Neurobiology
The system that activates the Flight, Fight, Freeze, and Fawn response
What is the thalamus?
An unconscious resources used by the ego" to decrease internal stress.
What is a defense mechanism?
Heart palpitations, feelings of choking, chills, trembling, etc.
What are symptoms of a panic attacks?
The initial conversation between patient and mental health professional aimed at gathering information about the patients background and presenting problem.
What is an intake interview?
Recurrent pulling out of hair resulting in noticeable hair loss
What is trichotillomania?
The small part of the brain that process external stimuli (things that you see and hear) to detect danger.
What is the amygdala?
Medications that are used to relieve psychological symptoms by improving the functions of neurotransmitter systems?
What is drug therapy?
Persistent, uncomfortable worry about most things including minor everyday events, occurring more days than not for at least 6 months.
What is GAD?
tests that assess a person’s intellectual strengths and weaknesses
What is an intelligence test?
Persistent difficulty discarding of items due to perceived need to save items, regardless of their value
What is hoarding disorder?
The body's smart control coordinating center that helps keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis
What is the hypothalamus?
Decreasing the behavior by presenting an aversive or unpleasant stimulus following a behavior
What is positive punishment?
an anxiety disorder in which the individual experiences intense fear of public humiliation or rejection and therefore tends to avoid social situations
what is social anxiety disorder?
When someone does not want to be assessed or treated, they may not be forthright with information during assessment.
What is resistance?
An extreme of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one's own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult.
What is agoraphobia?
The part of the brain involved in our behavioral and emotional responses, especially when it comes to behaviors needed for survival
What is the limbic system?
When something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away in order to increase the likelihood of the desired behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
Vivid, sensory experiences during which, a person may experience images, sounds, body sensations, tastes, or smells that mirror what they experienced during the traumatic moment
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
The cumulative effects of racism on an individual's mental and physical health.
What is racial trauma?
The hormone release system situated in the adrenal cortex and activated by the hypothalamus. It responds to stress to determine fight or flight reactions.
Adrenal-Cortical system
Multiple genetic abnormalities coming together in one individual to create a specific disorder
What is the polygenic proccess?
Some examples include: Dysfunction of the anterior cingulate cortex, high levels of activity in the orbital frontal cortex, increased activity of serotonin (or sensitivity), etc.
What is the biological cause of OCD?
What is systematic desensitization?
A form of OCD characterized by pathological guilt or obsession associated with moral or religious issues that is often accompanied by moral or religious compulsions.
What is scrupulosity?