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This diagnostic tool is now in its fifth edition and emphasizes a non-axial assessment system.
What is the DSM-5
This disorder, once classified as an anxiety disorder, is now categorized under trauma- and stressor-related disorders in the DSM-5.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
This disorder includes symptoms such as a lack of interest or pleasure, weight changes, insomnia or hypersomnia, and suicidal ideation, persisting for at least two weeks.
What is Major Depressive Disorder
This disorder features intense episodes of terror accompanied by physical symptoms like chest pain and dizziness, but no actual threat.
What is Panic Disorder
This mood disorder involves cycles of depression and periods of elevated mood, energy, and activity, but not as severe as full mania.
What is Bipolar II Disorder
Avoidance of public places due to fear of being unable to escape or get help during a panic attack is characteristic of this condition.
What is agoraphobia
This disorder includes intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors performed to reduce anxiety, and is no longer classified under anxiety disorders in the DSM-5.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This is the term for the false belief that one has exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame, often found in schizophrenia.
What is a delusion of grandeur
Schizophrenia is associated with enlarged ventricles and reduced activity in this brain region.
What is the prefrontal cortex
This type of schizophrenia symptom includes behaviors such as flat affect, lack of motivation, poor speech.
What are negative symptoms
This rare dissociative disorder involves the creation of two or more distinct personality states.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder
This term refers to a sudden loss of memory for important personal information, often following trauma.
What is Dissociative Amnesia
This type of therapy developed by Beck focuses on identifying and restructuring distorted thought patterns.
What is cognitive therapy
Exposure therapy is most effective for treating this category of disorders.
What are anxiety disorders
This type of therapy aims to uncover unconscious conflicts using techniques like free association and dream analysis.
What is Psychoanalysis
This form of exposure therapy involves gradually exposing a patient to a feared object or context without any danger.
What is systematic desensitization
Aversive conditioning and token economies are techniques associated with this type of therapy.
What is behavior therapy
This psychological perspective attributes mental disorders to irrational thinking patterns and learned helplessness.
What is the cognitive-behavioral perspective
This controversial treatment for severe depression involves passing electric currents through the brain.
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
This humanistic therapist believed that unconditional positive regard was essential for client growth.
Who is Carl Rogers
This technique, rooted in psychoanalysis, involves a patient speaking freely to uncover unconscious thoughts but is often hindered by resistance or transference.
What is free association
This noninvasive brain stimulation technique uses magnetic fields to treat depression and is an FDA-approved alternative to ECT for treatment-resistant patients.
What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
This drug class reduces positive symptoms of schizophrenia by blocking dopamine activity, but can lead to side effects like tardive dyskinesia.
What are typical (first-generation) antipsychotics
This confrontational form of cognitive therapy developed by Albert Ellis challenges irrational beliefs and replaces them with logical, self-accepting thoughts.
What is Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
This therapeutic format leverages shared experiences among individuals to increase insight and social support, and is often cost-effective and time-efficient.
What is group therapy