Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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The expectations of the culture in which a person currently lives. The expectations of the person"s culture of origin. Judgments about what is normal or abnormal can differ depending on the time and the culture. Behavior that is personally distressing, personally dysfunctional, and/or so culturally deviant that other people judge it to be inappropriate or maladaptive. Anxiety disorders: intense, frequent, or inappropriate anxiety, but no loss of reality contact. Includes: phobias, generalized anxiety reactions, and panic disorders. Includes: depression and mania (extreme elation and excitement) Somatic symptom disorder: physical symptoms (such as blindness, paralysis, or pain) that have no physical basis and are assumed to be caused by psychological factors. Dissociative disorders: psychologically caused problems of consciousness and self-identification. Includes: amnesia and multiple personalities (dissociative identity disorder) Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders: severe disorders of thinking, perception, and emotion that involve loss of contact with reality and disordered behavior.