Disorders I
This disorder is characterized by persistent, excessive worry about various aspects of daily life.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
People with this disorder may experience delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.
What is schizophrenia?
Carl Rogers developed this humanistic therapy, which emphasizes unconditional positive regard
what is person-centered therapy?
This therapy involves gradually exposing a person to a feared object or situation while teaching relaxation techniques
What is systematic desensitization?
Negative stress that decreases motivation, impairs performance, and leads to emotional and physical problems.
What is distress?
A person with this disorder may experience sudden episodes of intense dread, accompanied by physical symptoms like chest pain or dizziness.
What is Panic Disorder?
is disorder involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety.
What is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
This approach combines changing thoughts and behaviors and is commonly used for anxiety and depression.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
This once-common psychosurgical procedure involved cutting connections in the frontal lobe.
What is a lobotomy?
three-stage response to stress that includes alarm, resistance, and exhaustion, describing how the body reacts and adapts to stress over time.
What is GAS General Adaptation Syndrome?
This disorder is marked by extreme distrust and suspicion of others.
What is paranoid personality disorder?
This disorder involves a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This type of therapy focuses on changing maladaptive behaviors through reinforcement and punishment.
What is behavioral therapy?
This behavioral technique pairs an unpleasant stimulus with an unwanted behavior to reduce that behavior.
What is aversive conditioning?
the initial stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome, where the body reacts to a stressor with a "fight-or-flight" response, activating stress hormones and physiological changes.
What is the alarm stage?
A person with this disorder is socially detached and shows little emotional expression.
What is schizoid personality disorder?
Unstable moods, intense relationships, and fear of abandonment are key traits of this disorder
What is borderline personality disorder?
procedure that involves creating small, targeted damage to specific areas of the brain to treat neurological or psychological disorders, often used to alleviate symptoms when other treatments are ineffective.
what is lesioning?
medical treatment that involves sending small electric currents through the brain to induce a brief seizure, often used to treat severe depression and other mental disorders when other treatments have been ineffective.
What is electroconvulsive therapy?
The second stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome, where the body tries to adapt and cope with a stressor, maintaining heightened alertness and stress hormone levels.
What is the resistance stage?
People with this disorder are extremely sensitive to rejection and fear criticism so much that it leads to social inhibition.
What is avoidant personality disorder?
This disorder includes excessive emotionality and a strong desire to be the center of attention.
What is histrionic personality disorder?
non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain, commonly used to treat depression by improving mood and cognitive function.
What is transcranial magnetic stimulation?
This therapy was originally developed to treat individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder. It involves managing emotions
what is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
behavioral reaction to stress that involves nurturing activities to protect oneself and one's offspring, and seeking social support to reduce stress.
What is tend and befriend?