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Therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem talks with a psychological professional

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Psychotherapy

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Therapies in which the main goal is to change disordered or innappropriate behaviors indirectly

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Insight therapies

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Therapy in which the main goal is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly

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Action therapy

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Therapies that directly affect the biological functioning of the body and brain

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Biomedical therapies

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An approach to therapy that results from combining elements of several different approaches or techniques

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Eclectic approach

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An insight therapy that emphasizes revealing the unconscious issues, urges and desires that are assumed to cause disordered emotions and behavior

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Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalytic technique in which the patient or client was encouraged to talk about anything that came to mind without fear of negative evaluations

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Free Association

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When a patient becomes reluctant to talking about a certain topic, by either changing the subject or becoming silent

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Resistance

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The tendency for a patient or client to project positive or negative feelings for important people from the past onto the therapist

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Transference

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The symbolic or hidden meanings of dreams

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Latent Content

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Involves the therapist actively giving interpretations of a client's statements and may suggest certain behaviors or actions

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Directive therapy

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A newer and more general term for therapies based on psychoanalysis, with an emphasis on transference, shorter treatment times and a more directive therapeutic approach

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Psychodynamic theory

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A form of therapy for depression which incorporates multiple approaches and focuses on interpersonal problems

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Interpersonal psychotherapy

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Therapy style in which the therapist remains relatively neutral and does not interpret or take directive actions with regard to the client. Instead they remain calm, non-judgemental listener while the client talks to them

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Nondirective therapy

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A non-directive insight therapy based on the work of carl rogers in which the client does all the talking and the therapist listens

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Person centered therapy

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The genuine, open and honest response of the therapist to the client

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Authenticity

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Positive regard that is given without conditions or strings attached; referring to the warmth, respect, and accepting atmosphere created by the therapist for the client in the person-centered therpy

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Unconditional positive regard

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Has specific goals to reduce ambivalence about change and to increase intrinsic motivation to bring about change to that person. The four principles are expressing empathy, developing discrepancy between the clients present behaviors and values, and rolling with resistance and support the client's self-efficacy

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Motivational interviewing

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Form of directive insight therapy in which the therapist helps clients to accept all parts of their feelings and subjective experiences using leading questions and planned experiences, such as role-playing

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Gestalt therapy

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The use of operant conditioning techniques to bring about desired changes in behavior

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Behavior modification

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Modern term for a form of functional analysis and behavioral modification that uses a variety of behavioral techniques to bring about desired changes in behavior

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Applied behavioral analysis

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Action therapies based on the principles of classical and operant conditioning and is aimed at changing disordered behavior without concern for the original causes of such behavior

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Behavior therapies

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behavior technique used to treat phobias, in which a client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears

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Systematic desensitization

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Form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior

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Aversion therapy

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Technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object and prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response

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Flooding

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Involves very brief and repeated imaginable flooding, cognitive reprocessing and desensitization of the fearful event

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Eye-movement desensitization processing

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Learning through observation and imitation of a model

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Modeling

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A formal, written agreement between the therapist and the client in which the goals for behavioral change, reinforcements and penalties are clearly stated

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Contingency contract

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Focuses on helping clients recognize distorted thinking and replace those distorted, unrealistic beliefs with more realistic, helpful thoughts. There are 5 types: Arbitrary interference, selective thinking, over generalization, magnification and minimization, and personalization

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Cognitive therapy

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy in which clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements

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Rational emotive behavioral technique

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The relationship between therapist and client that develops as a warm, caring, accepting relationship characterized by empathy, mutual respect, and understanding

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Therapeutic Alliance

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refers to interventions, strategies, or techniques that have been found to produce therapeutic and desired changes during controlled research experiments

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Evidence- based treatment

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The use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological models

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Psychopharmacology

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drugs that inhibit the reuptake process of ONLY serotonin

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SSRI's

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Surgery performed on brain tissue to relieve or control severe psychological disorders

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psychosurgery

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psychosurgery in which the connections of the prefrontal cortex to other areas of the brain are severed

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pre-frontal lobotomy

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A surgery that involves using an ice pick like instrument, inserting it through through the back of the eye socket and into the brain to sever the brain fibers

