Psychology 9. Psychological Disorders | Study Guide

University:
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Course:
PSY-113 | General Psychology
Academic year:

2021
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3
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Kaiden Murphy

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS DEMONIC POSSESSIONDemonic possession involves the belief that an alien spirit, demon, or entity controls a person's actions. Those who believe themselves so possessed commonly claim that symptoms of demonic possession include missing memories, perceptual distortions, loss of a sense of control, and hyper-suggestibility. Erika Bourguignon found in a study of 488 societies worldwide that seventy-four percent believe in possession by spirits, with the highest numbers of believing societies in Pacific cultures and the lowest incidence among Native Americans of both North and South America. DIAGNOSESPsychological diagnosis. Psychological diagnosis, however, refers to symptoms or mentalemotional functioning that do not have an observable organic base ––the diagnosis is inferred from patients' behavior and what they report about themselves. ANXIETY DISORDERSThe most common are: ● Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) A person feels anxious on most days, worrying about lots of different things, for a period of six months or more. ● Social anxiety. ● Specific phobias. ● Panic disorder. ● Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) ● Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) MOOD DISORDERS● Specifiers for Mood Disorders. DSM-5 includes multiple specifiers to describe the Bipolar and Depressive Disorders ● Bipolar II Disorder. ● Cyclothymic Disorder ● Major Depressive Disorder ● Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) ● Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERSThere are three types of dissociative disorders: ● Dissociative identity disorder ● Dissociative amnesia ● Depersonalization/derealization disorder SCHIZOPHRENIAThere are several types of schizophrenia. ● Paranoid schizophrenia. This is the most common type of schizophrenia. ● Hebephrenic schizophrenia. ● Catatonic schizophrenia. ● Undifferentiated schizophrenia. ● Residual schizophrenia. ● Simple schizophrenia. ● Unspecified schizophrenia. PERSONALITY DISORDERS These are grouped into three categories. Suspicious: Paranoid personality disorder. Schizoid personality disorder. Emotional and impulsive: ● Borderline personality disorder (BPD) ● Histrionic personality disorder. ● Narcissistic personality disorder.