Treatments
Anorexia Nervosa is best alleviated when patients follow this treatment, which involves targeting food, weight, body image, thought, and emotion.
What is CBT-E?
This terribly-named disorder describes an individual that is persistently detached from social settings, prefers being alone, and often has a neutral affect.
What is schizoid personality disorder?
What is neurodiversity?
This disorder is widely regard to be the most deadly mental disorder due to organ damage and suicidal behavior.
This is the first and generally most effective line of treatment for bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
Dr. Schaefer loved this treatment for schizophrenia because he friend played DND. This treatment is necessary because of the onset of schizophrenia during adolescence.
What is social skill training?
This disorder is characterized by social and interpersonal deficits, cognitive distortions, and eccentricity.
What is schizotypal personality disorder?
this parenting "style" was historically a theorized cause of both schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. (this theory has since been disproven)
What are refrigerator moms?
This vocabulary word is not a DSM-defined disorder, but is often used to describe antisocial behavior caused by environmental or social causes.
This introduction to a patient gives a therapist an idea of their new patient's appearance, behavior, thought processes, mood and affect, intellectual functioning, and sensorium.
What is a mental status exam?
This intensive blend of CBT and mindfulness training (both in groups and over the phone) shows the best results when used to treat borderline personality disorder.
What is dialectal behavioral therapy
This disorder is distinct from Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features due to it's pervasive psychosis, regardless of occasional mood episodes.
What is schizoaffective disorder?
This negative symptom of schizophrenia is characterized by a lack of motivation.
What is avolition?
This disorder is characterized by excessive emotionality and attention seeking behavior. Individuals with this disorder are shallow and impressionistic.
What is a specific psychological vulnerability?
These medicinal treatments for schizophrenia has works by decreasing the levels of dopamine in a patient's body, without the dangerous Parkinson's-like side effects.
What are atypical antipsychotics?
This disorder is characterized by only one positive symptom: delusions; not hallucinations, negative or disorganized symptoms.
What is delusional disorder?
This phase of schizophrenic symptoms in the onset of of milder symptoms, often occuring in teen years.
What is the promodal phase?
This disorder is similar to schizophrenia, but the duration is limited to 6 months.
What is schizophreniform disorder?
This mood disorder is more common in children and teens, and is characterized by severe temper outbursts.
What is disruptive mood disregulation disorder?
What is CBT-p?
This personality disorder is often misnamed due to its characterization of orderliness, perfectionism, and control.
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
The alternative to the Five Factor personality model is gaining support by assessing patients personalities using both clinician rating and patient self-report.
What is the DSM-5-TR alternative model?
This disorder is not defined by IQ score in the DSM-5, by Dr. Schaefer kept talking like it basically is. It's severity is associated with certain levels of IQ.
What is intellectual disability disorder?
This disorder is show in this case study: Mary is a 20-year-old student that have been experiencing period of hypersomnia, depressed mood, and anhedonia on and off for about 2 years. During these periods, she reports believing that her roommate sneaks out at night to fight crime. She is not suspicious of her roommate vigilantism when she feels normal. Mary has never felt excessive energy or irritability for excessive periods of time.
What is major depressive disorder with psychotic features?