Lester M. Sdorow,
Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh,
University of Redlands
| agoraphobia | A fear of being in public, usually because the person fears the embarrassment of a panic attack.
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| antisocial personality disorder | A personality disorder marked by impulsive, manipulative, often criminal behavior, without any feelings of guilt in the perpetrator.
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| anxiety disorder | A psychological disorder marked by persistent anxiety that disrupts everyday functioning.
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| bipolar disorder | A mood disorder marked by periods of mania alternating with longer periods of major depression.
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| borderline personality disorder (BPD) | A personality disorder marked by impulsivity, unstable moods, an inconsistent sense of identity, and difficulty maintaining intimate relationships.
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| catatonic schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia marked by unusual motor behavior, such as bizarre actions, extreme agitation, or immobile stupor.
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| diathesis-stress viewpoint | The assumption that psychological disorders are consequences of the interaction of a biological, inherited predisposition (diathesis) and exposure to stressful life experiences.
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| disorganized schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia marked by severe personality deterioration and extremely bizarre behavior.
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| dissociative amnesia | The inability to recall personally significant memories.
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| dissociative disorder | A psychological disorder in which thoughts, feelings, and memories become separated from conscious awareness.
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| dissociative fugue | Memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia as well as the loss of one's identity and fleeing from one's prior life.
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| dissociative identity disorder | A dissociative disorder, more commonly known as multiple personality disorder, in which the person has two or more distinct personalities that alternate with one another.
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| generalized anxiety disorder | An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent state of anxiety that exists independently of any particular stressful situation.
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| insanity | A legal term attesting that a person is not responsible for his or her own actions, including criminal behavior.
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| major depression | A mood disorder marked by depression so intense and prolonged that the person may be unable to function in everyday life.
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| mania | A mood disorder marked by euphoria, hyperactivity, grandiose ideas, annoying talkativeness, unrealistic optimism, and inflated self-esteem.
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| mood disorder | A psychological disorder marked by prolonged periods of extreme depression or elation, often unrelated to the person's current situation.
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder | An anxiety disorder in which the person has recurrent, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and recurrent urges to perform ritualistic actions (compulsions).
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| panic disorder | An anxiety disorder marked by sudden, unexpected attacks of overwhelming anxiety, often associated with the fear of dying or "losing one's mind."
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| paranoid schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia marked by hallucinations, delusions, suspiciousness, and argumentativeness.
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| personality disorder | A psychological disorder characterized by enduring, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of behavior.
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| phobia | An anxiety disorder marked by excessive or inappropriate fear.
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| psychopathology | The study of psychological disorders.
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| schizophrenia | A class of psychological disorders characterized by grossly impaired social, emotional, cognitive, and perceptual functioning.
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| seasonal affective disorder (SAD) | A mood disorder in which severe depression arises during a particular season, usually the winter.
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| social phobia | A phobia of situations that involve public scrutiny.
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| specific phobia | An anxiety disorder marked by an intense, irrational fear of a specific object or situation.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education