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In defining what is abnormal, this "d" refers to the degree to which behavior is outside the standards or rules of society.
What is deviance?
Jerry finds that he is always worried about something, whether it be his family's financial situation, being on time, or where his kids are at any given time, and it has begun to interfere with his ability to get work done.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
In this type of therapy, the therapist aims to help uncover unconscious, repressed feelings of conflict.
What is psychoanalysis (or psychodynamic) therapy?
This movement aimed to reduce social isolation of people with psychological disorders, moving them from asylums, and integrate those individuals (and their treatment) more into the community.
What is deinstitutionalization?
This is the term that refers to an individual who suffers from more than one psychological disorder at a time.
What is comorbidity?
Jason seems to be two different people at times. He has a disorder that leads to his experiencing days where he bounces off the walls (sometimes spending his whole bank account in a day), and others where he cannot get out of bed.
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
The use of antipsychotics in schizophrenia generally target this specific neurotransmitter.
What is dopamine?
Schizophrenia often manifests as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking & motor behavior, as well as these (absences or decreases in certain behaviors, emotions, or drives).
What are negative symptoms?
Those who have symptoms of a psychological disorder may avoid seeking treatment, for fear of this - the negative attitude about people who have a psychological disorder.
What is a stigma?
Your brother often is unstable in self-image, mood, and behavior. He displays unstable and intense relationships with others, especially his girlfriends, and is often impulsive and unpredictable.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
This therapy aims to replace maladaptive thoughts activities and behaviors with more appropriate ones, and also identify, challenge, and change faulty beliefs and thoughts.
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
...could also be Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon, and Weight Watchers are all examples of this type of group therapy.
What are self-help groups?
A clinical psychologist typically uses this as a guide in making a diagnosis, which currently lists 157 different disorders.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
Linda has frequent thoughts about her house burning down. In order to relieve the stress that these thoughts cause her, she checks her oven 8 times before leaving her house each morning.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
The three types of medications for this disorder typically target the neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine, and/or dopamine.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This disorder is characterized by episodes of excessive food consumption, but with out excessive weight control or purging behaviors.
What is binge-eating disorder?
When you see a clinical psychologist today, you're likely to receive therapy from one of these two major theoretical perspectives.
What are insight and behavior therapies?
In your therapy sessions with Amanda, it often feels as if you are dealing with an entirely different person with a different personality, wherein she may refer to herself by a different name, and she has no memory of some things you've discussed before.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
In this form of behavioral therapy, a therapist might help a client with a phobia of cars by providing opportunities for interaction with the target of the phobia - hopefully causing the learned relationship between the object and negative feelings to become extinct.
What is exposure therapy?
According to Seligman, this states that people become depressed when they believe they lack control over the reinforcements in their lives.
What is the learned helplessness model?