The document summarizes 12 major categories of psychological disorders: anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, dissociative disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar and related disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and substance-related and addictive disorders. It provides details on anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma-related disorders, and somatic symptom disorders.

1. Major
Psychological Disorders
Bhavika Poddar
XII-E

2. MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
1) Anxiety Disorders
2) Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
3) Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
4) Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
5) Dissociative Disorders
6) Depressive Disorders
7) Bipolar and Related Disorders
8) Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
9) Neurodevelopmental Disorders
10) Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders
11) Feeding and Eating Disorders
12) Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

3. Anxiety Disorders
 Anxiety is usually defined as a diffuse, vague, very unpleasant feeling of
fear and apprehension.
 Symptoms of Anxiety include: rapid heart rate, shortness of breath,
diarrhea, loss of appetite, fainting, dizziness, sweating, sleeplessness,
frequent urination and tremors.
 Types of Anxiety Disorders:
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: It consists of prolonged, vague,
unexplained and intense fears that are not attached to any particular
object.
Symptoms: worry and apprehensive feelings about the future; hyper
vigilance, which involves constantly scanning the environment for
dangers.

4.  Panic Disorder: consists of recurrent anxiety attacks in which the
person experiences intense terror.
Symptoms: shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, palpitations,
choking, nausea, chest pain or discomfort, fear of going crazy, losing
control or dying.
 Phobias: Irrational fears have irrational fears related to specific
objects, people, or situations.
3 main types
• Fear of entertaining unfamiliar situations.Agoraphobia
• Irrational fears about an object/animalSpecific
• Intense incapacitating fear and embarrassment
when dealing with others characteristics.Social

5.  Separation Anxiety
Disorder(SAD): Individuals
with separation anxiety disorder
are fearful and anxious about
separation from attachment
figures to an extent that is
developmentally not
appropriate.

6. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
 Obsessive Behavior: It is the inability to
stop thinking about a particular idea or
topic.
 Compulsive Behavior: It is the need to
perform certain behaviors over and over
again.
 People affected by obsessive-
compulsive disorder are unable to
control their perceptions with specific
ideas or are unable to prevent
themselves from repeatedly carrying out
acts that affect their normal lives.
 Other disorders in this category include
hoarding disorder(gathering of
possessions), trichotillomania(hair-
pulling), excoriation(skin-picking),etc.

7. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
 Very often people who have been caught in
a natural disaster (such as tsunami) or have
been victims of bomb blasts by terrorists, or
been in a serious accident or in a war-
related situation, experience post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
 Symptoms vary widely but include:
recurrent dreams, flashbacks, impaired
concentration, and emotional numbing.
 Adjustment Disorders and Acute Stress
Disorder are also included under this
category.

8. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
 In somatoform disorders, the individual has psychological
difficulties and complains of physical symptoms, for which
there is no biological cause.
 These include conversion disorders, somatic symptom
disorder, and illness anxiety disorder among others.
 Somatic Symptom Disorder: It involves a person having
persistent body-related symptoms which may or may not
be related to any serious medical condition.
 Illness Anxiety Disorder: It involves persistent
preoccupation about developing a serious illness and
constantly worrying about this possibility.
They are easily alarmed about illnesses such as hearing
on someone else’s ill-health and do not respond to
assurance by doctors.

9.  Conversion Disorders:
Symptoms include: reported
loss of part or all of some basic
body functions. Paralysis,
blindness, deafness and
difficulty in walking are
generally among the symptoms
reported.

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