Vocabulary
Normal and beneficial stress, motivates people to complete tasks
A man reacts to the news of a death of a loved one by saying, "No. I don't believe you. The doctor said he was fine."
What is denial?
A type of medication is good for short-term anxiety relief, but can cause addiction if taken long-term
What are benzodiazepines?
Disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and behaviors that the person feels the urge to repeat over and over
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Characteristics that all people bring to social relationships, including shyness, rigidity, suspiciousness, or passive-aggression
What are personality traits?
The tendency to be caring, warm, and understanding, towards oneself when faced with personal shortcomings, inadequacies, or failures
What is self-compassion?
An employee says "I didn't get that promotion because the boss hates me."
What is rationalization?
Mood stabilizer that can help mood regulation and impulsivity in BPD patients
What is lithium?
Disorder where the patient engages in self-starvation, express intense fear of gaining weight, and have a disturbance in self-evaluation of weight and its importance
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
A personality cluster that is described as odd or eccentric, suspicious, cold, withdrawn, and irrational
What is Cluster A?
A growth of fine, downy hair on the face and back
What is lanugo?
A wife, annoyed at her husband for always working late, "accidentally" burns his dinner
What is passive aggression?
An SSRI that is commonly given to AN patients to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Fluoxetine
Gained awareness over the past decade due to military personnel exposed to war, characterized by intrusive flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, avoidance, and having strong physical or emotional responses of distress when reminded of traumatic event
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
Disorder than can experience difficulty with self regulation, instability in mood, unstable self-image, intense anger, unstable relationships, and alternates between idealization and devaluation
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
An intense, irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation that leads to a desire for avoidance
What is a phobia?
An individual with sexual dysfunction blames their partner and suggests the person is unattractive and unromantic
What is projection?
A medication that is most effective for the treatment of GAD, it has a delayed onset and is not useful in acute anxiety episodes
What is Buspirone?
A disorder where the patient intentionally fakes symptoms in order to assume the sick role
What is Factitious Disorder?
Disorder with a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, inappropriate and sexually seductive or provocative, sudden emotional shifts and emotional lability, and constant need for attention
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
What is refeeding syndrome?
Alice loved her therapist and thought he was the absolute best. When her therapist refused to write her a prescription for Valium, Alice shouted that he was the "stupidest, most uncaring, thickheaded person" in the world!
What is splitting?
Medication that is often give to people with social phobias, such as a fear of public speaking
What are beta blockers?
A disorder where the patient is preoccupied with having or eventually developing a serious illness, the patient is apprehensive of an illness despite continuous negative medical evaluations
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
Disorder where patients have a sense of entitlement, lack regard for the rights of others, con others for pleasure, manipulative, and reckless disregard for the safety of others
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?