Perspective on Causes and Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Abnormal Behavior
Psychological Disorders
Therapies
Grab Bag
100
perspective suggests that the way to treat psychological disorders is to increase self-acceptance and become more inner-directed?
What is a humanstic perspective?
100
defined as behaviour that is statistically rare or occurs infrequently; can be defined as deviant from social norms (doesn’t follow social rules); may cause subjective discomfort, individuals are uncomfortable with their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviours; not all individuals experience personal distress;may not allow normal day-to-day functioning due to impairment; may cause a person to be dangerous to self or others
What is abnormal behavior?
100
Anxiety disorder in which people suffer from recurrent obsession or compulsions, or both.
What is compulsive-obsessive disorder?
100
therapies that use psychological rather than biological
What is psychotherapy?
100
drug category used most often in treating schizophrenia
What are antipsychotic drugs?
200
maintains that it is caused by unconscious, unresolved conflicts.
What is psychodynamic perspective?
200
provide a set of diagnostic categories for classifying mental disorders; describes symptoms that must be present for diagnosing each disorder.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V)?
200
Callous disregard for rights and feelings of others; Willing to break law, lie, cheat, exploit others for personal gain;
Manipulative, impulsive, selfish, aggressive, irresponsible, reckless.
What is antisocial disorder?
200
depends on self-understanding - understanding of our won thoughts, emotions, motives, behaviors, and coping mechanisms
What is insight therapy?
200
clients are exposed to the things they fear all at once so that their fear response becomes extinguished.
What is flooding?
300
this perspective views disorders as symptoms of an underlying physical disorder.
What is biological perspective?
300
Obsolete term for disorder causing personal distress; Some impairment in functioning; does not cause one to lose contact with reality or to violate important social norms
What is neurosis?
300
Anxiety disorder; Recurrent unpredictable and incapacitating attacks of overwhelming anxiety, fear, or terror;
What is a panic disorder?
300
what is a basic technique of psychoanalysis where individual is instructed to reveal whatever thoughts, feelings, or images come to mind
What is free association?
300
a patient behaves toward the therapist the way he or she had behaved toward a significant person from the past
What is transference?
400
this perspective argues that abnormal behavior is learned and sustained in the same way as other behavior.
What is learning/behavior perspective?
400
a generalized feeling of apprehension, fear, tension.
What is anxiety?
400
Severe psychological disorder; individuals experience hallucinations and delusions
What is schizophrenia?
400
client-centered therapy and the gestalt therapy are described as
What is humanisitc therapies?
400
several clients meet regularly with one or more therapists to resolve personal problems; give individuals a sense of belonging an opportunity to express feelings, get feedback from other members; and give an receive emotional support;
What is group therapy?
500
this perspective suggests that it results from faulty thinking.
What is a cognitive perspective?
500
Irrational fear and avoidance of social situations; People believe they might embarrass or humiliate themselves;Feel they will appear clumsy, foolish, or incompetent.
What is a social phobia?
500
Erratic, overly dramatic behaviour;a personality disorder where individuals may be narcissistic;
histrionic; borderline;antisocial
What is a cluster B personality?
500
a directive therapy that emphasizes the importance of the client fully experiencing, in the present moment, his or her thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is gestalt therapy?
500
designed to challenge clients’ irrational beliefs about themselves and others, so that they may be replaced with more rational beliefs.