PSY 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Rod Gillis

Document Summary

The subfield of behavioral disorders is also known as abnormal psychology and as psychopathlogy. The module mentions several approaches to answering that question. The dsm-5, know each of the main categories such as anxiety disorders and know the specific disorders that fit in each category. Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, separation anxiety, and social anxiety are all anxiety disorders. Pay attention to what disorders fall into each of the main categories. The only phobia i expect you to know by name is agoraphobia. Here are some additional terms: post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), Conversion disorder, anorexia, bulimia, dissociative amnesia (with fugue), Dissociative identity disorder, paraphilias (know all that are listed in the module), know all 10 personality disorders, bipolar disorder. Understand the techniques that are used in psychotherapy in general. Understand the differences among the different types of therapy and know the key terms for each type of therapy.