Chapter 1 Flashcards
(47 cards)
Abnormal Behavior
Characteristics such as: statistical infrequency, violation of norms, personal distress, disability or dysfunction, and unexpectedness
Accountability
Exactly what it means in reference to the Romanow Report’s recommendation that it should be included in the Canada Health Act
Assessment
along with diagnosis of mental disorders is one of the 2 skills that a clinical psychologist learns that differentiates them from other PH.D. candidates in psychology (other is psychotherapy)
Asylums
Refuges established for the confinement and care of the mentally ill (replacing leprosariums)
Bedlam
Contraction based on the Priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem which became a descriptive term for a place or scene of wild uproar and confusion
CMHA
Canadian Mental Health Association
Cathartic Method
The experience of reliving an earlier emotional catastrophe and releasing the emotional tension caused by suppressed thoughts about the event. (often under hypnosis)
Clinical Psychologist
Typically requires a Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree. Some provinces only require masters in which case the term “psychological associate” is used
Clinicians
Various professionals authorized to provide psychological services
Community Psychology
Operates in “the seeking mode” using community psychologists to seek out problems or potential problems.
Community Treatment Orders (CTOs)
A legal tool issued by a medical practitioner that establishes the conditions under which a mentally ill person may live in the community
Counselling Psychologist
Similar to graduate training in clinical psychology but less emphasis on on research and the more severe forms of psychopathology
Deinstitutionalization
The extensive process in Canada of psychiatric bed reduction and closure.
Demonology
The doctrine that an evil being may dwell within a person and control his or her mind and body
Diagnosis
along with assessments of mental disorders is one of the 2 skills that a clinical psychologist learns that differentiates them from other PH.D. candidates in psychology (other is psychotherapy)
Dissociative Identity Disorder
A mental health condition where you have two or more separate personalities that control your behavior at different times causing memory gaps
Evidence-Based Treatment
Which treatments are supported by enough controlled data to call “Evidence-Based Treatment” for evaluation by third-party insurance companies and the universal health care system
Exorcism
Casting out of evil spirits by ritualistic chanting or torture
General Paresis
A deteriorating problem with mental function due to damage to the brain from untreated syphilis
Germ Theory of Disease
The view that disease is caused by infection of the body by minute organisms.
Medicare
Publicly funded single-payer healthcare system of Canada.
Mental Health Literacy
Accurate knowledge that a person develops about mental illness and its causes and treatment.
Moral Treatment
Early 19th century approach that centered around restoring a patient’s sense of self-esteem by letting them demonstrate self-restraint
Normal Curve
Bell-shaped curve that puts the majority of people in the middle as far as any particular characteristic is concerned
