Vocabulary
The scientific study of psychological disorders, or the disorders themselves.
What is Psychopathology?
An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme fear of being watched, evaluated, and judged by others.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia?
A mood disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, emptiness, and anhedonia.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A disorder usually diagnosed in young children, and characterized by a wide range of developmental problems, including persistent deficits in social communication/interaction and restricted or repetitive patterns of interest or behavior.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
A method of therapy, developed by Sigmund Freud, asserting that clinical symptoms arise from unconscious conflicts rooted in childhood.
What is Psychoanalysis?
A cluster of physical or mental symptoms that are typical of a particular condition or psychological disorder that tend to occur simultaneously.
What is a Syndrome?
An anxiety disorder characterized by the occurrence of unexpected panic attacks.
What is Panic Disorder?
The process of repetitively turning emotional difficulties over and over in the mind.
What is Rumination?
Impulsive behavior, marked instability in relationships, self-concept, and affect.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A form of therapy focused on helping patients understand how they interact with others and then learn better ways of interacting and communicating.
What is Interpersonal Therapy?
A physical or mental feature that may be regarded as an indication of a particular condition or psychological disorder.
What is a Symptom?
An anxiety disorder characterized by continuous, pervasive, and difficult-to-control anxiety.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
A mood-related disorder characterized by both manic (excited and energetic) episodes and depressive episodes, with normal periods in between.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
A disorder usually diagnosed in young children that involves a wide range of symptoms, including impulsivity, fidgeting, and difficulty in shifting attentional focus.
What is Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
A form of humanistic therapy that aims to help patients integrate inconsistent aspects of themselves into a coherent whole by increasing self-awareness and self-acceptance.
What is Gestalt Therapy?
A standardized clinical assessment tool that consists of a fixed set of questions that a patient answers.
What is a Self-Report Measure?
An anxiety disorder that manifests itself through obsessions (unwanted and disturbing thoughts) and compulsions (ritualistic actions performed to control the obsessions).
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
A state of high excitement and energy often characterized by racing thoughts, a feeling of invincibility or omnipotence, and a lack of boundaries or inhibitions.
What is Mania?
A personality disorder marked by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, as well as a lack of empathy and remorse.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
A hybrid form of psychotherapy focused on changing the patient’s habitual interpretations of the world and ways of behaving by combining cognitive and behavioral approaches to therapy.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
A model of clinical disorders suggesting that genes provide a susceptibility for a disorder that will manifest as symptoms only under certain levels of stress.
What is the Diathesis-stress model?
A fear of being in situations in which help might not be available or escape might be difficult or embarrassing.
What is Agoraphobia?
A mild form of mania marked by high spirits, happiness, self-confidence, and a high level of nervous energy.
What is Hypomania?
Marked Grandiosity, lack of empathy, need for attention, need for admiration from others.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Aims to help clients to achieve greater awareness and acceptance of thoughts and feelings. Emphasizes that they can commit to pursuing valued goals despite unwanted thoughts and feelings
What is Acceptance & Commitment Therapy?