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unit 8 Flashcards

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epigenetics

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study of environmental influence on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

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DSM-5

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the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition; widely used system to classify psychological disorders

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phobia

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anxiety disorder - persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

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obsession

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repetitive thoughts

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compulsion

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repetitive behaviors/actions

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mania

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hyperactive, very optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgement is common

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rumination

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compulsive fretting; overthinking our problems and their causes

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hallucinations

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false sensory experiences - seeing/hearing things that aren’t there

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delusions

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false belief, often of persecution of grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

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flat affect

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state with no apparent feeling

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conversion disorder

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related to somatic symptom disorder where someone experiences specific physical symptoms with seemingly no explanation

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illness anxiety disorder

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related to somatic symptom disorder where the person thinks normal physical sensations are symptoms of a disease

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fugue state

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sudden loss of memory or change in identity, often a response of an overwhelming stressful situation

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biomedical therapy

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prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person’s physiology

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psychotherapy

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a planned, emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained, socially sanctioned healer and a sufferer

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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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Freud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences - and therapist’s interpretations of them - released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight

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free association

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client spontaneously reports thoughts, feelings, and mental images that come to mind (no censorship)

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resistance

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blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

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interpretation

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analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight

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trasference

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patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships

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psychodynamic therapy

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therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition; views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, seeks self-insight

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insight therapies

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aim to improve psychological function by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses

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client-centered therapy (person-centered)

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active listening within an accepting, genuine, empathic environment to facilitate clients’ growth

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active listening

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empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies

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unconditional positive regard

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a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude that was thought to help client develop self-awareness and self-acceptance

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behavior therapy

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therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

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counterconditioning

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behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors; include exposure therapies and aversive conditioning

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exposure therapies

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behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear and avoid

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systematic desensitization

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an exposure therapy that associated a pleasant related state with gradually increasing stimuli that is anxiety-inducing

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virtual reality exposure therapy

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counterconditioning technique that treats anxiety through creative electronic simulations

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aversive conditioning

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counterconditioning type that associates an unpleasant state with unwanted behavior

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token economy

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operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange them for treats

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cognitive therapy

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based on assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions

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rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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confrontational cognitive therapy, that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions

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cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)

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integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy

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group therapy

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therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, providing benefits from group interaction

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family therapy

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therapy that treats people in the context of their family system - views an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, other family members

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meta-analysis

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a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies

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evidence-based practice

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clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preference

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therapeutic alliance

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bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, who work together constructively to overcome the client’s problem

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psychopharmacology

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study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

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antipsychotics

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drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder

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tardive dyskinesia

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involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs

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antianxiety drugs

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drugs used to control anxiety and agitation

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antidpressant drugs

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drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD

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neurogenesis

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birth of new brain cells

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lithium

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a slat that effectively levels the emotional highs and lows of this disorder

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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

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repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

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application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity

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psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

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lobotomy

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psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients - cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling parts of the inner brain

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resilience

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personal strength that helps most people come with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma

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posttraumatic growth

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positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crisis

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