Psych Chapter 16 Vocab

2. use of a drug to such of an extent that a person feels nervous/ anxious without it
4. false beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence
6. a condition in which there is no apparent physical cause
8. a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger
10. current version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
11. the symptoms a person has after the discontinued use of a drug to which he/she has become addicted
12. an individual alternates between feelings of euphoria and depression
13. an intense or irrational fear
14. perceptions that have no direct external cause
15. a group of disorders characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions and perceptions
16. inflexible ways of dealing with one's environment
17. an extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks
19. a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness
20. changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific body function

1. severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessbess and diminished pleasure or interest in activities
3. a person experiences two or more personality states each with its own thinking/behaving
5. physical adaptation to a drug that a person needs an increased amount to produce and effect
7. characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscious
9. the inability to recall important personal events or information
16. disorder in which victims of traumatic events experience flashbacks
18. a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home/ work and is unable to recall the past