Mental Health Terms Flashcards
Antidepressants
drugs are used to alleviate the symptoms of depression
Affect
the expression of emotion or feelings displayed to others through facial expressions, hand gestures, voice tone, and other emotional signs such as laughter or tears.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
(APD) is a diagnosis applied to persons who routinely behave with little or no regard for the rights, safety, or feelings of others.
also known as psychopathy, sociopathy, dissocial personality disorder, or dyssocial personality disorder,
Anxiety/anxiety disorders
A groups of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a core symptom
Apathy
An absence of emotion, feeling, concern, or passion
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Chronic development disorder characterized by attention problems
Autism
A complex developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction
Behavior therapy or Behavior Modification
empirically based psychological treatment approach founded on the principles of operant conditioning. The goal is to replace undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior.
Biofeedback
patient-guided treatment that teaches an individual to control muscle tension, pain, body temperature, brain waves, and other bodily functions
Bipolar disorder
characterized by severe and unusual changes in energy level, mood, and interactions with others.
Body Image
is a mental opinion or description that individuals have of their own physical appearance.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (BCT)
is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and negative emotions.
Delusion/Delusional Disorders
is a psychotic condition characterized by recurrent or persistent non-bizarre delusions, without other obvious symptoms of mental illness.
Depression
is the general name for a family of illnesses known as depressive disorders. As an illness, depression can affect not only the personal mood and internal thoughts of a person, but also the outwardly physical functions of affected individuals.
Desensitization
is a treatment method which weakens the learned association between anxiety and feared objects or situations
Ego
is that portion of the personality that imposes realistic limitations on the id.
Emotional Intelligence
ability to perceive and constructively act on both one’s own emotions and the feelings of others.
Empathy
The capacity to vicariously experience and understand the thoughts and feelings of another person by putting oneself in that person’s place.
Extroversion
A term used to characterize people who are typically outgoing, friendly, and open toward others.
Forgetting Curve
The process of forgetting learned information.
Id
The id is the part of the personality that includes such basic biological impulses or drives as eating, drinking, eliminating wastes, avoiding pain, attaining sexual pleasure, and aggression.
Impulse Control Disorders
A psychological disorder characterized by the repeated inability to refrain from performing a particular action that is harmful either to oneself or others.
Inferiority Complex
A psychological condition that exists when a person’s feelings of inadequacy are so intense that daily living is impaired.
Introversion
A commonly used term for people who are quiet, reserved, thoughtful, and self-reliant and who tend to prefer solitary work and leisure activities.