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trans-orbital lobotomy

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form of biomedical therapy to treat severe depression in which electrodes are placed on either one or both sides of a person's heads and an electric current is passed through the electrodes to cause a seizure or convulsion. Usually used to treat schizophrenia or severe depression

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Electro-convulsive therapy

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psychosurgical technique in which an electrode is inserted into the anterior cingulate cortex from magnetic resonance imaging, to destroy a very small portion of that brain area with electric current

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bilateral anterior cingulotomy

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Today's electro-convulsive therapy is quite useful in the treatment of

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Severe depression

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A new therapeutic technique known as deep brain stimulation is showing promise in the treatment of

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Involuntary facial and tongue movements or repetitive involuntary jerks or dance like movements of arms and legs

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Tardive dyskinesia

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Psychotherapy for the purpose of gaining understanding into one's motives and actions is called _________ therapy, whereas psychotherapy aimed at changing disordered behavior directly is called_______therapy.

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Insight, action

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Through the technique of ______, a person-centered therapist conveys that they are trying to comprehend the experience of the person with whom they are working.

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Reflection

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What differentiates motivational interviewing from person-centered therapy?

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Motivational interviewing has specific goals of reducing ambivalence about change and increasing intrinsic motivation to bring about changes, whereas traditional person- centered therapy does not.

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Cody, who has a hard time putting thoughts and feelings into words in a logical manner will NOT benefit that much from________therapy

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Humanistic

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Kevin's wife comes home angry from her job. He immediately assumes that he has done something wrong. This shows....

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Personalization

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Latayna tends to blow negative events out of proportion to their importance (maximization) while ignoring relevant positive events (minimization). What therapeutic technique may pose the best benefits for Latayna?

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Rational Emotive Behavior therapy

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For both children and adults, and for many undesirable behaviors, the use of ________or some form of "time-out" can be quite effective

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Extinction

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Stephan gets a text from his girlfriend saying that she will have to work overtime tonight. Stephan immediately assumes his girlfriend is seeing someone else at work. Beck would say that Stephan has engaged in what type of distorted thinking?

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Arbitrary Interference

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Miranda, an executive director who suffers from marked delusions and active auditory solutions would not receive many benefits from a ________ approach

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Humanistic

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_____can be effective for people who otherwise might be able to see a therapist

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Cybertherapy

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Dr. Babcock is trying to establish what is known as a therapeutic alliance with her clients. What should she do to accomplish this goal?

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She should be more empathetic and caring when working with her clients

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A class of inhibitors that blocks the activity of an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitters norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine, which are the main contributing factors of the mood

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Mono-amine oxidase inhibitors

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The ________ focuses on the conscious, subjective experiences of emotion and people's sense of self; promotes insight and emphasizes the importance of individual choice and the potential to change one's behavior

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Humanistic approach

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false beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness

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Delusions

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false sensory perceptions, such as hearing voices that do not really exist

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Hallucinations

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disturbed behavior ranging from statue-like immobility to bursts of energetic, frantic movement and talking

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Catatonia

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term applied to a person who is no longer to perceive what is real and what is fantasy

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Psychotic

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Maladaptive personality pattern in which the person is moody, unstable, lacks a clear sense of identity and often clings to others. They are usually irritable or aggressive, consistently irresponsible, and rationalize taking advantage of or harming others.

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Borderline personality disorder

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When a person has no morals or conscience and often behaves without regard for the consequences of that behavior. Periods of depression are not unusual, and some may engage in excessive spending, drug abuse, or suicidal behavior. These people tend to fall into a pattern of self-destructiveness, chronic loneliness, and disruptive anger in close relationships.

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Antisocial personality disorders

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disorders in which a person adopts a persistent, rigid, and maladaptive pattern of behavior that interferes with normal social behavior.

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Personality disorders

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An individual that may experience periods of mood at the 2 extremes, in some instances the individual may only experience mood that ranges from normal to manic and may not experience episodes of depression

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Bi-polar I disorder

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Spans of normal mood are interspersed with episodes major depression and episodes of hypomania--a level of mood that is elevated, but at a level below or less severe than full mania

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Bi-polar II disorder

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What is the major cause of sexual dysfunction?

