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pyschological disorder

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a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individuals cognition emotion or behavior

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medical model

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the concept that diseases haave physical causes that can be diagnosed treated often through the hospital

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epigenetics

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the study of enviormental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

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DSM-5

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a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders

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ADHD

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around age 7 one or more symptoms will appear: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity

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anxiety disorders

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distressing persistent anziety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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social anxiety disorder

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intense fear of social situations leading to avoidance

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generalized anxiety dosirder

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an anxiety disorder in awhich a person is continualy test apprehensive and autonomic nervous system arousal

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panic disorder

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anxiety disorder marked by episodes of intense dread in where a person experiences terror
ex: chest pain choking

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agoraphobia

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fear and avoidance of situations such as crowds
ex; im afaid of going outside and i dont have contorl over it

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phobia

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abnormal fear
ex: death

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OCD

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unwanted repetitive thoughts or and actions
ex; if you dont turn the nossle 10 times you will fall off a cliff

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PTDS

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haunting memories that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic event
ex: i went to war now i have ptsd of my friends dying

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major depressve dsorder

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happens in the absence of drugs or a medical condition for two or more weeks
ex: depressed moods

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bpolar disorder

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alternating between sadness and overexcitement
ex: im so sad then im so happy constantly

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mania

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hyperactive widly optimistic state
ex: going absolutely crazy

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rumination

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cumpulsive freeting and overthings about our problems
ex: thinking and obsessing over problems and sloutions

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schizophrenia

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disprganized delusional thinking. ex: inappropriate emotions and actions

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psychotic disorders

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where a person loses contact with reality
ex: irrantional idead and disorted perceptions

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hallucination

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false sensory experiences such as seeing something that isnt there
ex: theres a bear on my roof (theres not)

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delusion

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false beliefes that may accompany psychotic disorders

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chronic schizophrenia

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symptoms usually appear by late abolescence or early adulthood. as one ages the episodes are longer and recovery periods are shorten

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acute schizophrenia

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response to an emotionally traumatic event and has extended recovery periods

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somatic symptom disorder

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symptoms take a somatic bodily form without apparent physical cause

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conversion disorder
a rare somatoform disorder where aperson expereinces very specific genuine physical symptoms for no psychological basis can be found
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illness anxiety disorder
a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
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dissociative disorder
disorders where consious awareness becomes seperated from pervious memories thoughts and feelings
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DID
dissociative disorder where a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
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personality disorders
inflexible and enduiring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
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antisocial personality disorder
usually a man exhibits a lack of consiouce for wrongdoing even twords freinds and family
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anorexia nervosa
body dysmorphia. tupically begins as a weightloss diet. drop weight over healthy standard. ex: stopping eating and too much exerise
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bulimia nervosa
episodes of overeating of high calorie foods followed by vommitiing fasting or too much exercise
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binge eating disorder
eating disorder characterized by signigicant binge eating episodes. ex: im going to the gym and eating healthily ( then you never do)
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psychotherapy
treatments unvoling psychological tecniques consits of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth
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biomedical therapy
pathophysiological causes and offers pharmacutical and medical solutions for symptom alleviation
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ecletic approach
an approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy
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psychoanalysis
feuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. the technique used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscous tensions
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resistance
blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material
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interpretation
analysts noting supposed dream meanings resistances and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
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transference
a patients transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships ex: love or hatred for a parent
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psychodynamic therapy
therapy deriving from the psychoanalystic traditin that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood eperiences and that seeks to enhance self insight
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insight therapies
a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a persons awareness of underlying motives and defenses
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client centered therapies
humanistic therapy by carl rogers says a therapist ill use active listening with empathetic enviorment to facilitate clients growth. ex: person-centered therapy
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client centered therapies
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active listening
empathetic listening in which the listener echoes and clarifies. ex: a feature of carl rodgers client centered therapy
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unconditional positive regard
according to rogers an attitude of total acceptance toward another person ex: i will love you no matter what you do or say
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behavior therapy
therapy that applies learning principles to the elemination of unwanted behaviors
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counter-conditioning
a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new reponses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors based on classical conditioning
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exposure therapies
confroning an emotion arousing stimulus directly and alot to lead an decrease in the emotional response ex: you hate spiders? i will put one on you every other day until the phobia is gone
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virtual reality exposure therapu
an anxiety treatment that progressivelt exposes people to simulations of their greates ferars ex: airplane flying
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aversive conditioning
counterconditioning that associates an unpleasent state with unwatned behavior ex: drinking alcohol for nausea
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token economy
operant conditioning procedure in where people earn a token or reward for a desired behavior in exchange for other later on rewards
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cognitive therapy
therapy that teaches people new more adaptive ways of thinking and acting ex: based on the assumption that thoughts intervene betewn events and out emotional reactions
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rational-emotional behavioral therapy REBT
a confrontational cognitive therapy developed by Albery Ellis tha tvigiorously challanges peoples illigical self defeating attitudes and assumptions
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cognitive behavioral therapy CBT
integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy ex: chaning self defeating thinking and changing behavior
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group therapy
therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction
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family therapy
therapy that treats the family as a system views an individuals unanted behaviors as influenced by or at other family members
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meta-analysis
a procedure fro statistically combining the results of many different reasearch studies
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therapeutic alliance
a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, who work together constuctively to overcome the clients problem
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psycho pharmacology
the study of effects of drugs on mind and behavior
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antipsychotic drugs
drugs used to treat schizophrenia and otehr forms of severse thought disorder
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antianxiety drugs
drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
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antidepressant drugs
drugs used to trat depression also increasingly prescribed fro anxiety. different types work by altering the availibilit of vaious neruotransmitters

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