The 4 D's
Psychotherapy
Other Disorders (Psychosis, Dissociation, Personality)
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
100
Greg has Bipolar depression. During manic episodes, he often acts as a "daredevil", trying out dangerous stunts like walking a tightrope or driving a motorcycle over a canyon. His family is worried he could have a fatal accident, but Greg never listens.
What is Danger?
100
The cartoon below shows a stereotypical version of this kind of psychotherapy.
What is psychoanalysis?
100
Most mental illnesses effect how we perceive the world. One set of disorders, however, effect we are. In other words, they change this, an individual's consistent pattern of thought, feelings and behavior that makes them who they are.
What is personality?
100
Mood is, very generally, a long lasting, milder kind of feeling. The stronger but briefer version is called this.
What are emotions?
100
Anxiety can seem very distant or unclear, because it generally is. In fact, it is basically the more abstract form of this emotion.
What is fear?
200
Tina has Major Depressive Disorder. She's had an exceptionally low mood for months, feels tired almost constantly, and has lost interest in her favorite hobbies. Mentally, she feels like her life is a constant source of pain.
What is Distress?
200
Humanist therapist frequently use this (two word) technique. It requires them to play close attention to everything the client is saying, so that they can then repeat it back to them and SHOW that they were heard.
What is active listening?
200
A person experiencing this feels like there are "extra" elements to reality. They may have hallucinations, sensing things that aren't there, or delusions, extreme beliefs based on no clear evidence.
What is Psychosis?
200
While depressive symptoms are the most common for mood disorders, the opposite is also possible. A person experiences this when they have a sudden, extremely elevated mood that may include grandiose ideas, rapid talking, and risk taking behavior.
What is Mania?
200
Sometimes anxiety is so unclear, we can't even pinpoint a specific thing we're worried about. If this persists for at least six months, it may indicate a diagnosis of GAD, which stands for this.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
300
Said has Mysophobia, an intense, irrational fear of germs. He has ambitions to become a doctor, but is also terrified of coming into contact with so many sick people. While he aces most of his classes, he panics when filing out his application to med school, and therefore never gets in.
What is Dysfunction?
300
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy involves both cognitive and behavioral psychology. The cognitive part may involve this, a process where thoughts, feeling, and behaviors are physically mapped out so the therapist can help the patient examine them rationally.
What is diagramming?
300
For persons experiencing this, everything they hear and see is really and accurate, but they are not "them". This may take the form of an out-of-body experience or even becoming a whole different "person".
What is dissociation?
300
There are many ways to treat mental illness, some of which are medications. This kind of medication is usually used to treat mood disorders, especially extremely LOW mood.
What are antidperessants?
300
With this condition, a patient preforms one set of acts to cover up another set of thoughts or feelings. However, the two have no logical connection.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
400
Monique has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; she was a witness to the 9-11 terrorist attacks in NYC. While meeting friends for dinner, an airplane flies overhead. Most people don't notice, but Monique immediately screams and tried to duck and cover under the table.
What is Deviance?
400
Flooding, which is often used to treat phobias, involves exposing the patient to the most extreme for of their fear all at once. It is considered the most intense form of this.
What is exposure therapy?
400
This disorder, a type of psychosis, often involves hearing threatening voices, having delusion of persecution, and distortion in ones speech.
What is Schizophrenia?
400
Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia are quite similar; it usually takes a skilled clinician to tell the difference. The process of making sure a person has one mental illness and not another is know as this.
What is a differential diagnosis?
400
People experiencing PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), may often experience this: they feel like they are LITERALLY reliving their traumatic experience.
What are flashbacks?
500
Marco has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. He's also been feeling lonely lately, and wants to find a steady girlfriend. However, his anxiety keeps him from going to new places, like bars and restaurants. He worries that he'll never find what he really wants: true love.
What is Dysfunction?
500
Humanist and existentialist therapies aim to help the client feel validated so they can become their best selves. A major part of this, described by this three word phrase, requires the therapist to suspend judgment of the clients thoughts and feelings and instead affirm them with active listening.
What is unconditional positive regard?
500
You've probably heard the terms "Split-personality Disorder" or " Multiple Personality Disorder". If you've been paying attention in clinical psychology, however, you know that this is the proper name.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
500
Many people assume depressing is simply "feeling very sad", but depression is physical as well. With severe depression, people can develop this, which causes slow body movements or even none at all.
What is catatonia?
500
Most of us have fairly good attention and can look out for things that might harm us. For those with PTSD however, because they often have this, they will constantly look for dangers even in very safe places.
What is hypervigilance?