clinical

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behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person’s ability to cope with everyday life

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psychological disorders

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pleads guilty to a lesser crime

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diminished capacity

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test to determine if the criminal defendant knew the nature of the crime or understood right from wrong at the time it was committed

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m’naghten rule

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how normal is the behavior when compared to the average person

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typicality

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does the behavior impair an individuals ability to function in everyday life?; behavior that causes misery rather than happiness

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maladapactivity

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does the person feel too much emotional distress? do feelings of extreme sadness make us lose interest in everything we once enjoyed?

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emotional discomfort

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does the behavior violate a society’s accepted norms?

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socially unacceptable behavior

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Greece

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result of natural, not supernatural causes

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China

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organ pathologies and stressful psychological events cause

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Europe

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abnormal behavior = demonic possession, treatment included prayer and exorcism

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Islamic countries had

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humane hospitals

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Teresa of Avila

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mind can be sick, like body

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Johann Weyer

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skepticism refutes demonic possession

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Benjamin Rush

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founder of American psychiatry and est. hospitals for mentally ill

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Dorothea Dix

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advocated for reforms to allow for humane treatment of mentally ill in institutional settings

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disordered behavior - repressing ones threating thoughts, memories in unconscious mind

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psychodynamic

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mental illness should be diagnosed on the basis of its symptoms and cured through medical intervention

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biopsychological

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learning perspective emphasizes inappropriate behaviors might have been reinforced and thus reoccured

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behavioral

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the irrational, illogical and maladaptive through process or thinking patterns

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cognitive

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all interacting to cause the various forms of disorders

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biopsychosocial

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integration of best available research with clinical experience in the context of patients characteristics

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evidence based practice

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goal to try and determine the core components of a person’s psychological or mental health problems

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clinical assessment

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used to promote effective psychological practice and enhance public health by applying supported principles of psychology

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evidence based practice

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not one size fits all, tests are meant to help clinician reach a diagnosis

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clinical assessment

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scientific validated procedures to help people develop healthier, more effective habits done in collaboration between patient and psychologist

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psychotherapy

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disease support groups, AA, benefits include empathy along those who are facing similar events

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group therapy

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Carl Rogers goal to help patients uncover their own solutions as they learn more about their self concept rather than altering it

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person centered therapy

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utilizing methods to change behavior of social significance

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applied behavior analysis

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focus on the significance of behavior

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applied

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measurable behaviors but also are objective

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behavior

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really understanding the root of the behavior through various means to be able to effectively treat it

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analysis

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practical approach to treatment in which your therapist might ask you to tackle tasks to help develop coping skills

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cognitive behavioral therapy

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helps to identify stress inducing patterns with the goal of replacing them with more accurate and less rigid thinking habitats

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cognitive restructuring