Personality
The Big Five model of personality can be remembered by this acronym
What is OCEAN?
The disorder which involves excessive worry about a wide range of components of one's life
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
hallucinations and delusions are considered this type of symptom of schizophrenia
What are positive symptoms?
This type of therapy is based on Freudian personality theories
What is psychodynamic therapy?
a medical procedure where electirc currents are passed through the brain use to treat depression in the past, but still used today but more humanely
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
The results of a palm reading can seem so accurate to many because of this phenomenon
What is the Barnum effect?
What are 1) compulsions and 2) obsessions?
Thinking that you are being chased by a shadowy government organization who are trying to kill you would be an example of this symptom of schizohprenia
What are delusions of persecution?
the term referring to the relationship between client and therapist espeically when there is a genuine connection and empathetic, positive regard toward the client
What is (positive) therapeutic alliance?
the most commonly prescribed drugs for ADHD
What are psychostimulants?
These kind of tests are argued to be useful because they can determine personality in a more indirect way rather than asking for self-report
What are projective tests?
the name of the condition which consists of mild but chornic depressive symptoms lasting at least 2 years
What is dysthymia? (dys-thigh-mee-ah)
This type of disorder is commonly depicted as psychopthy or sociopathy in media
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This type of therapy is best applied for disorders with specific behavioral problems
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
Lithium is the most commonly prescribed type of this type of drug
What are mood stabilizers?
What is the collective unconscious?
PTSD and dissociative disorders tend to have a common origin deriving from some sort of this kind of experience
What is trauma/traumatic experience?
This disorder is known as an internalizing disorder that includes behaviors of self-harm to get attention
What is borderline personality disorder?
the most commonly practice appreach to treating any disorder is this
What is eclectic therapy?
Alcholoics Anonymous is considered an example of this type of social treatment for psychological disorders
What are self-help groups or group therapy?
What are the "left over" factors after removing genetics and parents/shared environment influence?
disorder that can involve mood swings from high to low but also experience of highs and lows at the same time
What is bipolar disorder?
Excess amounts of this neurotransmitter is found to be assocaited with schizophrenia
What is dopamine?
The classical conditioning principle of extinction is the basis for this type of therapy
What is exposure therapy?
A service program that targets teenagers who live in impoverished areas and do not have adequate familial support, and provides meantal health services to them would be conisdered this level of community support
What is secondary prevention?