Disorders
This disorder involves constant, excessive worry about everyday things
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Seeing or hearing things that aren’t there
What are hallucinations?
Therapy focused on changing negative thoughts
What is Cognitive Therapy?
Brain area involved in forming memories.
What is the hippocampus?
A student constantly checks if the door is locked over and over to reduce anxiety.
What is OCD?
This disorder includes sudden panic attacks with no clear trigger
What is Panic Disorder?
False beliefs that are strongly held despite evidence
What are delusions?
Therapy that uses rewards and punishments to change behavior
What is Behavioral Therapy?
Neurotransmitter linked to mood and depression.
What is serotonin?
A person avoids elevators because they are terrified of being trapped.
What is a specific phobia?
This disorder causes extreme mood swings between mania and depression.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Unwanted repetitive thoughts in OCD
What are obsessions?
Therapy combining thinking and behavior techniques
What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?
Overactivity of this neurotransmitter is linked to schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
Someone feels extremely energetic, talks fast, doesn’t sleep, and makes risky decisions for days.
What is mania (Bipolar Disorder)?
This disorder involves loss of contact with reality, including hallucinations
What is Schizophrenia?
Repetitive behaviors done to reduce anxiety in OCD.
What are compulsions?
Gradually exposing someone to their fear.
What is Systematic Desensitization (or Exposure Therapy)?
This part of the brain is involved in fear and emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
A soldier returns from war and has nightmares, flashbacks, and avoids reminders of combat.
What is PTSD?
This personality disorder is marked by lack of empathy and often criminal behavior
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Reliving a traumatic event through flashbacks and nightmares
What is PTSD?
Therapy where therapist shows unconditional positive regard
What is Humanistic / Client-Centered Therapy?
Medical treatment that uses electric currents for severe depression.
What is ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)?
A therapist gradually exposes a patient to their fear of dogs by first showing pictures, then videos, then real dogs.
What is systematic desensitization (exposure therapy)?