Chapter 16

1. disorder Severe form of depression that interferes with functioning, concentration, and mental and physical well being
3. The fourth version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
5. A false belief that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence
8. Disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks
12. Use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it
13. The symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the drug to which he or she has become addicted
17. A disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness
18. A group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions
20. The inability to recall important personal events or information is usually associated with stressful events
21. Changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function

2. Physical symptoms for which there is no apparent physical cause
4. A dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past
6. A personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience
7. A person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving
9. A pattern of a drug abuse characterized by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug
10. Disorder in which an individual alternates between feelings of mania (euphoria) and depression
11. Physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original effect
12. Maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one's environment
14. A vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger
15. An intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation
16. An anxiety disorder that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks
19. Perceptions that have no direct external cause