Balbharati solutions for साइकोलॉजी [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता १२ महाराष्ट्र राज्य मंडळ chapter 6 - Psychological Disorders [Latest edition]

On the basis of your understanding of various criteria for abnormality, which of these would you consider as normal or abnormal behavior?

1. Hemant wears the same lucky blue shirt for all his major competitive exams.
2. Seema is not able to fall asleep easily.
3. Rakesh throws pillows and pounding fists on the wall during arguments if he finds himself losing ground.
4. Reena always experiences fear but is not able to specify what is so scary.

Now decide who you find functioning better than the other in spite of illness. Why?

1. Santosh is a drug addict. He has realized that his habit of taking drugs has caused him a lot of damage, physically, psychologically, socially as well as financially. Now he is determined to put an end to his habit. He failed in many of his attempts. But he is convinced that with continuous treatment, he will be able to lead a normal healthy life again and will be able to fulfill the needs of the family.
2. Lalita's parents are always fighting. Her father is an alcoholic and beats everyone in the family. She is extremely sad and is not able to focus on her studies. She has stopped interacting with anyone including her friends. She feels very lonely and feels that her life is of no use to anyone. She feels her future is dark and gloomy. When asked about what she wants to do in future, she says that she has no goals in life. She feels very tired and says she is fed up with life.

1. Karan an 18 year old student, got admission in one of the reputed engineering colleges. After few weeks he starts finding engineering uninteresting and difficult. He feels doing engineering is useless and a waste of time. He keeps himself out of the classes and spends most of his time wandering around the campus. He feels his life is a waste.
2. Pramila is an 18 year old, whose father died recently. She is eldest in the family. She and her mother are extremely worried about the financial crisis that they are soon going to face. So she took up a job during daytime and joined a night college. She feels extremely tired and tensed most of the time. She is hopeful that she will soon be able to change the situation. She dreams that one day she will establish an organization that will help all the needy students in the matters of financing their higher studies.
3. Santosh is a drug addict. He has realized that his habit of taking drugs has caused him a lot of damage, physically, psychologically, socially as well as financially. Now he is determined to put an end to his habit. He failed in many of his attempts. But he is convinced that with continuous treatment, he will be able to lead a normal healthy life again and will be able to fulfill the needs of the family.
4. Lalita’s parents are always fighting. Her father is an alcoholic and beats everyone in the family. She is extremely sad and is not able to focus on her studies. She has stopped interacting with anyone including her friends. She feels very lonely and feels that her life is of no use to anyone. She feels her future is dark and gloomy. When asked about what she wants to do in future, she says that she has no goals in life. She feels very tired and says she is fed up with life.

In which Quadrants of wellness illness continuum will you place Karan, Lalita, Pramila and Santosh?

Collect information about Anxiety disorders and discuss this with your friends or parents.

Collect information about other types of phobia.

We make use of various strategies to reduce our stress. Speak to five of your friends and make a list of atleast ten different strategies used by them to reduce stress. Share it with your group and discuss which are healthy and which are unhealthy.

Identify from the internet the red flags (signaling symptoms) for various disorders that you have already studied.

Choose the correct option and complete the following statement.
_______ is the present system for classification of mental disorders.

Choose the correct option and complete the following statement.
Term Schizophrenia was first used by _______.

Choose the correct option and complete the following statement.
World Health Organization has developed _____________ for classification of all types of disorders.

We find alternate phases of depression and mania in ______ disorders.

Match the pairs.

State whether the following statement is true or false.
Socially or culturally deviant behaviours are signs of psychological disorders.

Schizophrenia is a serious psychological disorder.

State whether the following statement is true or false.
Feeling of hopelessness is one of the symptoms seen in depressive disorders

Answer in one sentence.

Anxiety is derived from which Latin word?

Answer in one sentence.

In which disorder does the person experience sadness and guilt for a long period of time?

Answer in one sentence.
What do you call the fear that you experience unnecessarily in a non-threatening situation?

Answer the following question briefly.
Explain the nature of psychological disorder.

Answer the following question briefly.
What is meant by Anxiety disorders?

Narrate indicators of psychological disorders.

What is meant by bipolar disorder?

Describe post traumatic stress disorder.

Explain the following concept.

DSM-5

Explain the concept:
ICD-11

Explain the concept:
Phobia

Explain the following concept:

Syndrome

Explain the following concept.

Hallucination

Write short note on:

Nature of mental wellness

Write short note on the following:

Drug Addiction

Write a short note on the following:

Depressive disorders

Write short notes on the following:

Anxiety disorders

Describe the criteria of psychological disorders:

1. Clinically significant syndrome
2. Distress and impairment
3. Dysfunction
4. If any response given to the stressor is accepted as a response to that situation is not considered a sign of a mental disorder.
5. Socially or culturally deviant behaviour is not a sign of a mental disorder.

Answer the following in 150 to 200 words:

Narrate any two psychological disorders in detail.

What is schizophrenia?

Describe the major symptoms of Schizophrenia.