Symptoms
An irrational fear of leaving the safety of your home
agoraphobia
Rewarding desired behaviors
Positive Reinforcement
This type of drug can help treat OCD
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibiters (SSRI's)
Focuses on Active Listening and Unconditioned Positive Regard
Humanistic/ Client Centered Therapy
Increases the amount of Serotonin that can be processed in the body
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibiters (SSRI's)
Suffering haunting flashbacks and disturbing nightmares
PTSD
Gradually exposing someone to something they find fearful
Systematic Desensitization
Removing a section of the brain which connects the prefrontal cortex and the Limbic System
Lobotomy Surgery
Hypnosis and Free Association are both techniques which could help reveal...
RepressedTraumas
Reduces Dopamine Levels and Helps treat Schizophrenia
Antipsychotic Drugs
Extreme Swings in mood from high highs to low lows
Bipolar Depression
The use of something unpleasant in order to conditioned a behavior
Aversive Conditioning
Invoking grand mal seizures in order to reduce symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Examines how polarized thinking can make a person depressed
Cognitive Therapy
Helps balance out a patient's high highs and low lows
Mood Stabilizers
Word Salad speech, purposeless motions, delusions and hallucinations
Schizophrenia and hebephrenic/disorganized symptoms
Overcoming a fear of heights by going on the roof of a very high building
Implosion Therapy
A treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder you can engage in while sitting on your computer
Light Therapy
We need to realize that it is not the events in our life that cause us anxiety but our beliefs about those events
Rational Emotive Therapy
Increases GABA levels and can help treat Panic Attacks
Anti-anxiety drugs
Experiencing blank spells where you find yourself in a location, and you have no idea how you got there
Dissociative Fugue
The use of secondary reinforcers in order to condition a desired behavior
Token Economy
Staring at flashing lights while recalling a traumatic experience
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Encourages Transference for the patient to work through their issues
Psychoanalytic Therapy
A condition which can be caused by taking antipsychotic drugs.
Tardive Dyskinesia