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Biomedical Therapy

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prescribed meds or procedures that act directly on a person’s physiology

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Eclectic Approach

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approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy

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Psychoanalysis

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thoughts and actions to unconscious motives; interpret dreams and free associations

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Free Associations

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say whatever comes to mind; whatever you hold back= suspicious

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Transference

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patient pushes emotions they feel toward parent onto therapist

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Psychodynamic Therapy

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Freud spinoff; study themes across important relationships

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Insight Therapy

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increase person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses

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Client Centered Therapies

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uses active listening w/ accepting environment to facilitate client’s growth

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Active Listening

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listener echos, restates, & clarifies; Rogers’

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Unconditional Positive Regard

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nonjudgmental attitude

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Exposure Therapy

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treat anxieties by exposing people to things they fear/ avoid; ex. systematic desensitization and VRET

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Systematic Desensitization

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associate relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimulus

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Virtual Real Exposure Therapy

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program exposes people to electronic simulations of greatest fears

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Aversive Conditioning

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pair unwanted behavior w/ nasty thing

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Behavior Modification

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reinforced desired behavior & withhold reinforcement for desired behaviors

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Token Economy

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rewards to change behavior

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Cognitive Therapy

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teach people new, more adaptive ways of thinking; assume thoughts intervene w/ actions

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Rational- Emotive Behavior Therapy

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confrontational; challenge illogical, self-defeating thoughts

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Beck

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cognitive- depression inventory

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Stress Inoculation Training

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try to change thinking (replace neg thoughts with pos); cognitive therapy

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Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy

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change self-defeating thoughts and behavior

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Group Therapy

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lets others see they are not alone

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Placebo Effect

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decrease depression when think taking pill; meds only work better on severe depression

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Regression Toward the Mean

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tendency for unusual events/ emotions to return to their average state

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Meta-Analysis
statistically combines the results of many different research studies
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Behavioral Therapy Use
phobias
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Psychodynamic Therapy Use
depression
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CBT Use
PTSD
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; rapidly moving eyes while recalling trauma is theraputic
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Light Exposure Therapy
to counteract winter depression (SAD); exposed to bright light
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Therapeutic Alliance
bond of trust between therapist and client, who work together constructively to overcome client's problem
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Clinical Psychologist
earn a Ph.D of Psy.D
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Psychiatrist
can prescribe meds (M.D. or D.O.)
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Psychopharmacology
how drugs affect behavior
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Double-Blind Study
neither staff or patient know whether they give/ get placebo or actual
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Antipsychotics
treat schizophrenia
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Tardive Dyskinesia
loss of motor control (Parkinson's)
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Xanax/ Ativan
antianxiety
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SSRI's
depression treating
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Prozac
depression
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Exercise
treat depression instead of drugs
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Limbic System
where anti-depressants work
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Lithium
help bipolar disorder
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ECT
Electroconvulsive Therapy; send brief electric current to brain to treat severe depression
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rTMS
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; apply repeated pulses of magnetic energy to brain; treat depression
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Psychosurgery
surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue; change behavior
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Lobotomy
psychosurgery used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent paitents; cuts nerves connecting frontal lobes to emotion controlling centers of inner brain
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Resilliance
personal strength that helps people cope with stress and recover from trauma
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Disorder
Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, actions, and feelings.
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ADHD
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
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Medical Model
concept that psych disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and often cured.
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Biopsychosocial Approach
disorders have a biological, psychological, and social aspect
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DSM-V
helps diagnose disorders and their prevalence
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Rosenhan Findings
doctors found events in patients' lives that caused their (fake) schizophrenia
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Diagnostic Label Help
labeling helps to treat disorder
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Insanity
court term; person does not understand what the did was wrong
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GAD
Generalized Anxiety Disorder; continuously tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic NS arousal
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Panic Attack
minute long episodes of intense fear that something bad is going to happen; heart palpitations, shortness of breath, choking sensations, dizziness
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Phobia
anxiety disorder; persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a certain object, activity, or situation
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Social Phobia
intense fear of being judged by others, avoid potentially embarrassing social situations
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Agoraphobia
fear/ avoidance of situation in which escape may become difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes
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OCD
unwanted, repetitive thoughts and/or actions
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Obsession
thoughts
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Compulsion
actions
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Stimulus Generalization
attacked by a dog= fear all dogs
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Observational Learning
learn by observing others' fears
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Major Depression
two or more weeks of depressed moods, diminished interest in activities, feel worthless, etc. (need 5 or more for diagnosis)
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Bipolar
alternates between depression and mania (overexcited)
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Linkage Analysis
disorders have a genetic connection
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Lack of Serotonin
depression
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Social-Cognitive
negative thought about self, future, and situation= magnify bad experiences
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Psychosis
disorder where person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted percptions; schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia
disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and reactions
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Delusion
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur
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Hallucination
see, feel, or taste things that aren't there
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Catatonia
stay completely still or constantly moving
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Paranoid Schizo
delusions and hallucinations; w/ themes of persecution or grandeur
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Positive Symptoms Schizo
presence of inappropriate behaviors; hallucinations, distorted speech, inapp. laughing
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Negative Symptoms Schizo
absence of appropriate behaviors; toneless voices, expressionless laughter, mute/ rigid bodies
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too much Dopamine
schizophrenia
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Epigenetics
turn gene on/off to show disorders
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Dissociation
conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings; DID- 2 or more identities
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Anorexia
maintains starvation when underweight
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Bulimia
alternate binge eating w/ purging (vomiting, laxatives)
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Personality disorders
inflexible, and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning (antisocial)
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Narcissism
self inflating, world revolves around you
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
lack of conscience for wrongdoing; con artist or murderer

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