Assessment and Evaluation
The giving away of valued possessions is a risk of this
Suicide
Depression following childbirth that is associated with hormonal changes, tryptophan metabolism, or cell alterations
Postpartum Depression
Personality disorder with pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others without justification
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Denial, suppression, and dissociation are examples of this kind of coping strategy
Maladaptive
Attributing one's unacceptable thoughts or feelings onto another that does not have them
Projection
Dilated pupils, severe shakiness, speech dysfunction, immobility or hyperactivity, delusions, and hallucinations are symptoms of this level of anxiety
Panic
Avoiding certain places/situations that causes out of proportion anxiety that disrupts ability to maintain employment or carry out daily routine
Agoraphobia
Relaxation training, modeling, systematic desensitization, flooding, response prevention, thought stopping are behavioral therapies for this kind of disorders
Anxiety
Uncontrollable, excessive worry for a majority of the days over at least 6 months
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Sudden use of childlike or primitive behaviors that do not correlate with a person's current developmental level
Regression
This symptom is common for borderline personality disorder and causes a person to view everything in black and white or absolute terms
Splitting
Feelings of inadequacy with pattern of social inhibition and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation and activities with interpersonal contact
Avoidant Personality Disorder
This disorder causes frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, whether it is real or imagined
Borderline Personality Disorder
This disorder causes detachment from social relationships, a restricted range of expression of emotions, and have little to no interest in activities
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Responding to stress through the unconscious development of physical symptoms not caused by a physical illness
Conversion
Subjective experience in which a person's mind is racing, causing them to talk quickly and erratically between thoughts. Is a symptom of mania, psychosis, and other neuro conditions
Flight of ideas
This highly addictive class of drugs is used for anxiety but is meant for short term use with panic attacks. Include benzodiazepines, diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Xanax), and clonazepam (Klonopin)
Anxiolytics
Minimizing stimulation, setting limits with firm tone of voice, and offering quick foods high in calories are interventions of what disorder
(Mania of) Bipolar Disorder
Short assessment that is used to assess a person's immediate risk of suicide
Columbia risk assessment (C-SSRS)
Preventing unacceptable thoughts from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or behaviors. "A student does not like Professor Backlin. They are asked about what they think of his class and they talk about how he's the best teacher ever"
Reaction formation
The process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences
Resiliency
Treatment used for severe depression and symptoms of other mental conditions that stimulate levels of neurotransmitters
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Theory for suicide risk in which an individual experiences numerous failures and is conditioned to give up trying
Learned helplessness
Serious side effect of anticonvulsants that results in flu-like symptoms followed by painful rash and blisters
Stevens Johnson Syndrome
These two coping mechanisms are not considered maladaptive and deal with anxiety by reaching out to others or substituting acceptable forms of expression
Altruism and sublimation