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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: FarroneMariahChp.14 21, Psychological disorders Abnormality Trepanning: The act of cutting holes in an ill persons head to let out evil spirits, Psychological disorders Dissociative Disorders Biological explanations point to lower than normal activity levels in the areas responsible for body awareness in people with dissociative disorders, Psychological disorders DSM-IV-TR DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision is a manual of psychological disorders and their symptoms, Psychological disorders Abnormality The assumption is that mental illnesses are caused by chemical or structural malfunctions in the nervous sysytem, Psychological disorders Anxiety Disorders Genetic transmission may be responsible for anxiety among related persons, Psychological disorders Abnormality can be classified as abnormal if it goes against social norms, DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision is a manual of psychological disorders and their symptoms Five axes clinical disorders, personality disorders and mental retardation, general medical conditions, pyschosocial and environmental problems, and a global assessment, Psychological disorders Mood Disorders Alao called affective disorders, are severe disturbances in emotion, Phobias are irrational, persistent fears. 3 types social phobia, specific phobias, and agoraphobia, Psychological disorders Eating Disorders Genetics, low levels of serotonin, and insensitivity to leptin( a horrmone that influences appetite) may play a part in anorexia bulimia, Psychological disorders Anxiety Disorders Phobias are irrational, persistent fears., Psychological disorders Anxiety Disorders Are all disorders that the most dominate symptom is excessive and unrealistic anxiety, Psychological disorders Mood Disorders Cyclothymia consists of moderate mood swings usually tied to an external stressor, Psychological disorders Mood Disorders Psychodynamic theories see depression as anger at authority figures from childhood turned inward on the self, Psychological disorders Anxiety Disorders Cognitive psychologists believe that excessive anxiety comes from illogical, irrational thought processes., Psychological disorders Dissociative Disorders Psychodynamic explanations point to repression of memories, seeing dissociation as a defense mechanism against anxiety, Psychological disorders Mood Disorders Learning theories link depression to learned helplessness, Psychological disorders Dissociative Disorders Cognitive and behavioral explanations see dissociative disorders as a kind of avoidence learning, Psychological disorders Eating Disorders Maladaptive eating problems include anorexia and bulimia, Psychological disorders DSM-IV-TR Over 1/5 of adults over age 18 suffer from mental disorders in any given year.