A negative emotional state occurring in response to events that are perceived as challenging or exceeding a person's resources or ability to cope?
What is stress?
100
This is a mood disorder characterized by extreme & persistent feelings of despondency, worthlessness & hopelessness, causing impaired emotional, cognitive, behavioral & physical functioning.
What is major depression?
100
This disorder is characterized by extreme anxiety that causes significant disruptions in a person's cognitive, behavioral or interpersonal functioning. It is irrational, uncontrollable and disruptive.
What is anxiety?
100
Also called neuroleptics, these are prescription drugs that are used to reduce psychotic symptoms & are frequently used to treat schizophrenia.
What are anti-psychotics?
100
The __________ describes the symptoms & diagnostic guidelines for over 300 different psychological disorders.
What is the DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders)?
200
Stress contributes to many disorders in 2 ways:
___________ by prompting unhealthy behaviors
___________ by causing physical symptoms & illnesses
What are indirectly & directly?
200
This mood disorder typically occurs only during the fall & winter when there is less sunlight.
What is Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
200
This is the fear of having a panic attack in a place where it would be difficult to escape, like a crowd or elevator.
What is Agoraphobia?
200
These are prescription drugs used to help people deal with symptoms of anxiety. Examples would be Valium or Xanax.
What are benzodiazepines?
200
These are the 2 broad forms of treatment for psychological disorders.
What are psychotherapy & biomedical therapies?
300
Coping is divided into 2 categories:
The goal of __________ is to manage or change a threatening stressor; the goal of ___________ is to manage or change the emotional impact of a threatening stressor.
What are problem-focused coping & emotion-focused coping?
300
A mood disorder where the individual experiences periods of extreme depression & mania.
What is Bipolar disorder?
300
This is an excessive, intense & irrational fear of a specific object, situation or activity that is actively avoided or endured with extreme anxiety.
What is a specific phobia?
300
This is a naturally occurring substance that is used to treat bipolar disorder; levels of this in your blood must be closely monitored.
What is lithium?
300
The scientific study of the origins, symptoms & development of psychological disorders.
What is Psychopathology?
400
This stress response is associated with work; it is when work stress is prolonged & becomes chronic. The individual will experience exhaustion, cynicism, & a sense of failure.
What is Burnout?
400
This disorder is described as being chronic, low-grade depression that causes discomfort but does not seriously impair ability to function.
What is Dysthymic disorder?
400
The following 3 symptoms are characteristic of which disorder:
(1) frequently recalling the event
(2) avoiding situations that can trigger memories of the event
(3) experiencing increased physical arousal & anxiety
What is Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
400
These 2 types of antidepressant medications increase levels of norepinephrine & serotonin; they make up the 1st generation of antidepressants & have significant negative side effects.
What are MAO Inhibitors & tricyclics?
400
Specific phobias fall into these 4 general categories:
What are fear of: (1) situations (2) natural environment (3) injury/blood (4) animals/insects?
500
This explanatory style uses internal, stable & global explanations to account for negative situations. They believe no amount of personal effort will improve their situation. It is also linked with poor health.
What is Pessimistic explanatory style?
500
For major depression, a person must experience symptoms for ______ weeks or longer; for dysthymic disorder, a person must experience symptoms for ______ years or longer.
What is 2 & 2?
500
These are the 4 most common compulsions associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
What are (1) washing, (2) checking, (3) counting, and (4) symmetry/precision?
500
__________ are 3rd generation antidepressants that can also be used to treat anxiety. Examples of these would be Prozac, Zoloft & Paxil.
What are SSRI's (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors)?
500
This biomedical therapy involves electrically inducing a brief brain seizure to treat severe depression.
What is Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy?