Symptoms include racing thoughts, rapid speech, and grandiosity.
What is mania?
100
Defined as thinking about potential problems, often without settling on a solution.
What is worry?
100
The need to acquire is only part of the problem. The bigger problem is that they abhor parting with their objects, even when others cannot see any potential value in them.
What is hoarding disorder?
100
This disorder requires that a person have at least two distinct personalities that act independently of each other.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
100
Lack of outward expression of emotion.
What is blunted affect?
200
This disorder is among the most severe forms of mental illnesses.
What is Bipolar I Disorder?
200
This disorder's physical symptoms include red-face or blushing.
What is social anxiety disorder?
200
This disorder occurs in the first four weeks after a trauma.
What is acute stress disorder?
200
A distinct personality.
What is an alter?
200
Marlene was convinced that Christian Bale was sending her messages in his movie, The Dark Knight. His battles with the joker were a signal that he was prepared to fight for them to be together. Signing autographs at his movie opening also told her that he was trying to get in touch with her.
What are delusions or ideas of reference?
300
The three neurotransmitters that contribute to the onset of mood disorders.
What is norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin?
300
The most well-validated psychological treatment for anxiety.
What is exposure treatment?
300
People diagnosed with this disorder appear to focus on details more than the whole; they examine one feature at a time.
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
300
A person with this diagnosis feels as if they're always in a dream.
What is depersonalization/ derealization disorder?
300
Also referred to as neuroleptics, these drugs were found to help some of the symptoms of schizophrenia.
What are antipsychotic drugs?
400
The two disorders comorbid with cardiovascular diseases.
What is major depressive disorder and persistent depressive disorder?
400
The two steps involved in the development of an anxiety disorder; Mowrer's two-factor model.
What is classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
400
They are the most commonly used medications for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
What are antidepressants?
400
People diagnosed with dissociative amnesia are unable to recall these types of memories or experiences.
What is trauma/ traumatic?
400
Jevon was talking with his doctor about the side effects of his medication. He talked about having dry mouth and then immediately began talking about cottonmouth snakes and jungle safaris and how hiking was good for your health but that Barack Obama was in better shape than George Bush.
What is disorganized thinking or derailment?
500
The brain region that appears to be overly active among people with mood disorder.
What is the amygdala?
500
This part of the brain is involved in extinguishing fears as well as using emotion regulation strategies to control emotions.
What is the medial prefrontal cortex?
500
This disorder entails an extreme response to a severe stressor, including increased anxiety, avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma, and symptoms of increased arousal.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
500
Thomas, a 50-year-old man, was referred for psychological treatment by an ophthalmologist. He reported that 2 weeks before, he had suddenly developed tunnel vision, and there was no sign he was faking symptoms.
What is conversion disorder?
500
Studies show that this area of the brain to be disrupted in schizophrenia also show that people with schizophrenia do poorly on tasks that rely on this area, such as planning and problem solving.