PSYC 1010 Midterm: Introduction to Psychology Lecture 17 (PSYCH1010 including short answer hint for Test 4))
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd: note: there is also obsessive-compulsive. Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) varies from mild to severe. Traumatized by a bad event that they may re-experience through flashbacks, nightmares. **may be a short answer question: somatisform disorders. Falls somewhere between psych + medical disorders and refer to physical symptoms that have no physiological basis. Not to be confused with psychosomatic disorders (disorders that have a real physiological problem; worsened with stress (i. e. asthma, allergies, low blood pressure: conversion disorder (hysteria, hypochondriosis (hypochondria)- minor physical ailments/symptoms are misinterpreted as a major illness. Dissociative amnesia or dissociative fugue. (forget who you are or where you live) Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder)- take on several different personalities and even accents. It is as if multiple people are in them. They usually have gone through some type of trauma, and may be used as an attempt to avoid it by being a different person. Mood disorders (disturbance in mood: major depressive disorder.
