PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Taijin Kyofusho, Cognitive Disorder, Personality Disorder
22 Feb 2014
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Characterized by abnormal fear, anxiety, or panic: somatoform disorders. Abnormal bodily sensations or experiences (pain, sensory deficits) Intentional production of symptoms in order to play the sick role : substance-related disorders. Abuse, dependence, and other disorders: dissociative disorders. Abnormal alterations of memory, consciousness, or sense of self: mood disorders. Unipolar and bipolar disorders: psychotic disorders. Bulimia, anorexia nervosa, and nos: sleep disorders. Sense of tension before engaging in a behaviour, and relief when behaviour is performed: adjustment disorders. Significant problems adjusting to change in life circumstances: disorders usually first diagnosed in childhood. Behavioural, emotional, intellectual, and cognitive problems seen mostly in children and adolescents: delirium, dementia, amnestic and other cognitive disorders. Despite having known medical causes, because they affect behaviour and emotions they are considered mental illnesses: personality disorders. Schizotypal personality disorder: cluster b (dramatic-emotional-erratic) Histrionic personality disorder: cluster c (anxious-fearful) Not otherwise specified: some patients present with disorders that defy classification.
