Erik Erikson
Medications
Diagnosis
Defense Mechanisms
Theories
100

The first stage of Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.

Trust vs Mistrust

100

The generic name for the anti-anxiety medication Ativan.

Lorazepam

100

The acronym DSM stands for this. 

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

100

Refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or event did not exist

Denial

100

Positive and negative reinforcement is used in this therapy.

Behavior Therapy

200

The age range during the Intimacy vs Isolation stage

Young Adulthood

200

Citalopram (Celexa) is used to treat this diagnosis. 

Depression

200

Repeated eating of non-nutritive substances for 1 month, onset age 1-2

PICA

200

The reversion to an earlier stage of development.

Regression

200

Predicated on the assumption that there is an unconscious which informs one’s life.

Psychodynamic Therapy

300

This is the last stage of psychosocial development.

Ego Integrity vs Versus Despair 

300

This medication is used to treat alcohol abuse.

Antibute

300

This type of disorder is categorized into 3 different clusters. 

Personality disorders

300

When a person loses track of time or a person, and instead finds another representation of themselves to continue with the moment.

Dissociation

300

he German for the world “whole" this theory emphasize the current experiences of the client in the here and now.

Gestalt Therapy

400

This stage is between the ages of 1 and 3. 

Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt

400

Lithium is classified as this type of medication. 

Mood stabilizer.

400

Catatonic, Disorganized, Paranoid, Undifferentiated, and Residual are the five types of this disorders.  

Schizophrenia 

400

Dealing with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by compartmentalizing opposite affect states and failing to integrate the positive and negative qualities of the self or others into cohesive images.

Splitting

400

The small group/individual is seen as an organic entity with boundaries, purposes and mechanisms for attaining change and maintaining stability. Whatever happens to one component directly affects another.

Systems Theory

500

This is opposite of Identity.

Role Confusion

500

SSRI medications have shown efficacy in treating not only depression but this diagnosis. 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

500

A change or loss in physical functioning that is not due to a physical condition, individual does not have voluntary control of symptoms.

Conversion

500

When a person has sexual impulses they would like not to act upon, they may instead focus on rigorous exercise is an example of this defense mechanism.

Sublimination - the channeling of unacceptable impulses, thoughts and emotions into more acceptable ones.

500

Basic goal of this therapy is to “release an already existing capacity for self-actualization in a potentially competent individual”.

Client-Center Theory