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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2009

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Term
EUSTRESS
Definition

POSITIVE STRESSOR

THE "STRESS" IS STILL NEGATIVE

Term
DISTRESS
Definition
NEGATIVE STESSOR
Term
NATURE OF THE STRESSOR
Definition

LENGTH OF TIME

IMPORTANCE OF THE SITUATION

CUMULATING STRESSORS

Term
EXPERIENCE OF CRISIS
Definition

WHEN EXPERIENCES ARE MORE THAN WE HAVE TO ABILITY TO COPE WITH

OVERWHELMING

Term
LIFE CHANGES
Definition
BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ADD STRESS TO OUR LIVES
Term
LESS STRESS
Definition

GOOD REST

GOOD DIET

GOOD EXERCISE

Term
STRESS REFERS TO
Definition

THE DEMANDS TO ADJUST PLACED ON A PERSON

A PERSON'S INTERNAL BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSEES TO DEMANDS

Term

STRESS IS A BY-PRODUCT OF POOR OR INADEQUATE COPING

Definition
Term
PERCEPTION OF THE STRESSOR
Definition
WHAT IS STRESSFUL TO ONE PERSON MAY NOT BE TO ANOTHER
Term
STRESS TOLERANCE
Definition

ABILITY TO DEAL WITH STRESS WITHOUT NEGATIVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

-SELF-CONFIDENCE

-SELF-ESTEEM

Term
STRESS LEADS TO AN INCREASED PRODUCTION OF WHAT HORMONE?
Definition
CORTISOL
Term
CORTISOL
Definition
PREPARES THE BODY FOR FLIGHT OR FIGHT
Term
HIGH LEVELS OF CORTISOL
Definition

DECREASE IMMUNE SYSTEM

CAN DAMAGE BRAIN CELLS

HELP BODY SUSTAIN ACTION

Term

ALLOSTASIS

Definition
PROCESS OF ADAPTATION OR ACHIEVING STABILITY THROUGH CHANGE
Term
HIGH ALLOSTATIC LOAD
Definition

RESULTS IN WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BODY

RELATED TO ILLNESS

Term
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
Definition
CLOGGED ARTERIES AFFECT THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEART
Term
HYPERTENSION
Definition
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
STROKE
Definition
CLOGGED ARTERIES AFFECT THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN
Term
PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Definition
THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Term
ANTIGENS
Definition

VIRUSES AND BACTERIA

FOREIGN BODY OR INTERNAL THREAT

Term
ANTIBODIES
Definition
CIRCULATING BLOOD SUBSTANCE CODED FOR DETECTION OF AND BINDING TO A PARTIQULAR ANTIGEN
Term
LIFE STYLE FACTOR
Definition
A PERSON'S LIFESTYLE CAN MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO STRESS.
Term
TYPE A PERSONALITY
Definition

STRESSED

NEEDS EVERYTHING PERFECT

EXCESSIVE COMPETITIVE DRIVE

EXTREME COMMITMENT TO WORK

HOSTILITY

IMPATIENCE OR TIME URGENCY

PLAY TO WIN!

Term

TYPE B PERSONALITY

Definition

LAID BACK

PATIENT

RELAXED

EASY-GOING

 

Term
TYPE D PERSONALITY
Definition

NEUROTIC

INSECURE

ANXIOUS

DISTRESSED (WHAT THE D STANDS FOR)

TENDENCY TO EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

WORRY

IRITABILITY

GLOOM

Term

TASK ORIENTED PEOPLE

 

Definition

MAKES CHANGES IN ONE'S SELF, ONE'S SURROUNDINGS OR BOTH, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.

THE ACTION MAY BE OVERT, AS IN SHOWING ONE'S SPOUSE MORE AFFECTION

 THE ACTION MAY BE COVERT, AS IN LOWERING ONE'S LEVEL OF ASPIRATION 

THE ACTION MAY INVOLVE RETREATING FROM THE PROBLEM, ATTACKING IT DIRECTLY OR TRYING TO FIND A WORKABLE COMPROMISE

Term
SOLDIERS AND PTSD
Definition

ESPECIALLY COMMON IN SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN ABUSIVE VIOLENCE AND PRISONERS OF WAR

Term
STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING
Definition

ATTEMPTS TO PREPARE A PERSON IN ADVANCE OF A STRESSOR

PREPARES PEOPLE TO TOLERATE AN ANTICIPATED THREAT BY CHANGING THE THINGS THEY SAY TO THEMSELVES BEFORE THE CRISIS.

