Etiology
Underlying etiology known
What is a disease
Cognitions are a critical mediator in the relationship among environment/behavior/affect
What is Cognitive Theory?
•Biochemicals that act as messengers carrying impulses from one neuron, or nerve cell, to another in the brain and in other parts of the nervous system
What are neurotransmitters?
A discrete period of intense fear/discomfort with at least four symptoms developed abruptly that usually peaks within 10 minutes
What is a panic attack?
Founder of Psychiatry. He was one of the first to only work with the mentally ill at his hospital in Pennsylvania.
Who is Benjamin Rush?
Observable behavior or state
What is a symptom
•Disorders are symptoms of underlying characterological developmental problems
What is psychoanalytic theory?
Molecules on the membrane of an adjacent neuron
What are receptors?
People fear places where they might have trouble escaping or getting help if they become anxious and that they will embarrass themselves if others notice their symptoms or efforts to escape
What is Agoraphobia?
The creator of a psychoanalysis
Who is Freud?
•A cluster of symptoms not believed to be due to some other pervasive condition; no implication of a specific etiology
What is a disorder
Psychopathology learned through social forces
What is social learning theory?
•Slight gap between the synaptic terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron
What is a synapse?
Persistent, uncontrollable worry about most things including minor everyday events, for at least 6 months
What is GAD?
German physician and front-runner in the movement from religious, demonological explanations of mental illness towards medical explanations and treatment.
Who is Johan Weyer?
Treatments that target the causal factors of psychological disorders
What is Therapy
Disorders are due to brain dysfunctions, biochemical imbalances, and genetic disorders
What is medical/biological theory?
•Occurs when the neuron that initially released the neurotransmitter into the synapse reabsorbs the neurotransmitter
What is reuptake?
Consequences of experiencing extreme stressors through directly experiencing, witnessing, or learning about a traumatic event
What is PTSD?
The developers of Humanism and Client-Centered Therapy.
Who are Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow?
Set of ideas that provides a framework for questioning, gathering, and interpreting information about a phenomenon
What is theory
Disorders from denial of goodness/drives. Imbalance of personal ideas and environmental restrictions
What is humanistic theory?
Occurs when the receiving neuron releases an enzyme into the synapse that breaks down the neurotransmitter into other biochemicals
What is degradation?
Defined by thoughts, urges, or images that are persistent, intrusive, uncontrollable, and unwanted that cause distress and repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels he or she must perform.
What is OCD?
Creators of moral therapy. They claimed that these patients were indeed suffering from an illness and advocated for more humane treatment--releasing them from their chains and suggesting treatment of empathy and support.
Who are Phillipe Pinel, William Tuke, and Jean-Baptiste Pussin?