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DSM-5

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The current version of the American psychiatric associations diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

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Anxiety

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A vague, generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in danger

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Phobia

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An intense and irrational fear of a particular object or situation

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Panic disorder

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An extreme anxiety that manifests itself in the form of panic attacks

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Disorder in which victims of the traumatic events experience the original event in the form of flashbacks or dreams

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Somatoform disorder

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A condition in which there is no apparent physical cause

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Conversion disorder

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Changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function

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Dissociative disorder

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A disorder in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness

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Dissociative amnesia

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The inability to recall important personal events or information; is usually associated with stressful events

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Dissociative fugue

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A dissociative disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work in is unable to recall the past

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Dissociative identity disorder

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A person exhibits two or more personality states, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving

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Delusions

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False beliefs that a person maintains in the face of contrary evidence

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Hallucinations

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Perceptions that have no direct external cause

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Major depressive disorder

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A severe form of lowered mood in which a person experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished pleasure or interest in many activities

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Bipolar disorder

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Disorder which an individual alternates between feelings of mania and depression

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Personality disorders

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Mild active or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one’s environment

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Antisocial personality

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A person’s disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and a lack of conscience

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Psychological dependence

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Use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it

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Tolerance

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A physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original effect

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Withdrawal

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The symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted

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Psychotherapy

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Any treatment used by therapist help troubled individuals overcome their problems

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Eclectic approach

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Method that combines various kinds of therapy or combinations of therapies

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Group therapy

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Patients work together with the aid of a leader to resolve interpersonal problems

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Psychoanalysis

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Therapy aimed at making patients aware of their unconscious motives so that they can gain control over their behavior

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Free association

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A method used to examine the unconscious; the patient is instructed to say whatever comes to his or her mind

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Resistance

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The reluctance of a patient either to reveal painful feelings or to examine longstanding behavior patterns

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Dream analysis

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A technique used by a psychoanalyst to interpret the content of a patient’s dreams

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Transference

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The process, experienced by the patient, of feeling towards an analyst or therapist the way he or she feels or felt towards some other important figure in his or her life

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Humanistic therapy

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Focuses on the value, dignity, and worth of each person; holds that healthy living is the result of realizing one’s full potential

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Client centered therapy

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Reflects the belief that the client and therapist are partners in therapy

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Non directive therapy

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The free flow of images and ideas, with no particular direction

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Active listening

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Empathetic listening; a listener acknowledges, restates, and clarifies the speaker’s thoughts and concerns

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Cognitive therapies

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Using thoughts to control emotions and behaviors

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Rational emotive therapy

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A form of psychological help aimed at changing unrealistic assumptions about oneself and other people

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Assertive conditioning

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Links and unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior and an attempt to eliminate the behavior

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Behavior therapy

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Changing undesirable behavior through conditioning techniques

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Behavior modification

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Systematic method of changing the way a person acts and feels

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Systematic desensitization

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A technique to help patient overcome irrational fears and anxieties

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Contingency management

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Undesirable behavior is not reinforced, while desirable behavior is reinforced

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Cognitive behavior therapy

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Based on a combination of substituting healthy thoughts for negative thoughts and beliefs and changing disruptive behaviors and favor of healthy behaviors

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Drug therapy

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Biological therapy that uses medications

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Antipsychotic drug

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Medication to reduce agitation, delusions, and hallucinations by blocking activity of dopamine in the brain

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Antidepressant

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Medication to treat major depression by increasing the amount of one or both neurotransmitter noradrenaline and serotonin

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Lithium carbonate

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A chemical used to counteract mood swings of bipolar disorder

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Psychosurgery

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A medical operation that destroys part of the brain to make the patient calmer and fear of symptoms

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Prefrontal lobotomy

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A radical form of psychosurgery and which a section of the frontal lobe of the brain is destroyed

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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Therapeutic method in which an electrical shock is sent through the brain to try and reduce symptoms of mental disturbance

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