Treatments
What does SSRI stand for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
What disorder features: loss of interest in daily activities, sad mood, and sometimes suicidal thoughts?
Depression
What approach is used when psychologists observe abnormal behaviors in patients with a trauma history?
Behavioral
What technique is Sigmund Freud famous for developing?
Psychoanalysis
Is hallucination a positive or native symptom?
positive
An SSRI is used when more serotonin is needed for those with depression. What is this SSRI called?
Prozac or Zoloft
What disorder features: A person going through periods of starvation to maintain an underweight body?
Anorexia Nervosa.
What approach is used when psychologists create a supportive and non-judgmental environment for you to develop insight? They listen to you speak about your experience and try to understand your point of view with warmth and acceptance.
Humanistic
What method of treatment is Albert Ellis known for in Clinical Psychology?
Rational Emotive Therapy
What is the term that describes an emotionless state?
Flat effect
What kind of therapy uses methods from all the other forms of treatment?
Eclectic Therapy
What disorder features: not remembering who one self is, and waking up not remembering how one got to that location.
Dissociative Fugue
What approach can be used affectively in animals compared to humans throughout different evolutionary stages?
Evolutionary
What method of exposure therapy did Mary Cover Jones create?
Systematic Desensitization
Sarah is engaged in incoherent “word Salad” where she repeats things another person says back to them, or appears to be speaking with nonexistent entities. What symptom is Sarah experiencing?
Disorganized speech/thinking
What is Sigmund Freuds Therapeutic Technique?
Eclectic Therapy
What disorder features: constant fear and worry over being overweight despite evidence to the contrary.
Body Dysmorphia
What psychological approach would be most likely to emphasize that behavior is influenced by blood chemistry?
Biological
A therapist uses behavior modification therapy to help patients, which psychologist would support this method?
BF Skinner
During an episode of this symptom, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are disrupted and they may have difficulty recognizing what is real and what is not. What is the symptom?
Psychosis
What kind of treatment uses prescribed medications or procedures to effect the disorder?
Biomedical therapy?
What disorder features: low mood in specific seasons, and high mood in others?
Seasonal Effectiveness Disorder (SAD)
Which of the following considerations fall under the sociocultural approach to abnormality?
A There are cultural variations in what is considered normal or abnormal.
B Cultural norms can change as society's norms change.
C Both
C
Which psychologist sought to change a patient's beliefs about themselves and their lives?
Aaron Beck
What is a symptom of depression that HAS to be present for depression to be diagnosed?
What is a depressive episode lasting 2 or more weeks