Name that Disorder
Which psychological disorder in this unit is most resistant to change/treatment
personality disorders
Which neurotransmitter is most likely to be imbalanced in someone with generalized anxiety disorder
GABA
What year did the DSM first come out
1952
A technique in which the patient spontaneously describes, without editing, all thoughts, feelings, or images that come to mind
Free association
The underlying, true meaning of a dream is referred to as what
Latent content
Disorder marked by persistent fear of one or more social situations in which embarrassment may occur or there is exposure to unfamiliar people
Social anxiety disorder
The most common OCD disorder is what?
Fear of contamination through germs/dirt
When the patient acts toward the therapist as they did toward important figures in their life
Transference
Which personality researcher developed client-centered/person-centered therapy
Carl Rogers
A persistent intrusive thought, idea, impulse, or images that causes anxiety
Obsession
A period of abnormally elevated mood in which a person has an inflated sense of self, decreased need for sleep and poor judgment that last about a week
Manic episode
Which psychological disorder is connected to over pruning of synapses during childhood
Schizophrenia
The DSM-5 now describes how many disorders
About 400
Which psychological approach to treatment is considered the best?
Biopsychosocial approach
Which researcher was responsible for showing that perception of people with mental disorders was so negative that they were not being treated well in institutions
David Rosenhan
OCD-related disorder in which people feel compelled to pull out their own hair
Trichotillomania
Which two neurotransmitters are in low supply in someone who has a depressive disorder
Serotonin and norepinephrine
Which researchers believed that the DSM-5 made everyday struggles appear like mental disorders, resulting in overuse of pharmaceuticals
Allen Frances
Type of counterconditioning in which a fear response is replaced with a relaxation response in a series of increasingly fear-arousing steps
systematic desensitization
Which cluster of personality disorders involves excessively dramatic, emotional, erratic behavior?
Cluster B
Disorder characterized by a loss of contact with reality
Schizophrenia
What are the three types of symptoms for Schizophrenia
Positive, negative, and disorganized
Determines how much genetic and environmental conditions need to be present for the disorder to develop
Vulnerability-stress model
Therapy type in which there is an attempt to change a person’s way of thinking from maladaptive to adaptive
Cognitive therapy
What are the four main criteria for being diagnosed with a mental disorder
1.) the behavior is atypical
2.) the behavior is maladaptive
3.) Is the person/others distressed by the behavior
4.) Is the behavior rational