1. Normal Behavior (adaptive or adjusted behavior) –
Asthenic Disorders (Neurasthenia) - An anxiety
the standard behavior, the totality accepted behavior
because they follow the standard norms of society.
2. Abnormal Behavior (maladaptive/maladjusted
behavior) - A group of behaviors that are deviant from
social expectations because they go against the norms or
standard behavior of society.
3. Overt or Covert Behavior - Behaviors that are
outwardly manifested or those that are directly
observable are overt behaviors. On the other hand,
covert behavior are behaviors that are hidden – not
visible to the naked eye.
4. Conscious or Unconscious Behavior - Behavior is
conscious when acts are with in the level of awareness.
It is unconscious when acts are embedded in one’s
subconscious – unaware.
5. Simple or Complex Behavior - These are acts
categorized according to the number of neurons
involved in the process of behaving. Simple behavior
involves less number of neurons while complex behavior
involved more number of neurons, a combination of
simple behaviors.
6. Rational or Irrational Behavior - There is rational
behavior when a person acted with sanity or reason and
there is irrational behavior when the person acted with
no apparent reason or explanation – as when a man
loses his sanity and laugh out loud at nobody or nothing
in particular.
7. Frustration refers to the unpleasant feelings that result
from the blocking of motive satisfaction. It is a form of
stress, which results in tension. It is a feeling that is
experienced when something interferes with our hopes,
wishes, plans and expectations
8. Conflict refers to the simultaneous arousal of two or
more incompatible motives resulting to unpleasant
emotions. It is a source of frustration because it is a
threat to normal behavior
9. Childhood Trauma – the experiences, which affect the
feeling of security of a child undergoing developmental
processes
10. Anxiety is an intangible feeling that seems to evade any
effort to resolve it. It is also called neurotic fear
11. Stress is the process of adjusting to or dealing with
circumstances that disrupts, or threatens to disrupt a
person’s physical or psychological functioning
12. Obsessive-compulsive disorders - Obsessions usually
centered on fear that one will submit to an
uncontrollable impulse to do something wrong.
Compulsion on the other hand resulted from repetitive
acts
13.
disorder characterized by chronic mental and physical
fatigue and various aches and pains.
14. Phobic Disorders - These refer to the persistent fear on
some objects or situation that present no actual danger
to the person. Examples of Phobia: Acrophobia - fear of
high places
15. Somatoform Disorders - Complaints of bodily
symptoms that suggest the presence of physical problem
but no organic basis can be found. The individual is pre-
occupied with his state of health or diseases.
16. Hypochondriasis - This refers to the excessive concern
about state of health or physical condition (multiplicity
about illness)
17. Psychogenic Pain Disorder - It is characterized by the
report of severe and lasting pain. Either no physical
basis is apparent reaction greatly in excess of what
would be expected from the physical abnormality.
18. Dissociative Disorders - A response to obvious stress
characterized by amnesia, multiple personality, and
depersonalization.
19. Amnesia - The partial or total inability to recall or
identify past experiences following a traumatic incident.
20. Brain pathology amnesia – total loss of memory and it
cannot be retrieved by simple means. It requires long
period of medication.
21. Psychogenic amnesia – failure to recall stored
information and still they are beneath the level of
consciousness but “forgotten material.”
22. Multiple Personality - It is also called “dual
personalities.” The reason manifests two or more
symptoms of personality usually dramatically different.
23. Depersonalization - The loss of sense of self or the so-
called out of body experience. There is a feeling of
detachment from one’s mental processes or body or
being in a dream state. Cases of somnambulism (sleep
walking) may fall under this disorder.
24. Personality Disorders - The disorders of character, the
person is characterized as a “problematic” without
psychoses. This disorder is characterized disrupted
personal relationship, dependent or passive aggressive
behavior.
25. Schizoid Personality Disorder - This is characterized by
the inability to form social relationship and lack of
interest in doing so. The person seem to express their
feelings, they lack social skills. They are the so-called
“loners”.
26. Schizotypal Personality Disorder - It is characterized
by seclusiveness, over sensitivity, avoidance of
communication and superstitious thinking is common.
27. Histrionic Personality Disorder - It is characterized by 45. Masochism – infliction of pain to oneself to achieve
immaturity, excitability, emotional instability and self- sexual pleasure.
dramatization.
46. Crisis management is the proper utilization of all
28. Narcissistic Personality Disorder - It is characterized
by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and pre- available resources and the formulation of policies and
occupation with receiving attention. The person usually procedures to effectively deal with progressive sequence
expects and demands special treatment from others and of events (crisis) and sudden or unforeseen state
disregarding the rights and feeling of others. (emergency).

29. Borderline Personality Disorder - It is characterized by
instability reflected in drastic mood shifts and behavior
problems. The person usually displays intense anger
outburst with little provocation and he is impulsive,
unpredictable, and periodically unstable.
47. EMERGENCY – is derived from the Latin word
“emergencia” which means dipping/plugging. A sudden
condition or a state of affairs calling for an immediate
action.

30. Anti-social Personality Disorder - It is characterized by 48. Physical Crisis – those that are related to health
continuing violation of the rights of others through problems or bodily sickness/sufferings.
aggressive, anti-social behavior with out remorse or
loyalty to anyone. 49. Economics Crisis – the deprivation of the basic
necessities of life like food and material things.
31. Delirium – the severe impairment of information
processing in the brain affecting the basic process of
attention, perception, memory and thinking. 50. Social Crisis – the experiencing lack of interest,
confidence and social skills to relate meaningful,
32. Dementia – deterioration in intellectual functioning harmonious relationship with others.
after completing brain maturation. The defect in the
process of acquiring knowledge or skill, problem solving,
and judgement.

33. Amnestic Syndrome – the inability to remember on

going events more than a few minutes after they have
taken place.

34. Hallucinosis – the persistent occurrence of

hallucinations, the false perception that arise in full
wakefulness state. This includes hallucinations on visual
and hearing or both.

35. Organic Delusional Syndrome – the false belief arising

in a setting of known or suspected brain damage.

36. Organic Affective Syndrome – the extreme/severe

manic or depressive state with the impairment of the
cerebral function.
37. General Paresis – also called “dimentia paralytica”, a
syphilitic infection o f the brain and involving
impairment of the CNS.
38. Organic Personality Syndrome – the general
personality changes following brain damage
39. Bipolar Disorders - those experienced by patients with
both manic and depressive episodes.

40. Cyclothymic Disorder – a less severe form of bipolar

disorder
41. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS - Psychoactive
substance-use disorders such as alcoholism affects
millions of people.
42. SEXUAL DYSFUCNTIONAL PATTERNS - Sexual
deviations to the impairment to either the desire for
sexual gratification or in the ability to achieve it.

43. Bestiality – the sexual gratification is attained by having

sexual intercourse with animals

44. Necrophilia – an erotic desire or actual intercourse with

a corpse