DSM 5 Diagnosis
Presence of obsession compulsion or both
OCD
plays a role in your body's reward system, which includes feeling pleasure, achieving heightened arousal and learning.
Dopamine
is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. is one of the most effective means of treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.
CBT
Commonly used to describe how 1 emotion has underlying feelings
Anger iceberg
All areas of our lives must receive the attention required to meet our needs, avoiding unhelpful, excessive focus on one or two aspects at the cost of others
balance
Exposure to actual or threatened death or serious injury
3 days to 1 month after trauma
an inhibitory neurotransmitter. · Histamine. Histamine regulates body functions including wakefulness, feeding behavior and motivation.
Serotonin
is a form of psychotherapy devised by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
is a popular relaxation technique that helps to control the symptoms of stress, anxiety, and anger. The skill is easy to learn, and provides near immediate relief from uncomfortable symptoms. As the name suggests, deep breathing works by taking slow, deep breaths, to trigger the body's relaxation response.
slow breathing
can be incredibly beneficial cognitively, emotionally, and physically. As therapists, we often prescribe such techniques to our clients, yet we must not forget their benefit to ourselves personally and professionally.
mindfulness
Restrictive eating patterns, low body weight, fear of gaining weight
Anorexia Nervosa
is released by most neurons in your autonomic nervous system regulating heart rate, blood pressure and gut motility. Acetylcholine plays a role in muscle contractions, memory, motivation, sexual desire, sleep and learning. Imbalances in acetylcholine levels are linked with health issues, including Alzheimer’s disease, seizures and muscle spasms.
Acetylcholine
social work that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
Family systems therapy
are the actions we take to deal with stress, problems, or uncomfortable emotions. Unhealthy === often provide instant gratification or relief, but have long-term negative consequences. In contrast, ===strategies don’t always feel good in the moment, but they contribute to long-lasting positive outcomes.
coping skills
practiced in the United States typically emphasizes physical postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation (dyana).
yoga
Being easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension and sleep disturbance
GAD
increases blood pressure and heart rate. It’s most widely known for its effects on alertness, arousal, decision-making, attention and focus. Many medications (stimulants and depression medications) aim to increase norepinephrine levels to improve focus or concentration to treat ADHD or to modulate norepinephrine to improve depression symptoms.
Norepinephrine.
refers to a range of methods of capitalising on children's natural urge to explore and harnessing it to meet and respond to the developmental and later also their mental health needs.
play therapy
Help your clients process their loss by thinking about how they have related to each of the Kübler-Ross's five stages
Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief
Spend time with family and friends
socializing
Poor appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, low energy low self esteem, feelings of hopelessness for over a year
Persistent Depressive disorder
fight-or-flight response” to fear and stress. These neurotransmitters stimulate your body’s response by increasing your heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, blood sugar and blood flow to your muscles, as well as heighten attention and focus to allow you to act or react to different stressors. Too much epinephrine can lead to high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and other health problems. As a drug, ------ is used to treat anaphylaxis, asthma attacks, cardiac arrest and severe infections.
Epinephrine
broad term referring to clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviourism and/or cognitive psychology.
Behavior therapy
Protective factors are things that contribute to mental health, and allow a person to be resilient in the face of challenges.
social support, healthy thinking, coping skills, physical health, sense of purpose and self esteem
we set with other people, which indicate what we find acceptable and unacceptable in their behavior towards us.
boundaries