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behavior that interferes with a person's ability to perform necessary activities, such as going to work or caring for family members

• dangerous

• disordered

• dysfunctional

• deviant

a scientific approach to psychology emphasizing the need to understand the mechanical and internal processes of the mind in order to better understand abnormal behavior

• behavioral model

• cognitive model

• psychodynamic model

• sociocultural model

disorders that occur in a particular culture and are closely tied to the values of those societies, though the underlying emotions can be felt universally

• schizophrenia

• bipolar disorders

• panic disorders

• culture-bound syndromes

the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals

• DLM

• DNM

• DEM

• DSM

behavior that is different from what most people in a person's reference group exhibit

• disordered

• deviant

• dangerous

• dysfunctional

Freudian approach to psychology that interprets personality in terms of conscious and unconscious forces

• psychodynamic model

• behavioral model

• medical model

• cognitive model

a scientific approach to psychology that considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions when understanding the effects on human behavior and mental disorders

• psychodynamic model

• sociocultural model

• behavioral model

• biopsychosocisl model

behavior that causes distress for the person exhibiting it and/or distress for those around the person

• dysfunctional

• disordered

• deviant

• dangerous

a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behavior that are deviant, disordered, dysfunctional, and/or dangerous

• obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

• psychological disorder

• biopolar disorder

• panic disorder

a scientific approach to psychology concerned only with observable and measurable behavior that can be objectively recorded

• psychodynamic model

• medical model

• cognitive model

• behavioral model