Misc
Alters mental functions, alleviates psychological symptoms, and is used to treat
psychological or mental disorders.
What are psychotropic medications?
All forms of psychotherapy share the assumption that _____ play(s) a significant role in
problematic emotions, behaviors, and thoughts.
What are psychological factors?
The disorder most associated with losing touch with reality, in the form of delusional thinking and flat affect would be ______.
What is schizophrenia?
An unpleasant emotional state that involves feelings of worry, dread, apprehension, and
tension, along with heightened physical arousal.
What is anxiety?
Lack of energy, feelings of worthlessness , difficulty sleeping and physical pain could all be symptoms of _____________.
What is depression?
The pragmatic and integrated use of diverse psychotherapy techniques.
What is eclecticism?
The different forms of biomedical therapy are based on the assumption that _____ play
a significant role in causing the symptoms of psychological disorders.
What are biological factors?
Reduced speech, greatly reduced motivation, and reduced emotional expressiveness.
What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
The intense fear of having a panic attack in a public setting where escape is impossible and help is
unavailable.
What is Agoraphobia?
Symptoms of extensive amnesia,
wandering or traveling, and confusion about one's personal identity.
What is a dissociative fugue?
Temporary or permanent memory loss for the events leading up to the session.
What is a common side effect of ECT?
This type of therapy emphasizes people’s potential for growth and the importance of an empathic therapist.
What is Client-Centered Therapy?
A false belief, such as believing you are being watched all the time, is known as what?
What are delusions?
This term refers to recurrent/persistent thought that feels intrusive and is difficult to suppress or ignore.
What are obsessions?
By definition _____ are inflexible, maladaptive patterns of thoughts, emotions, behavior, and interpersonal functioning that are stable over time and across situations, and deviate from the expectations of the individual's culture.
What are personality disorders?
The dopamine hypothesis is the theory that schizophrenia is related to....?
What is excess dopamine activity in the brain?
Therapy that uses a pragmatic approach and involves a treatment plan that integrates behavior modification techniques and cognitive therapy techniques is called...?
What is CBT?
This term refers to sensory experiences that seem real, but are not actually real.
What are hallucinations?
Some people suffer from a milder but chronic form of bipolar disorder in which they
experience moderate but frequent mood swings for two years or longer.
What is cyclothymic disorder?
This experience lasts at least 1 week and is characterized by extreme enthusiasm, feelings of euphoria, and impulsivity.
What is a Manic Episode?
The emotional relief that people experience from talking about their feelings and
problems.
What is catharsis?
A well-established behavioral therapy that effectively treats anxiety disorders,
posttraumatic stress disorder, and phobias.
What is exposure therapy?
The most consistent brain structure abnormality that researchers have found in people
with schizophrenia is enlargement of the _______.
What are the ventricles?
Symptoms included nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilence.
What is PTSD?
Sudden, intense, and short-lived anxiety is to _____ as ongoing, persistent, and global
anxiety is to _____.
What is a panic attack; generalized anxiety disorder?