive none.

A related condition where an individual is overly concerned about their body size, and feels the need for larger muscles.

A perceived flaw in appearance which is not real or is drastically overblown.

A related condition where someone is overly concerned with their body size, feeling they need more muscle.

A mental health condition causing a strong need to save items and extreme difficulty discarding them, leading to significant clutter.

A mental disorder characterized by recurrent hair pulling, affecting hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

A mental health condition involving recurrent skin picking.

A key characteristic of hoarding disorder, where people feel a strong compulsion to save items perceived as having no apparent use or value.

A common symptom of hoarding disorder, characterised by excessive accumulation of items in a living space.

Fear of poison

Fear of interacting with others; fear of being embarrassed or humiliated in social situations.

Fear of places where escape is difficult; fear of panic attacks in public.

Sudden overwhelming feelings of fear (panic attacks); physical symptoms like chest pain, sweating, and difficulty breathing.

Traumatic event symptoms persisting for more than a month; includes nightmares, flashbacks, distress, and high arousal.

Symptoms involving an excess of normal functions, like delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, and inappropriate emotions.

Symptoms involving a decrease/absence of normal functions, like flat affect, social withdrawal, and poor hygiene.

Fixed false beliefs that are not based in reality, common in Schizophrenia and Delusional disorder.

A psychotic disorder with symptoms lasting at least 1 day but less than 1 month.

A disorder with lasting false beliefs, lasting at least a month.

Depression can be caused by a lack of control and negative or irrational thoughts.

Low levels of neurotransmitters like norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine may contribute to depression.

Women may internalize feelings and seek help more readily, while men may isolate and hide their feelings, potentially leading to higher suicide risk.

Depression is most common among people aged 35-65.

Suicide ideation increased significantly between 2018 and 2020.

Factors that make someone more vulnerable to developing a disorder, often related to genetics or past experiences.

Events or stressors that trigger the development of a disorder.

Factors that maintain or worsen existing mental health issues.

Characterized by excessive worry, anticipatory anxiety, and difficulty handling uncertainty.

An intense, irrational fear of a specific object or situation that leads to avoidance.

The study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

Disturbances in perceptions, thoughts, emotions, behaviors; severe distress; unusual in a culture; difficulty coping; harmful to self or others.

The diagnostic manual used to categorize psychological disorders; describes symptoms, probable causes, but NOT treatments.

A set of symptoms that appear together and indicate a particular psychological disorder.

Having more than one psychological disorder at the same time.

Symptoms include persistent sadness, loss of interest, sleep changes, appetite changes, and more for at least two weeks.

Similar symptoms to MDD but last for longer periods, often years.

Symptoms related to hormonal changes around menstruation, potentially including depression or anxiety.

Mood changes, including sadness and depression, after childbirth.

At least five of the symptoms (such as insomnia, loss of interest, and sadness) are required to diagnose Major Depressive Disorder.

A phase of bipolar disorder characterized by elevated mood, increased energy, and risky behavior.

A less severe form of mania, with shorter duration and less intense symptoms.

Characterized by at least one manic episode followed by at least one depressive episode.

Characterized by at least one hypomanic episode and at least one depressive episode.

A mental health condition characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) to reduce anxiety.