CHAPTER 14

UNDERSTANDINGMENTAL DISORDERS

Chapter OverviewChapter OverviewOther Common Disorders•Do You Have an Eating Disorder?

•What Are Personality Disorders?

•Schizophrenia--The Enigmatic Disorder

Anxiety Disorders: The Most Common Disorder

•Generalized Anxiety Disorder

•Phobias: Fear of Something That Won’t Really Hurt

•Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Doubting Disease

•Trauma and Disaster

Psychological Disorders

•What Are Psychological Disorders?

•How Common Are Psychological Disorders?

•How Are Disorders Classified?

UnderstandiUnderstanding Mental ng Mental DisordersDisorders

Mood Disorders•What Is Depression?•Suicide: Who and Why?•What Is Bipolar Disorder?

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Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders What Are Psychological Disorders? How Common Are Psychological Disorders? How Are Disorders Classified?

Anxiety Disorders: The Most Common Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Phobias: Fear of Something That Won’t Really

Hurt Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Doubting

Disorder Trauma and Disaster

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Mood Disorders What Is Depression? Suicide: Who and Why? What Is Bipolar Disorder?

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Other Common Disorders Do You Have an Eating Disorder? What Are Personality Disorders? Schizophrenia – The Enigmatic Disorder

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Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders

What Are Psychological Disorders?Psychological DisorderPsychological Disorder - Clinically significant behavioral

or psychological pattern that is associated with:

1. distress (e.g., psychological pain, anxiety, or depression)

2. disability or maladaptive behavior–significant impairment in one or more areas of psychological functioning, especially the ability to work and to get along with others.

3. increased risk of suffering disability, pain, or death

4. loss of freedom or personal control

What Are Psychological Disorders?Many people suffering from mental disorders also:

Often violate social norms (generalized expectations regarding appropriate behavior in a given situation).

Vary in number depending on the society in which they live.

Are diagnosed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

Are stigmatized (negatively labeled) by others.

Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders cont’d

Many of today’shomeless are people with

mental disorders.