History
Disorders
Straight Up Lecture
Psychotherapy
Biomedical Therapy
100
Model rooted in Ancient Greek thought in which illness of the mind was believed to be caused by some kind of foreign invasion, or external factor
What is Spirit Model
100
The rate of people who will suffer from a psychological disorder at least once in their life time
What is 1 out of 2 people, or 50%
100
One of the primary techniques in Client-Centered Therapy, in which the therapist acts as a mirror to the patient's feelings and states
What is Reflective Statement
100
Model in psychotherapy that makes the connection between childhood patterns and current problems
What is Psychodynamic Model
100
Category of drugs that can create long-term dependency by altering levels of dopamine in the brain
What are Antipsychotics
200
The two early categories of disorders, one of which was associated with anxiety, and the other with distortions of reality
What are Neurotic and Psychotic Disorders
200
An anxiety disorder marked by minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations
What is Panic Disorder
200
Disorder first coined "War Neurosis" by Freud, to describe post-WWI patients who had gone off to war and came back with neurotic symptoms
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
200
The most common approach to psychotherapy, that uses techniques from various forms of therapy depending on the client's problems
What is Eclectic approach
200
The study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
What is Psychopharmacology
300
The first dominant practice for dealing with insane people, which Michel Foucault, the French philosopher, called The Great Confinement
What is Institutionalization (or locking "them" up)
300
Disorder in which a person alternates between severe depression and mania, an overexcited, hyperactive state (manic episode)
What is Bipolar Disorder
300
Study that aims to control for the placebo effect, in which patients do not know whether they are receiving the treatment (medication) or a placebo (sugar pill)
What is Blind Study/Procedure
300
Component of Client-Centered Therapy that Carl Rogers created, in which the therapist offers continuous support and encouragement to the client
What is Unconditional Positive Regard (UCR)
300
The disorder of patients who are prescribed antipsychotics, a category of drugs that blocks dopamine receptor sites in the brain
What is Schizophrenia
400
Hypnosis was a revival of this practice, first created in the 1970s in Paris, which involved the patient entering an alternate, or hypnotic state
What is Mesmerism
400
A personality disorder in which a person is preoccupied with receiving attention, is self-promoting/self-absorbed, and has a lack of empathy or consideration for others
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder
400
The reformist behavior of Philippe Pinel, Daniel Took, and Dorothea Dix contributed to this revolutionary shift in how insanity was dealt with
What is Humane treatment
400
A type of therapy that seeks tochange people's irrational negative thinking patterns as well as their behavior
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
400
Drugs such as Xanax and Valium, that (like alcohol) depress central nervous system activity
What are Anti-Anxiety Drugs
500
The original name for Schizophrenia, created by Emile Kraepelin, a Swiss Somaticist
What is Dementia Praecox
500
A sub-category of Schizophrenia in which the person engages in parrot-like repeating of another's speech or movements
What is Catatonic Schizophrenia
500
Two early classifications of insanity associated with "lows" and "highs"
What are Melancholia and Mania
500
In Behavior Therapy, a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted response (such as alcohol) in order to rid a particular behavior
What is Aversive Conditioning
500
Most antidepressants (such as SSRIs) work by increasing availability of these two neurotransmitters in the brain, which elevate arousal and mood
What are Serotonin and Norepinephrine