Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition emotional regulation, or behavior is known as ___.
What is a psychological disorder?
____ disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent fear and by related disturbances in behaviors.
What are anxiety disorders?
____ disorder is a type of mood disorder where an individual will often experience moods that alternate between depression and mania.
What is bipolar disorder?
____ were the first institutions created for the specific purpose of ostracizing and housing people with psychological disorders.
What are asylums?
____ developed client-centered therapy.
Who is Carl Rogers?
Most mental health professionals in the United States use this classification system to diagnose and identify psychological disorders.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)?
Finn is a war veteran. Whenever he hears fireworks, he has flashbacks and relives his traumatic experiences in combat. Finn is experiencing a ____ disorder.
What is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
____ disorders are characterized by an individual becoming split off from their core sense of self and may experience psychological disturbance to their memory and/or identity.
What are dissociative disorders?
This person led the reform efforts for mental health care in the United States.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This type of therapy involves the use of medication and/or medical procedures to treat psychological disorders.
What is Biomedical therapy?
This type of symptom reflects noticeable decreases and absences in certain behaviors, emotions, or drives?
What are negative symptoms?
Erika is very scared of public speaking. She avoids public speaking as much as she can, but whenever she has a class presentation she experiences a panic attack. Erika may be diagnosed with this type of anxiety disorder.
What is panic disorder?
An individual with ____ shows no regard at all for other people's rights or feeling and include symptoms such as conning others, recklessness, and no remorse over their misdeeds.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This institution replaced asylums in taking care of the mentally ill and focused on short-term care.
What are psychiatric hospitals?
Andy is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD). Their doctor will most likely prescribe this drug to treat Andy's psychological disorder.
What is Adderall or Ritalin?
Elena is diagnosed with both social anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. The co-occurrence of her two psychological disorders is also known as _____.
What is comorbidity?
Before going to work, Skylar has the urge to check if the faucet has been turned off three times. If they do not do this they cannot focus at work because they are constantly thinking about whether or not they turned the faucet off. Skylar may be diagnosed with this psychological disorder.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)?
____ is one subtype of depression that applies to situations in which a person experiences the symptoms of major depressive disorder only during a particular time of year.
What is seasonal pattern depression?
After 6 months of being sober, Kendall starts to heavily drink again everyday. Kendall reverting back to her substance abuse after being sober is also known as _____.
What is relapse?
Lee is an alcoholic. Every week, he goes to therapy with 5-10 people who have a similar addiction with a trained clinician. Lee attends this type of therapy.
What is Group therapy?
Diego has a genetic predisposition for alcoholism and Daphne was neglected by her mother. The ___ model would suggest that Diego is more likely to develop a psychological disorder because of his predisposition.
What is the diathesis-stress model?
Elliot believes that the FBI listens to him through his phone and believes that the police are stalking and watching his every movement. This is an example of a ____ delusion.
What is paranoid delusion?
Janice exhibits five separate identities. Each identity has their own personality and are very distinct from one another. Janice also experiences memory gaps when her identity switches. Janice would be diagnosed with this psychological disorder.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
Wendy decided to treat her fear of dogs by gradually getting closer to her brother's dog every day until she can pet the dog. This exemplifies this form of exposure therapy.
What is systematic desensitization?
Seven-year-old Connie visits Dr.Smith every week. During the sessions, Dr.Smith watches Connie act out family scenes with her dolls. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?
What is play therapy?