Chapter 5
This disorder is characterized by intrusion symptoms, avoidance symptoms, negative alterations in mood or cognition, and hyperarousal. A diagnosis requires the presence of at least 1-2 symptoms from each of the symptom clusters. Symptoms must be present for at least 1 month.
What is PTSD?
This disorder is characterized by distressing and persisting thoughts about the seriousness of physical symptoms AND high anxiety about the symptoms.
What is somatic symptom disorder.
The symptom domains associated with depressive and bipolar disorders.
What are mood, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms?
This term relates to the systematic examination of information after a person's death in an effort to understand and explain behavior.
What is psychological autopsy?
This disorder is characterized by extreme thinness and a distorted body image.
What is anorexia nervosa.
What is psychophysiological disorder?
This disorder is characterized by preoccupation with having or contracting a serious illness.
What is illness anxiety disorder?
The term used to describe continually thinking about certain topics or distressing events over and over again.
What is rumination?
Physicians, lawyers, law enforcement, and what other occupation has higher than average suicide rates?
What are dentists?
The two subtypes of anorexia nervosa.
What are "restricting type" and "bing-eating/purging type"?
In this treatment, patients learn to voluntarily control their physiological processes in order to improve physical or mental health.
What is biofeedback training?
This terms refers to the conscious faking of a disorder to achieve an identifiable goal.
What is malingering?
The belief that we have little influence over what happens to us.
What is learned helplessness?
What are perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness?
Erosion of tooth enamel, swollen salivary glands, and lowered potassium levels are physical complications of this disorder.
What is bulimia nervosa.
What therapies have received the most empirical support in the treatment of PTSD?
What is Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)?
The inability to recall a specific event or events, often centered on some highly painful or disturbing event.
What is localized amnesia?
This medication has shown the most promise in treating bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
A strong biological predictor of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in both adolescents and adults.
What are sleep difficulties?
Name the 3 primary headache types.
What are migraine, tension, and cluster headaches?
The ultimate goal in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder.
What is the integration of personalities?
This treatment for depression focuses on increasing exposure to pleasurable events/activities and social interactions.
What is behavioral activation therapy?
The psychological states most strongly associated with suicide.
What are depression and hopelessness?
A treatment for obesity that has shown the greatest efficacy.
What is a comprehensive intervention program?