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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

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statistically combines the results of many different research studies

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Behavioral Therapy Use

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phobias

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Psychodynamic Therapy Use

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depression

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CBT Use

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PTSD

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EMDR

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; rapidly moving eyes while recalling trauma is theraputic

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Light Exposure Therapy

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to counteract winter depression (SAD); exposed to bright light

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Therapeutic Alliance

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

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Clinical Psychologist

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earn a Ph.D of Psy.D

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Psychiatrist

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can prescribe meds (M.D. or D.O.)

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Psychopharmacology

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how drugs affect behavior

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Double-Blind Study

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neither staff or patient know whether they give/ get placebo or actual

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Antipsychotics

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treat schizophrenia

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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loss of motor control (Parkinson’s)

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Xanax/ Ativan

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antianxiety

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SSRI’s

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depression treating

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Prozac

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depression

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Exercise

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treat depression instead of drugs

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Limbic System

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where anti-depressants work

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Lithium

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help bipolar disorder

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ECT

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Electroconvulsive Therapy; send brief electric current to brain to treat severe depression

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rTMS

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repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; apply repeated pulses of magnetic energy to brain; treat depression

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Psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue; change behavior

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Lobotomy

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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

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personal strength that helps people cope with stress and recover from trauma

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Disorder

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Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thought, actions, and feelings.

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ADHD

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attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

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Medical Model

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concept that psych disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and often cured.

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Biopsychosocial Approach

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disorders have a biological, psychological, and social aspect

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DSM-V

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helps diagnose disorders and their prevalence

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Rosenhan Findings

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doctors found events in patients’ lives that caused their (fake) schizophrenia

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Diagnostic Label Help

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labeling helps to treat disorder

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Insanity

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court term; person does not understand what the did was wrong

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GAD

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder; continuously tense, apprehensive, and in a state of automatic NS arousal

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Panic Attack

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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

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anxiety disorder; persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a certain object, activity, or situation

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Social Phobia

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intense fear of being judged by others, avoid potentially embarrassing social situations

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Agoraphobia

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fear/ avoidance of situation in which escape may become difficult or help unavailable when panic strikes

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OCD

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unwanted, repetitive thoughts and/or actions

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Obsession

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Compulsion

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Stimulus Generalization

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attacked by a dog= fear all dogs

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Observational Learning

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learn by observing others’ fears

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Major Depression

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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

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alternates between depression and mania (overexcited)

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Linkage Analysis

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disorders have a genetic connection

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Lack of Serotonin

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depression

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Social-Cognitive

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negative thought about self, future, and situation= magnify bad experiences

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Psychosis

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disorder where person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted percptions; schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia

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disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and reactions

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Delusion

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false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur

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Hallucination

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see, feel, or taste things that aren’t there

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Catatonia

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stay completely still or constantly moving

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Paranoid Schizo

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delusions and hallucinations; w/ themes of persecution or grandeur

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Positive Symptoms Schizo

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presence of inappropriate behaviors; hallucinations, distorted speech, inapp. laughing

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Negative Symptoms Schizo

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absence of appropriate behaviors; toneless voices, expressionless laughter, mute/ rigid bodies

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too much Dopamine

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schizophrenia

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Epigenetics

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turn gene on/off to show disorders

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Dissociation

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conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings; DID- 2 or more identities

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Anorexia

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maintains starvation when underweight

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Bulimia

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alternate binge eating w/ purging (vomiting, laxatives)

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Personality disorders

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inflexible, and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning (antisocial)

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Narcissism

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self inflating, world revolves around you

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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lack of conscience for wrongdoing; con artist or murderer

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