Therapy
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A communication technique where the listener pays close attention to the speaker, both verbally and nonverbally, to understand the speaker's message and emotions.
Active Listening
A neurosurgical procedure that involves intentionally damaging parts of the brain's prefrontal cortex to treat mental illness.
Lobotomy
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
A negative emotional state where an individual feels overwhelmed, experiences discomfort, and may have difficulty coping with stressors.
Distress
A deeply discrediting label that separates a person from mainstream society, leading to negative attitudes, stereotypes, and discrimination.
Stigma
Involves interpreting the underlying meanings and potential symbolic representations within dreams, often explored in therapeutic settings.
Dream Analysis
The first formal psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalysis
A mental illness characterized by extreme and prolonged shifts in mood. These shifts can range from periods of intense elation or irritability (mania) to periods of deep sadness or hopelessness (depression).
Bipolar Disorder
An individual's overall assessment of their life and how they feel about it. It encompasses both cognitive judgments, like life satisfaction and emotional experiences.
Subjective Well-Being(SWB)
A sensory experience (sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch) that a person believes to be real but is not, meaning there is no external stimulus present to trigger the sensation. It's a false perception that feels very real to the individual experiencing it.
Hallucinations
Drugs like Prozac and Zoloft that improve mood by elevating levels of serotonin by inhibiting reuptake
Antidepressants
In this form of therapy the therapist engages in active listening and echoes, restates, and seeks clarification of the patient’s thinking, acknowledging expressed feelings.
Humanistic Therapy
A group of mental health conditions characterized by persistent and excessive fear or worry, often accompanied by physical symptoms like increased heart rate, shortness of breath, and sweating.
Anxiety Disorders
A reduction in the body's ability to defend itself against infections and diseases, often caused by factors like stress or certain mental health conditions. It essentially weakens the immune system, making individuals more susceptible to illnesses.
Immune Suppression
A psychological term that describes a significant reduction or absence of emotional expression. It is characterized by reduced facial expressions and a monotone voice
Flat Affects
A technique used to teach individuals how to consciously control physiological responses like heart rate, muscle tension, and breathing. By providing real time feedback on these responses, individuals can learn to manipulate them, potentially leading to improvements
Biofeedback
A type of behavioral therapy that aims to help with phobias through repeated exposures, anxiety lessens because patients habituate to the things feared.
Exposure Therapy.
Conditions that involve disruptions in a child's physical, cognitive, language, or behavioral development, often impacting daily functioning and lasting throughout life.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
The positive psychological changes that can occur in individuals who have experienced a traumatic event. It is defined as the process of making sense of and finding meaning in a traumatic experience, resulting in significant positive changes in one's life.
Post-Traumatic Growth
Pattern of dysfunctional thinking characteristic of depressed persons in which they hold negative beliefs about the self, experiences, and the future.
Cognitive Triad
A non-invasive brain stimulation technique that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate specific areas of the brain. This technique can be used for both research purposes and as a treatment for certain mental health conditions, particularly depression and OCD.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
A treatment designed to identify and change self-defeating thoughts that lead to anxiety and other symptoms of disorder. Involves confronting clients with their faulty logic and correct self-defeating thoughts Confrontational atmosphere
Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Name the three disorders that belong in the Cluster A category of Personality Disorders.
Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal.
a strategy where individuals directly address and attempt to modify the stressor causing a problem, rather than focusing on managing the emotional impact of the stressor.
Problem Focused Coping
A culture-bound form of social anxiety disorder, primarily found in Japanese and Korean cultures. It's characterized by an intense fear of offending or embarrassing others through one's physical characteristics or behavior
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