Chapter 16

2. disorder, an extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks
3. false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence
8. depressive disorder, severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities
10. amnesia, the inability to recall important personal events or information; is usually associated with stressful events
12. physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order tp produce the original effect
15. a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions
16. current version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
17. an intense and irrational fear of a particular object a situation
19. the symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted
20. identity disorder, a person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving
21. dependence, use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without is

1. disorder, a disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness
4. stress disorder, disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks
5. disorders, maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one's environment
6. disorder, changing emotional difficulties into a loss of specific voluntary body function
7. disorder, a condition in which there is no apparent physical cause
9. disorder, disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania and depression
11. perceptions that have no direct external cause
13. fugue, a dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past
14. personality, a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotion, and lack of conscience
18. a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger