Modalities
Defense Mechanisms
Personality Disorders
Development
Historic Figures
100

This is type of therapy uses an important technique to elicit and test automatic thoughts

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

100

According to psychoanalytic theory, unacceptable affects and impulses are commonly gratified in socially acceptable ways through this defense mechanism.

Sublimation

100

This personality disorder is characterized by pervasive and excessive emotionality and attention seeking behavior. 

Histrionic PD

100

A 7-year-old presents with temper tantrums, refusing to go to school. He has stomachaches and headaches on school days, nightmares about being kidnapped, fears his parents will die. This is the diagnosis. 

Separation Anxiety disorder

100

This psychodynamic theorist posited that development occurs in sequential, clearly defined stages and that each stage must be resolved for development to proceed smoothly. 

Erik Erikson

200

The first word of this type of treatment refers to searching for a synthesis between seemingly contradictory ideas.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

200

Semiconsciously diverting attention from a conflict in order to minimize discomfort is an example of this defense mechanism. 

Suppression

200

This personality disorder has the greatest co-incidence of alcohol abuse and dependence.

Antisocial PD

200

A 4-year-old is raised in multiple foster homes, minimally smiles, does not seek comfort, does not respond well to limits. This is likely the diagnosis. 

Reactive Attachment disorder

200

This is the primary figure in the development of object relations theory and described phases of development as being in depressive/paranoid/schizoid positions.

Melanie Klein

300

Psychotherapy technique for children with Tourette’s syndrome

Habit Reversal Therapy

300

A young man recounts how his father kicked his puppy to death, however has no emotion when telling the therapist this despite therapist’s upset response. Name this defense mechanism. 

Isolation of affect

300

This personality disorder is associated with transient psychotic symptoms

Borderline PD

300

Core gender identity is typically established by this age. 

3 years 

300

This psychoanalyst was best known for his ideas of “the good enough mother” and the “holding environment”, defined as a safe context provided by consistent and reliable parenting

Donald Winnicott

400

This psychosocial therapy for patients with schizophrenia has been shown to reduce relapse rates. 

Family Psychoeducational Therapy

400

This defense mechanism is characterized by a self object representation that is disavowed by placing it into someone else, and inducing the latter to unconsciously identify with the self/object representation.

Projective identification

400

A 26 year old patient becomes panicky and distressed every time her psychiatrist goes on vacation, this pattern is most likely a characteristic of what personality disorder.

Dependent PD

400

Maximal pruning of cortical synapses occurs in this stage of development.

Adolescence

400

This psychoanalyst developed self-psychology, characterized by “self-objects” (other people in the environment who perform particular functions for the self). This school of thought went on to influence modern psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory.

Heinz Kohut

500

Intentionally assigning the sick role to a pt which serves to give the pt the permission and responsibility in order to recover is a tenet of this form of psychotherapy

Interpersonal therapy (IPT)

500

Hand washing rituals are most related to what defense mechanism?

Undoing

500

Interpersonal exploitativeness is a diagnostic feature of this personality disorder

Narcissistic PD

500

Freudian stage of latency is correlated with this Erikson stage. 

Industry vs Inferiority

500

This psychoanalyst developed the concepts of ego psychology and defense mechanisms, and was a pioneer of child psychoanalysis

Anna Freud

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