Name That Disorder
This anxiety disorder involves prolonged nonspecific fear and worry.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Flat affect and catatonic stupor are examples of these types of symptoms in schizophrenia.
What are negative symptoms?
This humanistic therapy technique involves empathetic listening and no judgment.
What is unconditional positive regard?
This ethical principle means "do no harm."
What is nonmaleficence?
This model explains disorders as a result of biological, psychological, and social factors.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
This disorder involves intrusive thoughts and ritualistic behaviors.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
The cluster of personality disorders that includes antisocial and borderline types.
What is Cluster B?
This type of therapy uses rewards to shape behavior.
What is a token economy?
Psychologists must protect this legal and emotional right of clients.
What is confidentiality (or respect for rights and dignity)?
The perspective that views disorders as stemming from irrational thoughts.
What is the cognitive perspective?
A person who shifts between mania and depression may be diagnosed with this.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Panic disorder is marked by sudden episodes of this.
What are panic attacks?
This biomedical treatment uses electricity and is typically reserved for severe depression.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)?
Most therapies today are grounded in research evidence and referred to as this.
What are evidence-based practices?
This perspective sees disorders as learned behaviors.
What is the behavioral perspective?
A disorder in which a person loses personal identity and may travel unexpectedly.
What is Dissociative Amnesia with Fugue?
A fear of being judged or watched by others defines this disorder.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Combining thought-challenging and behavior change techniques defines this therapy.
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This refers to the strong, trusting relationship between therapist and client.
What is the therapeutic alliance?
The model suggesting mental illness emerges from vulnerability and stress.
What is the diathesis-stress model?
This condition is marked by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.
What is Schizophrenia?
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and physical or cognitive dysfunction.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
These medications reduce hallucinations by altering dopamine activity.
What are antipsychotics?
What is the term for making fair decisions regardless of bias in therapy?
What is integrity (or fairness)?
This therapy uses dream interpretation to explore the unconscious.
What is psychodynamic therapy?