Mental Health Terms Flashcards
Affect
To move someone emotionally
Anxiety
Worry, anxiousness
Apathy
lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
BTBM
therapeutic approach designed to change a particular undesirable negative behavior. By using a system of positive or negative consequences, an individual le
Biofeedback
trains people to improve their health by controlling certain bodily processes that normally happen involuntarily, such as heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, and skin temperature.
Bipolar
A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
Depression
persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Desensitization
diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it
Ego
a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance.
Empathy
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Feedback
Extrovert
an outgoing, overtly expressive person.
Introvert
a shy, reticent person
Id
the source of our bodily needs, wants, desires, and impulses, particularly our sexual and aggressive drives
Mania
mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.
Narcissism
A disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of self-importance.
Passive Agressive
Behavior or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation, as in procrastinating, pouting, or misplacing important materials.
Placebo
a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.
Psycosis
A mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality.
Super ego
the part of a person’s mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.
