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Drugs used for mental disorders
100
biological form of treatment where the connections between the frontal lobe and the rest of the brain are cut
What is a prefrontal lobotomy
100
behavior technique for confronting a phobia or fear straight on
What is flooding
100
Group of people coming together to talk about their similar problems voluntarily
What is self-help therapy
100
Combats anxiety, depression, phobias, and OCD
What are antidepressant drugs
200
Give an example of what harmful therapy would involve
Coercion, bias, sexual relationship
200
behavior technique where a step by step process is used to reduce fear
What is systematic desensitization
200
Concerned with the assessment and treatment of people who are physically disabled
What is rehabilitation psychologist
200
Increases the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Helps with Depressed mood, panic, or anxiety.
What are Tranquilizers.
300
type of therapy associated with alienation and the meaning of life
What is existential
300
Known as the father of Psychoanalysis, creator of a "talking cure"
Who is Sigmund Freud
300
Disagreement about the importance of research and scientific findings between scientists and therapists
What is the Scientist-practitioner gap
300
People respond positively to a new drug just because of the enthusiasm around it helping them to feel better, while not actually taking the drug
What is the placebo effect
400
True or False Electroconvulsive therapy is sometimes used on suicidal patients since it works faster than drugs or psychotherapy
True
400
type of therapy associated with free will, self acceptance
What is humanist
400
behavioral technique in which punishment is substituted for reinforcement
What is Aversive conditioning
400
Used in treating Schizophrenia and other similar disorders (Thorazine, Clozaril, Haldol)
What are anti-psychotic drugs
500
therapy that emphasizes the nonjudgmental accepting behavior of a therapist to a client
What is client centered therapy
500
A client's displacement of emotion onto his therapist
What is free association, transference
500
Neurological disorder involving hand tremors and other involuntary movements
What is Tardive Dyskinesia
500
Helps people with bipolar disorder by moderating levels of norepinephrine or by protecting brain cells from being over stimulated
What is lithium carbonate