PY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dependent Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder
Physiological Disorders
• 26% of adults suffer from diagnosable disorder
• Serious mental illnesses are less common - 6%
• Psychological disorder: set of behavioral and or psychological symptoms that are no in keeping
with cultural norms and cause significant personal distress and or significant impairment
• A mental illness is diagnosable based on specific symptoms and treated with various types of
medication and/or therapy
Biopsychological Approach to Mental Health
• Recognizes the role of both nature (genetic predisposition) and nurture (environmental factors)
on mental illness
Classifying Psychological Disorders
• The universal authority on the classification and diagnosis of psychological disorders is the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Broad Category
Description
Specific Psychological
Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are characterized by
excessive worry, uneasiness apprehension and
fear with both physiological and psychological
symptoms
The estimated prevalence of anxiety disorders in
the US is
approximately 18%
• Generalized anxiety
disorder
• Phobias
• Panic disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive
disorder
• Post-traumatic stress
disorder
Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are characterized by a
disturbance in mood or
affect; two broad categories are distinguished by
the presence
or absence of a manic of hypomanic episodes
the estimated prevalence = 10%
• Major depressive
disorder
• Dysthymic disorder
• Bipolar disorder
• Cyclothymic disorder
Personality
Disorders
Personality disorders are characterized by
enduring maladaptive
patterns of behavior and cognition that depart
from social norms
and are displayed across a variety of contexts.
These patterns of
thought and behavior develop early and cause
significant
sysfunction and distress
Estimated prevalence = 10%
• Paranoid personality
disorder
• Schizoid personality
disorder
• Schizotypal personality
disorder
• Antisocial personality
disorder
• Borderline personality
disorder
• Histrionic personality
disorder
• Narcissistic personality
disorder
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Document Summary
Physiological disorders: 26% of adults suffer from diagnosable disorder. Biopsychological approach to mental health: recognizes the role of both nature (genetic predisposition) and nurture (environmental factors) on mental illness. Classifying psychological disorders: the universal authority on the classification and diagnosis of psychological disorders is the. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive worry, uneasiness apprehension and fear with both physiological and psychological symptoms. The estimated prevalence of anxiety disorders in the us is approximately 18% Mood disorders are characterized by a disturbance in mood or affect; two broad categories are distinguished by the presence or absence of a manic of hypomanic episodes the estimated prevalence = 10% Personality disorders are characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior and cognition that depart from social norms and are displayed across a variety of contexts. These patterns of thought and behavior develop early and cause significant sysfunction and distress.
