Anxiety and Mood Disorders
which type of disorders are the most common?
anxiety disorders
A person who exhibits having two distinct different personalities might be diagnosed with _____
dissociative identity disorder
which procedure was used to treat uncontrollably emotional or violent patients that is rarely used today?
lobotomy
which type of therapy includes the interpretation of dreams?
psychodynamic therapy
what is the name of Sigmund Freud's therapeutic technique?
psychodynamic therapy
bipolar disorder
Symptoms of THIS have been reported by survivors of accidents, disasters, and violent and sexual assaults.
PTSD
which type of drug can be used to treat both anxiety and depression
antidepressant drugs
which type of therapy is active listening a main part of?
humanistic therapy or client centered therapy
who was the person associated with client-centered therapy?
Carl Rogers
If a person feels they must tap their pencil 3 times before every class, which disorder might they be diagnosed with?
OCD
if a person thinks they have Covid every time they have a sore throat, even after testing negative, which disorder might they have?
illness anxiety disorder
which type of antidepressant drug partially blocks reabsorption and removal of serotonin from synapses?
Prozac
systematic desensitization is a technique of which type of therapy?
behavioral therapy
which type of psychotherapists are able to prescribe medications?
psychiatrists
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation.
phobia
people with _________ don't show empathy towards other people and exhibit a lack on conscience
antisocial personality disorder
what is the specific name of the drug that stabilizes moods?
lithium
which type of therapy helps the clients realize their role in a social system?
family therapy
who was the reporter who admitted herself into a mental hospital with false symptoms in order to see the conditions of the institution?
Nellie Bly
true or false: men are more likely to have an anxiety disorder than women
false
true or false: it has been shown that there is a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia
true
which drug treats positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
A token economy is an example of principles from which conditioning method?
operant conditioning
what was David Rosenhan trying to show regarding diagnosing people with disorders through his experiment in the 1970s?
People can be over diagnosed or misdiagnosed. The system for diagnosing people is imperfect.