Vocabulary
Asylum
institution created by the specific purpose of housing people with disorders
Behavior Therapy
therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors.
Anything which affects the function and behavior of a living organism. Internally, this factor can be a physical, physiological, chemical, neurological
Major Depressive, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Biological
are characterized by excessive and persistent fear and anxiety, and by related disturbances in behavior
Anxiety Disorders
Dissociative disorders
Characterized by an individual becoming split off, or dissociated, from their core sense of self. Memory and identity become disturbed
Psychoanalysis
therapeutic orientation developed by S. Freud that employs free association, dream analysis, and transfr=erence to uncover repressed feelings
treatment that involves medication and/or medical procedures to treat psychological disorders
Biomedical Therapy
Genetic
Part, or all of the risk, is passed down from one's parents. Certain diseases are caused by an abnormality in one single gene and CADASIL is one of these diseases.
Bipolar
Mood Disorders
characterized by severe disturbances in mood and emotions; the categories of mood disorders listed in the DSM-5 are bipolar and related disorders and depressive disorders
a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick, or by self-injury.
Factitious disorder
Comorbidity
individual who has two or more diagnoses, which also includes a substance abuse diagnosis and another psychiatric diagnosis.
Cognitive Therapy
awareness of cognitive process helps patients eliminate thought patterns that lead to distress
Personal traits and experiences, parents, the family environment, and the community itself
Acute Stress Disorder
Childhood Experiences
Schizophrenia
disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior with symptoms that include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, and negative symptoms
Delusional disorders
Its main symptom is the presence of one or more delusions. A delusion is an unshakable belief in something that's untrue.
OCD
tendency to experience intrusive thoughts and need to engage in repetitive behaviors
therapeutic orientation aimed at helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves
Humanistic Therapy
Conditioning
a behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement
Post-Traumatic stress disorder
disorders characterized by an inflexible and pervasive personality style that differs markedly from the expectations of one’s culture and causes distress and impairment; people with these disorders have a personality style that frequently brings them into conflict with others
Personality Disorders
Erotomanic
Erotomania is a form of delusional disorder in which an individual believes that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with him
Harmful dysfunction of psychological disorder
model of psychological disorders resulting from the inability of an internal mechanism to perform its natural function
Rogerian (client-centered therapy)
non-directive form of humanistic psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers that emphasizes unconditional positive regard and self-acceptance
Sociocultural
environmental conditions that have a role in both adaptive, and normal behaviors as well as in maladaptive behaviors, mental retardation, or social pathology.
Schizophrenia
any disorder that significantly impairs the cognitive function of an individual to the point where normal functioning in society is impossible without treatment
Cognitive Disorders
It's when you're convinced that someone is mistreating, conspiring against, or planning to harm you or your loved one.
persecutory