 

Term
THREE-STAGE PROCESS OF STREE INOCULATION TRAINING
Definition

1)INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ABOUT THE STRESSFUL SITUATION AND ABOUT WAYS PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH SUCH DANGERS

2)SELF-STATEMENTS THAT PROMOTE EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION ARE REHEARSED

3)THE PERSON PRACTICES MAKING SUCH SELF-STATEMENTS WHILE BEING EXPOSED TO A VARIETY OF EGO-THREATENING OR PAIN-THREATENING STRESSORS

Term
DIRECT THERAPEUTIC EXPOSURE
Definition
REINTRODUCES THE STIMULI THAT ARE FEARED
Term
AGORAPHOBIA
Definition
FEAR OF GOING IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS BECAUSE THERE IS A FEAR OF HAVING A PANIC ATTACK
Term
BLOOD-INJECTION-INJURY PHOBIA
Definition

SPECIFIC PHOBIA 

PRESENTS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS

DISGUST MORE THAN A FEAR

WEAKNESS

FAINTING

 

Term
SOCIAL PHOBIA
Definition

INVOLVE ONE OR MORE SOCIAL SITUATIONS LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING, USING THE PUBLIC RESTROOM, OR EATING IN PUBLIC

FEAR OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE SCRUTINY AND POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EVALUATION BY OTHERS.

FEAR THAT HE OR SHE MAY ACT IN AN EMBARRASSING MANNER.

EITHER AVOID THESE SITUATIONS OR ENDURE THEM WITH HIGH DISTRESS

Term
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
Definition

SHOWS STRONG AND PERSISTENT FEAR THAT IS EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE AND IS TRIGGERED BY THE PRESENCE OF A SPECIFIC OBJECT OF SITUATION. 

WHEN ENCOUNTERED WITH THE PHOBIC SITUATION THEY OFTEN SHOW IMMEDIATE FEAR RESPONSE THAT OFTEN RESEMBLES A PANIC ATTACK

THERE IS A CLEAR EXTERNAL TRIGGER

Term
GENERALIZED SOCIAL PHOBIA
Definition

A TYPE OF SOCIAL PHOBIA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SIGNIFICANT FEARS OF MOST SOCIAL SITUATIONS RATHER THAN JUST A FEW

OFTEN ALSO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER.

Term
DEPERSONALIZATION
Definition

LOSS OF SENSE OF PERSONAL IDENTITY

OFTEN WITH A FEELING OF BEING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE

Term
OBSESSIONS
Definition
PERSISTANT AND RECURRENT INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, IMAGES, OR IMPULSES THAT A PERSON EXPERIENCES AS DISTURBING AND INAPPROPRIATE BUT HAS DIFFUCULTY SUPRESSING
Term
CYCLOTHYMIA
Definition
MILD MOOD DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY CYCLICAL PERIODS OF HYPOMANIC AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
Term
HYPOMANIC
Definition

MILD MANIA

Term
COMPULSIONS
Definition
OVERT REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR (SUCH AS HAND WASHING OR CHECKING) OR MORE COVERT  MENTAL ACTS (SUCH AS COUNTING, PRAYING, SAYING CERTAIN WORDS SILENTLY, OR ORDERING) THAT A PERSON FEELS DRIVEN TO PERFORM IN A RESPONSE TO AN OBSESSION
Term
EXPOSURE THERAPY
Definition
INVOLVES CONTROLLED EXPOSURE TO THE STIMULI OR SITUATIONS THAT ELICIT PHOBIC FEAR
Term

DEPRESSION

Definition
EMOTIONAL STATE CHARACTERIZED BY EXTRAORDINARY SADNESS AND DEJECTION
Term
MANIA
Definition
EMOTIONAL STATE CHARACTERIZED BY INTENSE AND UNREALISTIC FEELINGS OF EXCITEMENT AND EUPOHRIA
Term

DYSTHMIA

Definition

MODERATE SEVERE MOOD DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY A PERSISTANTLY DEPRESSED MOOD MOST OF THE DAY FOR MORE DAYS THAN NOT FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. 

