Disorders
A psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity
What is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?
A positive, manageable, and beneficial form of stress that boosts motivation, performance, and well-being
What is eustress?
PTSD
What is posttraumatic stress disorder?
Therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, providing benefits from group interaction
What is group therapy?
A disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression
What is schizophrenia?
Often caused by chronic stress, the decreased effectiveness of the immune system to fight infection and disease
What is immune suppression?
DID
What is dissociative identity disorder?
Behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear and avoid
What are exposure therapies?
Therapy that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences
What is psychodynamic therapy?
What is bipolar disorder?
The personal strength that helps people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
What is resilience?
ECT
What is electroconvulsive therapy?
Behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors
What is counterconditioning?
Therapy in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within an accepting, genuine, empathic environment to facilitate clients' growth
What is client-centered therapy?
An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others
What is the tend-and-befriend theory?
REBT
What is rational-emotive behavior therapy?
A type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
What is adversive conditioning?
Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
What is cognitive therapy?
A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts, actions, or both
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
The three-stage process the body goes through when exposed to chronic, prolonged stress: Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion
What is general adaptation syndrome?
DSM-5
A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli
What is systematic desensitization?
Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
What is behavior therapy?