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9422198100what qualifies behavior/thoughts/emotions as being disordered and abnormaldeviant, dysfunctional, distress, dangerous0
9422198101DSM-5diagnostic and statistical manual and mental disorders1
9422198102psychopathologythe study of mental disorders2
9422198103diagnosisa label of a cluster of symptoms3
9422198104prognosisoutlook for your condition, time span of treatment, what is going to happen with your condition4
9422198105etiologycause or origin of condition5
9422198106prevalencehow common/present something is within a population6
9422198107incidencethe rate at which new people are being diagnosed7
9422198108comorbidwhen two disorders occur together8
9422198109insanitylegal defense, you have to prove that you were incompetent at the time of the crime9
9422198110historical theoriespossessed by demons, put into asylums, beating, bleeding, burning, castration, trephination10
9422198111phillippe pinelchanged the way mental illnesses were cared for, treated mentally ill as physically ill11
9422198112diathesis-stress modelwhen prexisting vulnerabilities and chronic stress are bunched together, theres a higher liklihood of mental illness12
9422198113psychodynamic etiologychildhood trauma, unconscious desires, messed up id13
9422198114psychodynamic treatmenthypnosis, analysis, counseling, free association14
9422198115behavioral etiologytheir environment/experiences forces their behavior (people have fear of dogs because they got bit by a dog)15
9422198116behavioral therapytaking them away/exposing them to their fear16
9422198117humanistic etiologyif basic human needs aren't met, mental health is affected or lacking unconditional positive regard17
9422198118humanistic treatmenttalk therapy18
9422198119cognitive etiologypeople who have pessimistic explanatory styles controls the way they behave19
9422198120cognitive treatmentstudying how depressed people think, change how they think20
9422198121biological etiologygenetic disorder/inherited, neurotransmitter imbalances, damage neural pathways21
9422198122biological treatmentdrug therapy, gene therapy, study brain structure22
9422198123sociocultural etiologydisorders that only exist in certain cultures (eating disorders)23
9422198124evolutionary etiologyextreme manifestation of natural self defense24
9422198125biopsychosocial etiologycombo of biological and cognitive causes25
9422198126biopsychosocial treatmentmedicine and therapy26
9422198127generalized anxiety disordermost common, show symptoms for 6 months, feel tension most of the time, impending dread27
9422198128panic disorderrecurrent panic attacks, constant fear of another attack, one month of excessive concern or maladaptive behavioral changes28
9422198129social anxiety disorderpathological shyness, intense irrational fear of social situations or performance, symptoms for 6 months29
9422198130specific phobiaexcessive fear triggered consistently, feel powerless to stop it, disrupt daily routine, 6 months30
9422198131agoraphobiafear of open spaces, afraid to leave your house because of a fear of having a panic attack and not getting any help31
9422198132common anxiety disorder etiologylight genetic link/predisposition, chronic stress, traumatic event32
9422198133anxiety disorder treatmentmedication, anxiolytics, group or talk therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy33
9422198134obsessionsintrusive, unavoidable thoughts34
9422198135compulsionsbehavior that makes the thoughts subside, time consuming and distressing35
9422198136OCD etiologiesneurotransmitter imbalance (serotonin) otherwise unknown, sometimes triggering event36
9422198137OCD treatmentSSRIs or other medication, cognitive behavioral therapy37
9422198138PTSDinvolve an event that threatened death/serious injury/violence with one or more symptoms for one month38
9422198139PTSD etiologiestraumatic event39
9422198140PTSD treatmenttrauma focused therapy, exposure therapies, cognitive processing therapy, antidepressants40
9422198141major depressive disordermore intense version of depression, 5 or more symptoms for more than 2 weeks, can't carry out normal daily activity41
9422198142persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)milder/fewer symptoms for more than two years, can continue every day functioning42
9422198143bipolar disordervasilation between major depressive disorder and state of mania, highest suicide risk43
9422198144cyclothymialess intense versions of bipolar disorder, hypomania and dysthymia44
9422198145seasonal affective disorderseasonal pattern of depressive symptoms associated with lack of sunlight45
9422198146mood disorder etiologiesdiathesis stress, biological component, genetics, low serotonin/norepinephrin (depression), high norepinephrine (mania)46
9422198147mood disorder treatmentdrugs (SSRIs), cognitive behavioral therapy, rational emotive behavioral therapy47
9422198148positive symptoms of schizophreniasymptom added on top of normal experience48
9422198149delusionsfalse beliefs-cognitive49
9422198150hallucinationssensory experience with no stimulus50
9422198151negative symptomssymptoms taken away from normal experience51
9422198152catatoniayou literally stop moving and completely freeze, but people can move your body52
