Psychological Disorders

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Psychological Disorders

• Introduction Understanding Psychological
  Disorders
• What Is a Psychological Disorder?
• The Prevalence of Psychological Disorders A
  Fifty-Fifty Chance?
• Anxiety Disorders Intense Apprehension and Worry
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder Worrying About
  Anything and Everything
• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder Sudden Episodes
  of Extreme Anxiety
• Explaining Panic Disorder
• The Influence of Culture on Panic Attacks

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Psychological Disorders

• Anxiety Disorders Intense Apprehension and
  Worry, continued
• The Phobias Fear and Loathing
• Agoraphobia Fear of Panic Attacks in Public
  Places
• Social Phobia Fear of Social Situations
• Explaining Phobias Learning Theories
• Evolution and Phobias Yikes! and Yuck!
  Responses
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reexperiencing the
  Trauma
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Checking It Again
  ... and Again
• Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Psychological Disorders

• Mood Disorders Emotions Gone Awry
• Major Depression Like Some Poisonous Fogbank
• The Symptoms of Major Depression
• Dysthymic Disorder
• The Prevalence and Course of Major Depression
• Bipolar Disorder An Emotional Roller Coaster
• The Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
• The Prevalence and Course of Bipolar Disorder
• Explaining Mood Disorders
• Genetics and Mood Disorders
• Neurotransmitters and Mood Disorders
• Stress and Mood Disorders

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Psychological Disorders

• Personality Disorders Maladaptive Traits
• Paranoid Personality Disorder Pervasive Distrust
  and Suspiciousness
• Antisocial Personality Disorder Violating the
  Rights of Others
• Borderline Personality Disorder Chaos and
  Emptiness
• The Dissociative Disorders Fragmentation of the
  Self
• Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue Forgetting and
  Wandering
• Dissociative Identity Disorder Multiple
  Personalities
• Explaining Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Psychological Disorders

• Schizophrenia A Different Reality
• Symptoms of Schizophrenia
• Delusions False Beliefs
• Hallucinations False Perceptions
• Disturbances in Sensation, Thinking, and Speech
• Negative Symptoms Deficits in Behavior, Emotion,
  and Motivation
• Types of Schizophrenia
• The Prevalence and Course of Schizophrenia

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Psychological Disorders

• Schizophrenia A Different Reality, continued
• Explaining Schizophrenia
• Genetic Factors Family, Twin, and Adoption
  Studies
• Abnormal Brain Chemistry The Dopamine Hypothesis
• Abnormal Brain Structures and Functioning
• Environmental Factors The Viral Infection Theory
• Psychological Factors Unhealthy Families
• Summing Up Psychological Disorders
• Application Understanding and Helping Prevent
  Suicide
• Summary