Halloween History
Cooky Clinical Methods
Spooky Psych History
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DSM-5-TRreats
DSM-5-TRreats
Pop Psych Myths
100
These animals became a Halloween symbol due to a medieval superstition linking them to witches.
What is a Black Cat?
100
This clinical modality forces you to identify and examine some ~scary~ thoughts (ex: catastrophizing).
What is CBT?
100
This cooky character is often considered the father of psychotherapy.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
This diagnosis explains the experience of frequent irresistible theft urges.
What is Kleptomania?
100
Currently, most pop psych myths immerge from this platform. Leaving therapists feeling very vexed!
What is Social Media?
200
In Mexico, they celebrate this holiday November 1st-2nd with sugar skulls & offrendas, pre-dating Spanish conquest.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
200
This clinical method forces you to face your biggest fear.
What is exposure therapy?
200
In 1692, a psych- like mass hysteria led to 20 executions for witchcraft. Currently this is blamed on "ergot poisoning".
What is The Salem Witch Trials?
200
This disorder primarily features identity shifts and amnesia. Those who experience this diagnose frequently refer to their multiple identities as "alters".
What is Dissociate Identity Disorder?
200
This moon phase if often attributed to making people act worse or causing bad things to happen.
What is a full moon (also known as "Full Moon Lunacy")
300
During WW2, rationing led to this substitute for Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters.
What is homemade treats and popcorn balls?
300
This modality utilizes Radical Acceptance by embracing pain without resistance, instead focusing on self- control and regulation
What is DBT?
300
This discovery led to the abandonment of lobotomies as a form of treatment for psychiatric (and sometimes not) conditions in the 1960s.
What is Antipsychotic drugs?
300
This disorder would create the irrational dread of the number 13 or Friday the 13th.
What is a specific phobia?
300
This pop psych idea suggests opposite attract in relationships, but research shows birds of a feather flock together.
What is the opposites attract myth?
400
This ancient Gaelic festival that occurs on October 31st every year, where the lines are blurred between the living and the dead, is considered to be the origin of Halloween.
What is Samhain ("Sow-in")?
400
A cathartic method in Gestalt Therapy allowing patients to talk through any ~unfinished business~ with someone not in the room.
What is The Empty Chair Technique?
400
This practice from the early 19th century claimed that the shapes and bumps on a person's skull could tell us about their personality and intellect
What is Phrenology?
400
This disorder classification creates unexplained spooky physical symptoms that often leave patient and PCP perplexed!
What are Somatic Disorders?
400
This debunked theory claims your personality is set by whether you're a first born or the baby of the family.
What is birth order theory?
500
This vegetable pre-dated the pumpkin as the original Jack O' Lantern. Hollowed out and carved to ward off spirits in the fall.
What is a turnip?
500
This clinical modality forces you to face the consequences of your actions and face your decisions head on (super scary)!
What is Motivational Interviewing?
500
In 1962, This Seattle dancing epidemic saw teens collapsing from exhaustion in a "Twist" frenzy. It was blamed on repressed teen angst.
What is The Seattle Pilots Hysteria?
Also acceptable: What is Mass Hysteria?
500
This disorder can lead to acting out vivid dreams, often times violently. It has even been linked to previous "sleep murder" cases.
What is REM Sleep Behavior Disorder ?
500
This paranormal premonition is commonly used to explain why people feel like they have seen or experienced something before.
We now know this is primarily due to failed memory recall.
What is Deja Vu?