The treatment of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage understanding of problems and modify troubling feelings, behaviors, or relationships.
What is Psychotherapy
100
Persistent and irrational fears of objects, situations, or activities.
What is phobias
100
Amber is running late to work and every single light turns red as she approaches. Amber is illustrating what?
What is daily hassle
100
This prescription drug is used to reduce the symptoms associated with major depressive disorder.
What is antidepressant medications
100
Faith experiences frequent and unexpected panic attacks. She could be diagnosed with this.
What is panic disorder
200
A form of psychotherapy that involves one or more therapists working simultaneously with a small group of clients.
What is group therapy
200
This is disorder is triggered by exposure to a highly traumatic event which results in recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive memories of the event; avoidance of stimuli and situations associated with the event; negative changes in thoughts, moods, and emotions; and persistent state of heightened physical arousal.
What is Post-traumatic stress disorder
200
This type of coping strategy focuses on changing the situation.
What is problem-focused coping
200
This type of prescription drug is used to reduce psychotic symptoms.
What is antipsychotic medications
200
Global, persistent, chronic, and excessive apprehension is the main feature of this disorder
What is generalized anxiety disorder
300
Therapy that integrates cognitive and behavioral techniques and is based on the assumption that thoughts, moods, and behaviors are interrelated.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy
300
This disorder is characterized by extreme and persistent feelings of despondency, worthlessness, and hopelessness, causing impaired emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physical functioning.
What is major depressive disorder
300
Chris is stressed and upset because he didn't get accepted into his top choice school. He decides to look on the brighter side of things and decided on a school that he saw as a better fit. Instead of remaining upset he ended up thinking positively. He is demonstrating this coping strategy.
What is emotional-focused coping
300
These prescription drugs are used to alleviate the symptoms of anxiety.
What is anti-anxiety medications
300
This personality disorder is characterized by instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotions and marked impulsivity.
What is Borderline personality disorder
400
A type of psychotherapy developed by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in which the therapist is non directive and reflective and allows the client to direct eh focus of each therapy session.
What is client-centered therapy
400
This disorder involves periods of incapacitating depression alternating with periods of extreme euphoria and excitement.
What is bipolar disorder
400
Will is studying for his finals and he must get an A on his last final in order to graduate. He is starting to get headaches and a slight cough. He is being affected by the stress in this way.
What is directly
400
This biomedical therapy is used primarily in the treatment of major depressive disorder and involves electrically inducing a brief brain seizure.
What is electroconvulsive therapy
400
This personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of the motives of others without sufficient basis.
What is Paranoid personality disorder
500
A type of therapy that uses free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts.
What is psychoanalysis
500
This category of psychological disorders in which extreme and frequent disruptions of awareness, memory, and personal identity impair the ability to function is known as this.
What is dissociative disorders
500
Sam has had a loss of appetite and sleep as well as increased forgetfulness during his last week of school. The stress is affecting Sam in this way.
What is indirectly
500
These are drugs that alter mental functions, alleviate psychological symptoms, and are used to treat psychological and mental disorders.
What is psychotropic medications
500
This psychological disorder is characterized by the impairment of function due to severely distorted beliefs, perceptions, and thought processes.