The intense and irrational fear of a specific object or situation. Ex. A fear of spiders.
This mood disorder lasts 2+ weeks with intense feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness.
Major Depressive Disorder
Illness Anxiety Disorder
This psychoanalysis technique has a individual talk about whatever comes to mind.
Free association
This big manual outlines and details disorders
DSM-5
A sudden attack of intense dread
Panic Disorder
Chronic low level depression lasting at least 2 years, but with less intense feelings. Sometimes called Dysthymia
Persistent Depressive
When the mind splits/partitions itself to create a new personality
Dissociative Identify Disorder - DID formally multiple personality disorder
This type of therapy helps someone come to terms with the philosophical meaning of one's thoughts
Existential Therapy
PTSD
Give a way to help manage anxiety
Breathing exercises, talking, therapy, medicine
Name the 3 common symptoms of Schizophrenia (you must have all 3) for points. No, you can't get 1pt per. If you ask, I'm going deduct points.
Delusions, Hallucinations, Disorganized Speech
An individual became so stressed they suddenly lost the ability to see. This is known as...
Conversion disorder
Prozac is a drug that increases serotonin so it is often used to treat...
Depression
Client centered therapy or Humanistic Therapy was developed by...
Carl Rogers
Disorder that involves unwanted repetitive thoughts that then lead to actions, which then often lead back to repetitive thoughts
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD
Catatonia is often a symptom of schizophrenia. This means the loss or decline of...
Movement
A - paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
B - Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
C - Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive Compulsive
Surgical intervention into the brain to treat a psychological disorder is known as...
Psychosurgery
This neurotransmitter influences movement, attention and emotion. Too much has been linked to schizophrenia, too little may lead to Parkinson's.
Dopamine
Development of severe anxiety, dissociative or other symptoms after a trauma stressor similar to PSTD.
Acute Stress Disorder
This bipolar disorder involves less severe manic episodes, called hypomania. They last for a few days, but are not considered life threatening.
Bipolar 2
An individual has extreme detachments from social relationships leading a very solitary lifestyle. They do not enjoy activities and are often emotionally cold and detached.
Schizoid
This type of counterconditioning associates a pleasant feeling with a stimuli that causes anxiety.
Systemic Desensitization
When someone experiences trauma that leads them to block out certain information.
Dissociative Amnesia