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Physical causes

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What percent of individuals with anorexia that receive treatment recover?

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40-60%

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Studies show that______ occur more frequently in women, whereas______happen more often in men

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Borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorders

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disturbed behavior ranging from statue-like immobility, to bursts of energetic, frantic movement and talking

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Catatonia

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Loss of memory for personal info

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Dissociative amnesia

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Two or more distinct personalities

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Dissociative identity disorder

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Learned helplessness

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Learning theories

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Others are trying to harm you

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Delusions of persecution

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Others are in communication with you--even though they're not

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Delusions of reference

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You possess special powers

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Delusions of grandeur

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You are controlled by external forces

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Delusions of influence

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Illnesses or side effects from drugs, negative attitudes, psychological factors

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3 causes of sexual dysfunction

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Inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality

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Psychotic

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Hallucinations, delusions, distorted thinking

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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia

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Absence of normal behavior- poor attention, flat effect

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Negative symptoms

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Dopamine, structure of the brain, genetic influences

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Causes of schizophrenia

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Biological sensitivity, develops when an environmental or emotional stress occurs at critical times

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Stress-vulnerability model of schizophrenia

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Reflection, Unconditional positive regard, empathy and authenticity

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4 elements of humanistic therapy

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Therapist is confrontational and directive, pay attention and question your body language

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Gestalt therapy

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A type of behavior modification that changes behavior through learning new responses

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Applied behavioral analysis

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_____is not ideal for treating severe disorders

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Group therapy

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What type of people most likely have antisocial personality disorder?

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Con artists or serial killers

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Emotional stress while engaging in a particular behavior or thought process

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Subjective discomfort

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The social or environmental setting of a person's behavior

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Situational context

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Focuses on repressing thoughts

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Psychodynamic view

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any pattern of behavior or psychological functioning that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or harms them to function in every day life

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psychological disorder

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Explains disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia caused by faulty neurotransmitter systems, genetic problems, brain damage and dysfunction, or some combination of those causes

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Biological model

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These people define personality as a set of learned responses

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Behaviorists

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A sudden onset of extreme panic with various physical symptoms: racing heart, rapid breathing, a sensation of being "outside of one's body", dulled hearing and vision, sweating, and dry mouth

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Panic attack

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thoughts that occur repeatedly

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Obsessions

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repetitive, ritualistic behaviors followed by mental acts

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Compulsion

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A single negative event interpreted as a never-ending pattern of defeat

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Overgeneralization

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giving little or no emphasis to one's success or positive events and traits

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Minimization

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Disorders that are typically found in individuals that have experienced trauma and may include feelings of detachment, or alterations in emotion, perception, or behavior

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Dissociative disorders

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In____amnesia, the memory loss is typically caused by a physical injury, such as a blow to the head. In________amnesia, the cause is psychological rather than physical....the reported memory loss is associated with a stressful or emotionally traumatic experience, and may be a loss of memory for only one small segment of time, or it may involve a complete loss of one's personal memories.

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Retrograde amnesia, dissociative amnesia

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Social anxiety disorders, specific phobias, and agoraphobia

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3 types of phobias

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Psychodynamic explanations of anxiety and related disorders point to

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repressed urges and desires that are trying to come into consciousness, creating anxiety that is controlled by the abnormal behavior

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The tendency to interpret situations as much more harmful, dangerous, or embarrassing than they actually are

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Magnification

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Individuals with bulimia nervosa often rationalize that since they have had a single treat, their diet is ruined and therefore they might as well go ahead and eat excessively. Such irrational thinking is an example of the cognitive distortion known as

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All or nothing thinking

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Depersonalization/Derealization disorder is a type of dissociative disorder that has been found to have possible____foundations for the experience of detachment

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Biological

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Which type of depression is the most common type of mood disorder?

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Major depressive disorder

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A behavioral theorist would most likely link depression to ______, whereas a social cognitive theorist would probably point to _______

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Learned helplessness, distortions in thinking

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With regard to treatment of psychological disorders, many psychological professionals believe medications work best in combination with

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Psychotherapy

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