Research Methods and APA
The presentation of two or more disorders in the same person at the same time
What is comorbidity?
Developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached.
What is Separation Anxiety Disorder?
Depressive disorder characterized by persistent irritability and recurrent temper outbursts
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)?
Disorder in which the person's thoughts, feelings, and actions reflect a lack of contact with reality.
What is schizophrenia?
Persistent eating of nonnutritive, nonfood substances over the period of at least 1 month
What is pica?
The percentage of individuals in a given population who have a medical or psychological condition
What is prevalence?
An anxiety disorder that makes speaking difficult in certain situations
What is selective mutism?
Fatigue, weight loss, insomnia, loss of interest, and trouble concentrating for over 2 weeks.
What is major depressive disorder?
A discrete period of elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and increased level of energy and activity
What is mania?
Characterized by lack of interest in eating food, avoidance of food based on its sensory qualities, or concerns about the negative consequences of eating
What is Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder?
Theory that proposes that psychological disorders develop due to a combination of a genetic or biological vulnerability and environmental stressors that trigger the condition.
What is the diathesis-stress model?
Based on the principles of operant conditioning; it involves exposing the child to the feared stimulus and reinforcing the child contingent on the exposure.
What is contingency management?
When individuals repeatedly and intentionally damage the surface of their body in a manner that is likely to induce bleeding, bruising, and pain
What is nonsuicidal self-injury?
For at least 1 year, the child has had many mood swings with hypomanic and depressive symptoms that don’t meet full criteria for either episode.
What is Cyclothymic disorder?
An eating disorder characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like vomiting, fasting, or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Describes the phenomenon in which children with different developmental histories show a similar developmental outcome
What is equifinality?
Talks to and approaches strangers easily, showing little or no shyness.
What is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder?
A set of three negative thought patterns focused on the self, the world, and the future.
What is depressive triad?
At least one major depressive episode and at least one hypomanic episode
What is bipolar 2 disorder?
Repeated regurgitation of stomach contents into the mouth
What is rumination disorder?
An aspect of the therapeutic relationship where the client feels understood by the therapist and is willing to participate in the early stages of treatment
What is rapport?
What is Parent-Child Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
A therapy that helps reduce parents’ use of physical punishment, improves communication with their child, and lowers the child’s behavior and mood problems
The idea that people become depressed when they frequently experience failure; over time, they despair rather than cope effectively
What is learned helplessness?
A treatment approach that involves the whole family to help children understand their emotions, develop coping skills, and manage mood disorders
What is psycho-educational psychotherapy?
Posits that feeding disorders arise through parent-child interactions characterized by children with difficult temperaments and parents who respond with maladaptive feeding strategies, creating a cycle that reinforces disordered eating behavior.
What is the transactional model for feeding disorders?