Schizophrenia
Symptom of schizophrenia that causes someone to hear or see things that do not exist.
What is hallucinations?
Low levels of these neurotransmitters are associated with bipolar disorder.
What is norepinephrine and serotonin?
Research points to low levels of these neurotransmitters dealing with OCD.
What is serotonin and dopamine?
A significant depressive episode and depressed characteristics for at least 2 weeks.
What is major depressive disorder?
Deficiency in this neurotransmitter link to anxiety disorders.
What is GABA?
Symptom involving a distortion or an excess of normal function.
What is a positive symptom?
When a person becomes euphoric and energetic and might sleep very little.
What is a manic episode?
High levels of this neurotransmitter in the brain pathways are linked with OCD.
What is glutamate?
Individuals who experience less extreme depressive mood for over 2 months.
What is persistent depressive disorder?
DSM-5 recognizes this many anxiety disorders.
What is 12?
Two neurotransmitters most associated with this disorder.
What is dopamine and serotonin?
Refers to the milder version in which the individual may experience a less extreme level of euphoria.
Wha is bipolar II disorder?
OCD related disorder which involves compulsive collecting, poor organization skills, and difficulty discarding.
What is hoarding disorder?
Area of depression focus on thoughts and beliefs that can contribute to and prolong this sense of hopelessness.
What is cognitive explanations?
Type of coping linked to a lower level of psychopathology.
What is problem-focused coping?
Refers to a state in which a person’s perceptions and thoughts are fundamentally removed from reality.
What is psychosis?
Studies link high levels of this neurotransmitter to bipolar disorder.
What is glutamate?
OCD related disorder when the person compulsively pulls at his or her hair, from the scalp, eyebrows, and other body areas.
What is trichotillomania?
Type of therapists that assume that overt symptoms are the central problem and that even if the clients discover why they are depressed, that does not mean the depression is ceased.
What are behavior therapists?
Type of defense mechanism when the ego replaces a less acceptable motive with a more acceptable one.
What is rationalization?
Refers to the unusual, sometimes bizarre thought processes that are characteristic positive symptoms for schizophrenia.
What is thought disorder?
Widely used to treat bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
This area of the brain is so active in OCD that numerous impulses reach the thalamus, generating obsessive thoughts or compulsive actions.
What is the basal ganglia?
Type of antidepressant that reduces the symptoms of depression in approximately 60- 70% of cases.
What are tricyclics?
Refers to the boy’s intense fear of being mutilated by his father in the Psychosexual Stages of Personality Development.
What is castration anxiety?