1006 Lecture Notes - Dissociative Disorder, Panic Disorder, Impulse Control Disorder
Document Summary
Patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for those who are affected or for those with whom they come in contact. Infrequency the mental disorder needs to be infrequent. Norm violation the mental disorder cannot be normal . Content, context and consequences: biopsychosocial model. Stress stressful situation triggers that risk: dsm-iv-tr. Axis ii: personality disorders and mental retardation. Axis iii: medical conditions that may contribute to mental health. Disorders usually diagnosed in infancy, childhood or adolescence. Same as somatoform disorders, but the person knows they"re lying. Dissociative fugue being somewhere without knowing how you got there. Major depression disorder sad for a long time. Feeling of apprehension that are longstanding and disruptive. Agoraphobia: fear of leaving a safe area. Nothing that targets the anxiety free floating anxiety . Can then, develop into a specific phobia. Autonomic system kicks in, but for no reason.
