Treatment
Clients of substance use concerns are helped to identify and change behaviors and cognitions that contribute to patterns of abuse.
cognitive-behavioral therapy
This is the main motivation for people with anorexia nervosa
fear
This hormone regulates your body's response to stress.
Cortisol
This type of drug increases activity in the brain and the central nervous system.
stimulant
This diagnosis is classified by the persistent use of drugs despite substantial harm and adverse consequences to self and others.
substance use disorder
This type of family has unhealthy emotional bonds and lack of personal boundaries. They may have difficulty understanding their own needs and feelings separate from others in family.
Enmeshed
In this therapeutic intervention, the client and therapist work to increase the number of constructive and pleasurable activities and events in a client's life.
behavioral activation
This is a state or episode of euphoria or frenzied activity in which people may have an exaggerated belief that the world is theirs for the taking.
mania
Low activity in what two neurotransmitters is strongly linked to depression in research
serotonin and norepinephrine
This substance increases the supply of dopamine at key neurons throughout brain. It is the most powerful natural stimulant.
cocaine
In this diagnosis, an individual purposely takes in too little nourishment, resulting in body weight that is very low and below that of other people of similar age and gender.
anorexia nervosa
This perspective states dissociative disorders are caused by repression, as people fight off anxiety by unconsciously preventing painful memories, thoughts, or impulses from reaching awareness.
psychodynamic
This type of therapy has a success rate similar to that of CBT for depression and explores loss, role disputes, role transitions, and deficits.
interpersonal psychotherapy
For children and adolescents, what type of therapy has been shown to enhance the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy?
Family therapy
Low levels of this neurotransmitter is linked to increased aggressive feelings and impulsive behavior.
serotonin
This substance helps GABA (an inhibitory messenger) shut down neurons and relax
alcohol
This is the name for a minimum of 2-week period of time in which a person experiences decreased enjoyment or interest across most activities for the majority of each day. May also include difficulties such as appetite change, sleep, and fatigue.
depressive episode
This perspective recognizes biological predispositions for overreactivity in brain-body stress roues and dysfunction in brain stress circuit, resilence, life events, social systems, and maturation.
Developmental psychopathology perspective
This is the most commonly prescribed type of medication for those with bipolar disorders.
mood stabilizers (like lithium)
sometimes people may also have antipsychotic or antidepressant
This way of thinking categorizes things into two opposing groups. Also known as "all or nothing" or "black and white" thinking
Dichotomous thinking
This part of the brain regulates many bodily functions, like hunger and body temperature, has been identified as a possible contributor to the development of eating disorders.
hypothalamus
This second-generation drug increases serotonin activity without affecting other transmitters. Lexapro and Fluoxetine are examples of this.
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
Diagnosis in which a person mimics symptoms of illness to make others believe they are sick by producing or exaggerating symptoms.
factitious disorder
Cognitive triad
A medical treatment that uses an implanted device to deliver electrical impulses, stimulating the brain and specific nerve.
Vagus nerve stimulation
This refers to a type of medication that stops the action or effect of another drug or natural substance in the body, preventing a biological response.
antagonist
This axis of people with depression is also overly reactive in the face of stress, causing excessive releases of cortisol and related hormones at times of stress. Can cause heightened state of arousal.
HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal)
This is a medication-assisted treatment aims to reduce the use of heroin and other opioids by providing medically supervised substitutes.
drug maintenance therapy
-Methadone clinics are examples of this.
This mental health condition is characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms — such as pain or fatigue — that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning. The physical symptoms may or may not be associated with a diagnosed medical condition, but the person is experiencing symptoms and believes they are sick (that is, not faking the illness).
A mental state where someone believes they are unable to control or change a situation, even when they have the opportunity to do so
learned helplessness