ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Social Phobia
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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A Specific Phobia
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Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Detailed explanation-1: -While phobias are focused on a specific object or situation, generalized anxiety disorder is much more broadly based. Those with generalized anxiety disorder worry excessively over a variety of day to day situations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike the brief anxiety you may feel when giving a speech or taking a test, specific phobias are long lasting, cause intense physical and psychological reactions, and can affect your ability to function normally at work, at school or in social settings.
Detailed explanation-3: -A psychological disorder is an ongoing dysfunctional pattern of thought, emotion, and behaviour that causes significant distress and that is considered deviant in that person’s culture or society. According to the bio-psycho-social model, psychological disorders have biological, psychological, and social causes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Criteria for defining psychological disorders depend on whether cultural norms are violated, whether behavior is maladaptive or harmful, and whether there is distress. The medical model describes and explains psychological disorders as if they are diseases.