CHAPTER 14 UNDERSTANDING MENTAL DISORDERS

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CHAPTER 14UNDERSTANDINGMENTAL
DISORDERS
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Chapter Overview

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

Understanding Mental Disorders

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

• Psychological 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 Wont Really Hurt
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Doubting
  Disease
• Trauma and Disaster

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CHAPTER SUMMARY

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

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CHAPTER SUMMARY contd

• Anxiety Disorders The Most Common Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Phobias Fear of Something That Wont Really Hurt
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Doubting
  Disorder
• Trauma and Disaster

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CHAPTER SUMMARY contd

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

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CHAPTER SUMMARY contd

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

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Psychological Disorders

• What Are Psychological Disorders?
• Psychological Disorder - Clinically significant
  behavioral or psychological pattern that is
  associated with
• 1. distress (e.g., psychological pain, anxiety,
  or depression)
• 2. disability or maladaptive behaviorsignificant
  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

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Psychological Disorders contd

• 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.

Many of todays homeless are people with mental
disorders.