PSY100Y5 Chapter 14: PSYChapter 14
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Retardation) used to make diagnosis of condition: axis iii (general medical conditions), axis iv (psychosocial & Anxiety disorders: introduction, anxiety disorder class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety. 4 types generalized anxiety disorder, phobic, obsessive compulsive, and panic. Correlated with anxiety disorders and poorer prognosis of recovery: stress anxiety disorders are stress related. Chapter 14: psychological disorders: paranoid type dominated by delusions of persecution, along with delusions of grandeur, believe they have many enemies who want to harass oppress them. Delusion of bodily functions. : undifferentiated type marked by mixtures of schizo symptoms, positive vs. Symptoms involve behavioral deficits, such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention and poverty of speech: pos. High chance for relapse: precipitating stress high stress may serve to precipitate schizophrenic disorder in someone who is vulnerable. High stress can also trigger relapses in patients who have made progress towards recovery.
