Uses detection of radio frequency signals produced by displaced radio waves in a magnetic field.
What is MRI? (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
100
An exaggerated fear of open spaces
What is agoraphobia?
100
A common treatment for bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
100
An inability to form or retain new memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
200
Constructive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction
What is altruism?
200
Separates the right and left sides of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
200
A disorder characterized by an excessive and irrational worry about everyday things
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
200
An inability to experience pleasure from normally enjoyable activities
What is anhedonia?
200
A word that refers to the appearance of two or more disorders at the same time in the same person.
What is comorbidity?
300
Temporary drastic modification of one's personal identity or character to avoid emotional distress; separation or postponement of a feeling that normally would accompany a situation or thought.
What is dissociation?
300
This is the name for the class of tyrosine-derived neurotransmitters (includes DA and NE)
What are the catecholamines?
300
A syndrome that is frequently linked to OCD, characterized by "tics"
What is Tourette's?
300
Also known by the abbreviation 5-HT, this endogenous substance is popularly believed to be important for happiness and for an overall sense of well-being.
What is serotonin?
300
A speech disorder in which the same word or phrase is consistently repeated
What is perseverance?
400
A defensive process in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions/impulses are mastered by exaggeration of the directly opposing tendency
What is reaction formation?
400
Fluid-filled cavities that protect and "cushion" the brain
What are the ventricles?
400
Often linked with OCD, this disorder is characterized by an unhealthy preoccupation with one's appearance.
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
400
A milder form of bipolar disorder; characterized by numerous hypomanic episodes and numerous periods of depression for over 2 years.
What is cyclothymia?
400
The first psychiatric drug; used to treat schizophrenia
What is chlorpromazine?
500
Term referring to a failure in a person's thinking to bring together both positive and negative qualities of the self and others into a cohesive, realistic whole
What is splitting?
500
A cluster of nuclei located in the brainstem; their main function is to release serotonin to the rest of the brain.
What is the raphe nuclei?
500
An inhibitory neurotransmitter that has been theorized to be depleted in individuals with anxiety disorders
What is GABA?
500
This class of drugs works by inhibiting the breakdown of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
What are the MAOIs?
500
The man who created Social Learning Theory (also known as Modeling)