PSY 1102 Study Guide - Confidence Trick, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: all

Document Summary

A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital. The american psychiatric association"s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition, with an updated text-revision ; widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. Psychological disorder"s characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviours that reduce anxiety. An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations. An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.