Characteristics
Keys to Psy Health
Psych. Disorders
Treatments
Key Terms
100
An individual’s sense of pride, self-respect, value, and worth.
What is Self Esteem
100
Example: Being able to laugh at yourself
What is Cultivating a Sense of Humor
100
Symptoms of this Mood Disorder could be: -Increase or decrease in appetite resulting in significant weight loss or weight gain -Insomnia, or sleeping more than usual -Feeling tired, regardless of how much sleep you’ve had -Low self-esteem
What is Depression
100
A treatment approach based on the belief that people, left to their own devices, will naturally grow in a positive and constructive ways
What is Humanistic Therapy
100
Deficiency needs that are viewed as essential and fundamental, including physiological needs, safety and security, belonging and love, and esteem needs.
What is Basic Needs
200
Examples: To accept yourself and others Accept your own mistakes Can function both independently and interdependently
What is a Psychologically healthy person
200
Using Facial Expressions during speech
What is Non-Verbal Communication
200
A type of depression that develops in relation to the changes in the seasons.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
200
An action-oriented form of therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and negative emotions; treatment focuses on changing an individual’s thoughts or cognitive patterns in order to change his or her behavior and emotional state
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
200
A theory of motivation explaining how individuals can learn to feel powerless, trapped, and defeated.
What is learned helplessness
300
The ability to understand others and act wisely in human relations
What is Emotional Intelligence
300
The final dimension of attribution style, related to whether an individual takes things personally or is more balanced in accepting responsibility for positive and negative events.
What is Personalization
300
An extremely excitable state characterized by excessive energy, racing thoughts, impulsive and/or reckless behavior, irritability, and being prone to distraction.
What is Mania
300
Five to eight people who meet regularly with a therapist to focus on the psychological problems with which they are struggling
What is Group Therapy
300
An above-normal rate of physical movement; often accompanied by an inability to concentrate on a specified task. Also called Hyperactivity.
What is ADHD
400
A specific set of consistent patterns of behavior and traits that helps to identify and characterize an individual; personality comprises thought, feelings behaviors, motivation, instinct, and temperament
What is a Personality
400
Interpreting life events with a postitive manner.
What is an Optimistic Approach to Life
400
A fear of being in embarrassing situations from which there is no escape or in which help would be unavailable should an emergency arise; often associated with panic disorder.
What is Agoraphobia
400
Examples of this type of therapy are: • Premarital counseling • Marital therapy • Conflict mediation • Divorce counseling
What is Couple and Family Therapy
400
A medical doctor with specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders through the use of biological and medical interventions.
What is a Psychiatrist
500
A model starting with basic needs and ending with metaneeds
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs
500
Example: Taking the time to think before you speak
What is Good Verbal Communication
500
An anxiety disorder that sometimes develops following exposure to an extreme stressor involving threat or death or serious injury. Symptoms include recurrent and distressing thoughts or nightmares about the event, emotional numbness, feelings of detachment, sleep disturbance, hypervigilance, and irritability.
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
500
A goal-oriented approach that helps clients change by looking for solutions rather than dwelling on problems.
What is Solution-Focused Therapy
500
A model that addresses how biological, psychological, and social factors interact and affect psychological health.
What is Biopsychological Model
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