Anxiety Disorders
What is Anxiety?
General state of apprehension and psychological tension, leading to fear.
What methods are used in biological treatment?
Drugs or direct intervention of brain function
What can someone's mood be described as if they are bipolar.
High highs and low lows.
Existential therapy helps clients confront what problem in their lives?
What is the meaning of life?
What issue do people with personality disorders face?
Trouble getting along with others
What is another name for PTSD reffering to military combat.
Shell Shocked
When a drug that should not cause an effect does due to the belief that it will.
The Placebo effect
What does mania mean?
Being in a high energy and disturbed state
A form of therapy when someone is steadily introduced to their fear.
Exposure therapy
What are symptoms of Paranoid Personality Disorder
They are untrusting, suspicious of people's intentions, and feel as though they are being targeted.
How does a phobia influence anxiety?
Being around something unpleasant can increase stress and lead to feelings of fear.
Name one of the issues with biological treatment
Dosage problems, unknown risk, high dropout, and high relapse rates
What emotions do mood disorders range from?
Depression and mania
What is the form of therapy used when someone is thrown straight into dealing with the fear they have?
Flooding
Where does Narcissistic Personality Disorders get is name from?
The Greek myth of Narcissus.
What are some habits of someone with OCD?
Washing hands compulsively, counting, touching, checking.
A form of psychotherapy used by Sigmund Freud to understand his clients unconscious.
Psychoanalysis
What American musician suffered from Bipolar disorder?
Kurt Cobain
What is acrophobia
What does APD stand for?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
What is OCD?
Recurrent, persistent, unwished-for thoughts, and ritualized behaviors that the person feels must be carried out to avoid disaster.
What 2 principles does behavior therapy follow
Classical and operant conditioning
What famous American writer suffered from Bipolar disorder?
Mark Twain
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what?
Long words
What is the difference between a psychopath and sociopath?
Sociopaths can feel a degree of empathy or remorse and are able to form emotional connections, Psychopaths cannot.