9422198153disorganized symptomsflight of ideas, word salad53
9422198154etiologies for schizophreniagenetics, paternal age, brain structure, excess of dopamine54
9422198155treatment of schizophreniadrugs (antipsychotics), family therapy, social skills training55
9422198156dissociative identity disorderparts of personality separated from others, two or more "alters"56
9422198157etiologies of DIDtraumatic childhood event, extreme PTSD57
9422198158treatment of dissociative disorderstalk therapy/drug therapy58
9422198159dissociative amnesiasuddenly you forget who/where you are59
9422198160fuguefind yourself in a different place/city with no clue who they are60
9422198161somatic symptom disorderunexplained physical ailment, high health anxiety about symptoms, present 6 months61
9422198162illness anxiety disordernonexistant or minor bodily symptoms, worry/fear of serious disease, six months62
9422198163conversion disorderimpaired motor/sensory function, blindness, numbness, paralysis. no medical explanation, warrant medical explanation63
9422198164factitious disorderpurposefully LIE about bodily/psychological symptoms, no incentive/external benefit64
9422198165somatoform disorder etiologieschronic stress, traumatic event65
9422198166somatoform treatmentscognitive behavioral therapy, hard to treat because there's nothing medically wrong66
9422198167Paranoid Personality Disorderdistrust/suspicious of others without justification67
9422198168Schizoid Personality Disorderdetatch from social relationships and doesn't express emotion68
9422198169Schizotypal Personality Disorderodd beliefs or magical thinking. behavior that is odd, eccentric or peculiar69
9422198170Antisocial Personality Disordersociopath disregard/violation of others rights, lack of remorse, manipulative70
9422198171Borderline Personality Disorderoverdramatic, big changes in emotion71
9422198172Histrionic Personality Disorderseeks attention, overdramatic, compulsive need for attention72
9422198173Narcissistic Personality Disorderfantasize about future, obsessed with themselves, superior to everyone73
9422198174Avoidant Personality Disorderfear of rejection, bad with relationships, overreacts about everything74
9422198175dependent Personality Disorderexcessive need to be taken care of, inability to make decisions, clingy behavior75
9422198176obsessive compulsive disorderobsessed with orderliness, perfectionist that interferes with task completion76
9422198177resistancethe client refuses/ can't access things from their unconscious77
9422198178interpretationlatent/manifest content in your dreams78
9422198179transferencea client redirects feelings toward someone in your life towards their therapist79
9422198180projective testsrorschach (ink blot), thematic approach test (see a picture and make a story)80
9422198181psychodynamicbuilding off Freud, but not quite, like Adler, Horney81
9422198182congruencewhen your real self = your ideal self82
9422198183unconditional positive regardunconditional love from at least one place in your life83
9422198184tenants of good talk therapyacceptance, genuineness, empathy84
9422198185rational-emotive behavioral therapydirectly confronting negative or illogical thoughts, degrades a persons thought patterns85
9422198186cognition and depressionreteaching thoughts in order to affect behaviors86
9422198187beck depression inventorysurvey that shows negative cognitive tendencies that may be associated with depression87
9422198188counter-conditioningif you have a feared stimulus, you pair it with a good thing88
9422198189counter-conditioning used forphobias, generalized anxiety disorder89
9422198190mary cover joneswoman who counter conditioned Baby Albert, pioneer of counter conditioning90
9422198191exposure therapysomeone is shown what they fear/what makes them anxious91
9422198192floodingoverwhelm the person with the feared stimulus, for more mild cases, must be done carefully92
9422198193aversion therapyused for addiction, pairing negative stimulus with addictive substance to make you not want it93
9422198194virtual realityhelps people with phobia or PTSD using technology to mimic someone experiencing something without actually experiencing it94
9422198195systematic desensitizationused with phobias, progress/gain exposure in exposure to feared stimulus while learning how to calm yourself down95
9422198196anxiety hierarchyslow exposure to phobia96
9422198197cognitive behavioral therapyrefrain thoughts specifically towards behavior97
9422198198group therapyall people suffering from the same issues98
9422198199family therapythe immediate family of someone who is suffering from an illness99
9422198200electro convulsive therapybiomedical therapy for depression, brief electric current stimulation sent through brain of anesthetized patient100
9422198201repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationapplication of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain101
9422198202pyschosurgerysurgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in effort to change behavior102
9422198203lobotomyone used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent. patients cut nerves connecting frontal lobe to emotion103

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