therapy/technique
therapy where a person understands the basis of their thinking, behavior, emotions, and perceptions (e.g., psychoanalysis, humantistic, gestalt)
what is insight-oriented therapy?
drug that treats schizophrenia
what is antipsychotic drugs?
recurrent and persistent obsessions and/or compulsions
buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, foolish business investments, abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, inflated self-esteem and grandiosity
what is a manic episode?
technique where therapist interprets the thoughts, and feelings of the patient in order to reveal the hidden conflicts and motivations
what is interpretation?
neurotransmitter linked to positive symptoms of schizophrenia
what is dopamine?
performed to prevent or reduce anxiety/distress, not to provide pleasure or gratification
what is a compulsion?
disorder with no history of manic, hypomanic or mixed episodes
what is major depressive disorder?
technique where patient is encouraged to confront a feared stimulus (snake) while in a relaxed state
what is systematic desensitization?
medication that blocks the reuptake of serotonin (e.g., Prozac)
what is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)?
anxiety about being in places/situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing in the event of a panic attack
what is agoraphobia?
both a major depressive episode and a manic episode nearly every day for at least a one week period
what is a mixed episode?
the intentional induction of a brain seizure by shock administered to either or both hemispheres,
what is electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)?
medication that blocks of the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin
what is tricylic antidepressants?
a phobia where individual fears that he/she may do something humiliating or embarrassing.
what is social phobia?
less severe but more chronic than bipolar disorder, symptoms of hypomania and depression are milder but remain unchanged over long periods of time
what is cyclothymic disorder?
therapy to focus on illogical and self-defeating thoughts and teaches alternative thinking that promotes rational thought
what is rational emotive therapy?
drug that increases the activity of the transmitter GABA to dampen the neural activity of the brain
what is valium?
sweating, pounding/racing heart, chills or hot flushes, nausea
what is criteria of a panic attack?
presence/history of one or more major depressive episodes, presence/history of at least one hypomanic episode, has never been a manic episode or mixed episode
what is bipolar II disorder?