Phobias
Psych Acronyms
Mindfulness
Miscellaneous
Starts with "S"
100

Hydrophobia

Water

100

This is the acronym for people diagnosed with both attention and hyperactive difficulties

ADHD

100

This type of mindfulness can be completed by listening to music, smelling flowers, and watching the leaves blow.

Sensory

100

This mental health professional is a doctor that prescribes medication to treat psychiatric disorders

Psychiatrist

100

__________ is a mental disorder that affects a person's brain and behavior, leading to a person's inability to control their use of substances such as legal or illegal drugs, alcohol, or medications

Substance Use Disorder

200

Acrophobia is the fear of this

Heights

200

This is the acronym for the interpersonal effectiveness strategy for obtaining an objective

DEAR MAN

+100 points for each letter correctly identified

200

One-mindfully means this

Doing one thing-Not multitasking

200

Passively using social media (scrolling without creating content or communicating) is associated with this

Depression

Upwards social comparisons

Fear of missing out

200

 ____________ is a psychiatric disorder characterized by problems with perceptions or expressions of reality, significant social problems, disorganized thinking, and delusions or hallucinations.

Schizophrenia

300

This is the fear of confined spaces

Claustrophobia

300

This acronym is the idea that thoughts, feelings and behaviors are all associated

CBT

300

This type of mindfulness activity can also be used to tolerate distress. It involves systematically tensing and releasing muscles while breathing

Progressive muscle relaxation

300

Name one BEHAVIORAL treatment for depression

an activating behavior 

300

Adderall belongs to this class of drug

Stimulant

400

Pyrophobia is the fear of this

Fire

400

 __________ is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and/or behaviors that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over

OCD

400

The E in the ONE POD skills stand for this (do what works for you)

Effectively

400

Name two distraction strategies from the ACCEPTS distress tolerance skills

Activities, Contributions, Comparisons, Emotions, Push Away, Thoughts, Sensations


400

A bout of depression occurring during certain times of the year when there is less sunlight, usually during the winter months is known as seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder

500

Fear of animals is known as this

Zoophobia

500

Major Depression is also referred to by this acronym

MDD

500

The N in the ONE POD skills stands for this 

Non-judgement

500

This behavioral treatment for anxiety has people confront the source of what is causing the anxiety

Exposure therapy

500

This is a mental health disorder that is marked by a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania

Schizoaffective Disorder

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