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| Stressor |
| Emotional |
| Physical |
| Endocrine |
| Sympathetic Nervous System |
| parasympathetic nervous system |
| sympathetic nervous system. |
| adrenal. |
| The hypothalamus excites the sympathetic nervous system which excites body organs to release hormones that serve as neurotransmitters, producing even more arousal. |
| trait anxiety. |
| state anxiety. |
| last longer than a month. |
| acute stress disorder. |
| feeling detached or estranged from others and loss of interest in activities |
| a compulsive need to engage in activities that remind one of the event |
| seeing friends seriously wounded or killed |
| 1/6 |
| psychological |
| Arousal generated by trauma leads to stress disorders, which may produce more brain changes. |
| exposure therapy |
| conversion disorder. |
| adolescence. |
| somatization disorder. |
| pain disorder associated with psychological factors. |
| the failure of a condition to develop as expected |
| intentionally faking a tic in order to avoid military service |
| a factitious disorder. |
| a factitious disorder. |
| emotionally needy |
| hypochondriasis. |
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| preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance. |
| they can't explain how the gains can outweigh the pain of the disorder. |
| The patient is otherwise unable to communicate difficult emotions. |
| confrontation. |
| involve major changes in memory |
| all events beginning with the trauma but within a limited period of time. |
| episodic; semantic |
| feeling like his or her mind is floating above him or her. |
| someone who believes that events are generally under his or her control |
| mania. |
| sadness and euphoria. |
| full manic episodes with no depressive episodes |
| experiences of sadness and anger |
| lack of desire to eat |
| motivational |
| physical |
| two weeks. |
| postpartum |
| an abnormality in the activity of certain neurotransmitters, especially serotonin and norepinephrine. |
| regression to the oral stage. |
| a person who directs feelings of grief for a lost loved one toward himself |
| increased levels of melatonin. |
| depressed behavior leads to even fewer opportunities for social rewards. |
| negative interpretation of events. |
| Depression is about as common among those who are widowed as those who are separated or divorced. |
| want excitement and companionship. |
| the severity of the manic episodes. |
| her age |
| serotonin |
| talk to friends/family |
| psychodynamic |
| Research shows that psychodynamic therapy is highly effective in treating mood disorders. |
| physicians |
| behavioral therapy. |
| Beck and cognitive therapy |
| conducting an experiment. |
| dream that the person is still alive or “see” the person. |
| going away to college for the first time |
| interpersonal deficits. |
| 50% |
| also involves the use of muscle relaxants. |
| psychotic patients |
| MAO inhibitors. |
| blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin. |
| social problems. |
| cognitive therapy. |
| when a severely depressed patient does not respond to other therapies. |
| despite the success of cognitive therapy. |
| more effective than it actually is. |
| 700,000 |
| a failed attempt to commit suicide |
| self-inflicted but not suicide. |
| results from depression or emotional distress. |
| intend to end their lives with their action. |
| death darer |
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| gathering information about a suicide victim's past. |
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| The degree of one's devoutness is a more important predictor of suicide than one's specific religion. |
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| use of firearms |
| being in therapy. |
| War vets are about twice as likely to commit suicide as similar nonveterans. |
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| someone who had been in poor health for years and is now terminal |
| dichotomous thinking. |
| Guilt or Sadness |
| someone who is depressed and dependent on alcohol |
| feelings of demoralization. |
| sociocultural |
| honors those who kill themselves for a higher good. |
| low levels of serotonin. |
| boy who understands what death really is. |
| None of these statements are true. |
| increases suicide risk for some individuals, but decreases the overall suicide risk. |
| social changes. |
| typically involves medical and psychological care. |
| young, female, African American. |
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