Lesson 1 Midterms

Question 1

Mind-body Intervention

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Designed to enhance the mind’s positive impact on the body

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Mind can be _ and _ in the body

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seen and reflected

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Focused on the interactions among the brain, mind, body and behavior with the intent to use the mind to affect physical functioning and promote health

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Mind-body Interventions

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When you are physically or emotionally stressed, your body releases _ that can affect all your systems and organs.

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hormones

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Released in response to social bonding and stress

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Oxytocin (Love hormone)

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Help alleviate pain and induce feelings of pleasure or euphoria

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Endorphin (Runner’s High)

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Regulate mood, motivation, and attention

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Dopamine

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Regulate mood, sleep, and appetite

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Serotonin

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Low _ = depression or anxiety

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Serotonin

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Goal of Mind-Body Intervention

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To get the body and mind to relax,
To reduce the levels of stress hormones in the body, To have a balance life

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It can be helpful for many conditions because they encourage relaxation, improve coping skills, reduce tensions and pain, and lessen the need for medication

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Mind-Body techniques

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What is the key to any mind-body techniques?

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To “train” the mind to focus on the body without distraction

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The state where the person may be able to improve their health

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Focused concentration

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Most commonly used mind-body techniques

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Biofeedback, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Relaxation Techniques

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Biofeedback

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controls bodily function

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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A type of therapy that focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behavior

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It seeks to understand and resolve emotional conflicts that originate in childhood relationships with patterns that repeat in adult life

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Psychodynamic Therapy

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What is psychodynamic therapy also known as?

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interpretative therapy and expressive therapy

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Derived from psychoanalysis

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psychodynamic therapy

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Behavior Therapy emphasizes….

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changing specific behavior by stopping what has been reinforcing it or by replacing it with a more desirable response

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Emphasizes the habitual thoughts that underlie those habits

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Cognitive Therapy

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Cognitive therapy is effective in treating…

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depression and low self-esteem

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Is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and “negative” emotions

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Cognitive therapy

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Focuses on relationship patterns, either in couples between parents and children or within the whole family

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Systems therapy

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Hypothesizes that emotions are encoded in and may be expressed as tension and restriction in various parts of the body

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Body-Oriented Therapy

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In Latin, it means "to cure" or "to measure"

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Meditation

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Meditation is...

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a self-directed practice for the goal of relaxing and calming the mind and body

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Common elements of meditation

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Quiet location, Specific, comfortable posture, Focusing on oneself in a specific sensation, and an open attitude

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Types of Meditation

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Mindfulness, Spiritual, Focused, Movement, Mantra, Transcendal, Progressive Relaxation, Loving-Kindness, Visualization

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Focuses more on the thoughts that pass through your mind and being able to ignore or don’t mind, or simply not be involved with these thoughts

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Mindfulness Meditation

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Can be viewed similarly as a prayer in which you reflect on the silence around you while trying to connect with the Almighty and the universe

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Spiritual Meditation

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Requires you to focus one of the senses of your choice

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Focused Meditation

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Meditating that may include walking through the woods, gardening, qigong, and other activities that involve little, or gentle movement

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Movement Meditation

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Meditation that uses repetitive sound or phrases to clear the mind. Heard of the popular “Om…” sound

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Mantra Meditation

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One of the popular types of meditation that has been widely studied in the CAM community. Same with Mantra Meditation but silently repeats a mantra in your head.

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Transcendal Meditation

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Also known as Body Scan Meditation. It is a practice that aims to decrease tension built up in the body and promote relaxation.

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Progressive Relaxation

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Enhances or strengthens the feelings and emotions towards self and other people.

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Loving-Kindness Meditation

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Enhances feelings of relaxation and calmness using your imagination. Method teaches you to visualize positive scenes or images

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Visualization Meditation