POOR APPETITE

SLEEP DISTURBANCES

NO ENERGY

LOW SELF-ESTEEM

DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING

FEELING HOPELESS

Term
MELANCHOLIC SUBTYPE
Definition

IN ADDITION TO HAVING MAJOR DEPRESSION DISORDER A PATIENT EITHER HAS LOST INTEREST OR PLEASEURE IN ALMOST ALL ACTIVITIES OR DOES NOT REACT TO USUALLY PLEASURABLE STIMULI OR DESIRED EVENTS.

MUST EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 3 OF THE FOLLOWING:

1)EARLY MORNING AWAKENINGS

2)DEPRESSION BEING WORSE IN THE MORNING

3)MARKED PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION OR AGITATION

4)SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF APPETITE AND WEIGHT

5)INAPPROPRIATE OR EXCESSIVE GUILT

6)DEPRESSED MOOD THAT IS QUILATATIVELY DIFFERENT FROM THE SADNESS EXPEREIENCED DURING A NONMELANCHOLIC DEPRESSION

 

Term
ATYPICAL SUBTYPE
Definition

INCLUDES A PATTERN OF SYMPTOMS CHARACTERIZED BY MOOD REACTIVITY

PERSON'S MOOD BRIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE EVENTS.

PERSON MUST SHOW 2 ORMORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1)SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT GAIN OR INCREASE IN APPETITE

2)HYPERSOMNIA (SLEEPING TOO MUCH)

3)LEADEN PARALYSIS (HEAVY FEELINGS IN ARMS AND LEGS)

4)A LONG-STANDING PATTERN OF BEING ACUTELY SENSITIVE TO INTERPERSONAL REJECTIONS.

Term
RAPID CYCLING
Definition
A PATTERN OF BIPOLAR DISORDER INVOLVING AT LEAST 4 MANIC OR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES EACH YEAR
Term
SELECTIVE ABSTRACTION
Definition

INVOLVES A TENDENCY TO FOCUS ON ONE NEGATIVE DETAIL OF A SITUATION WHILE IGNORING OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE SITUATION.

ONLY REMEMBER THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT HAPPENED

Term

BECK'S THEORY ON DEPRESSION

Definition

 THE COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION OFTEN PRECEDE AND CAUSE THE AFFECTIVE OR MOOD SYMPTOMS, RATHER THAN VICE VERSA.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINKT HT YOU'RE A FAILURE OR THAT YOU'RE UGLY, IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IF THOSE THOUGHTS LED TO A DEPRESSED MOOD.

NEGATIVE COGNITIONS ARE CENTRAL

Term
BECK'S COGNITIVE TRIAD
Definition

A TRIAD OF TYPES OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS 

1)NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SELF (I'M UGLY, I'M WORTHLESS, I'M A FAILURE)

2)NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT ONE'S EXPERIENCES AND THE SURROUNDING WORLD (NO ONE LOVES ME, PEOPLE TREAT ME BAD)

3)NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT ONE'S FUTURE (IT'S HOPELESS BECAUSE THINGS WILL ALWAYS BE THIS WAY)

Term

THE THREE PHASES OF STRESS

Definition

1)ALARM REACTION: BODY HAS LOWER RESISTANCE TO STRESS, ATTEMPTS TO DEFEND SELF

2)RESISTANCE: ALL RESOURCES ARE FIGHTING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS

3)EXHAUSTION: RESOURCES ARE USED UP, BODY NO LONGER ABLE TO RESIST. LEADS TO ILLNESS AND/OR DEATH

Term
CHILDHOOD STRESS VIDEO
Definition

PARENTS NEED TO CLEARLY HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CAUSING THEIR STRESS. 

IDENTIFY WHAT THE ISSUE IS IS EMPOWERING FOR THE CHILD TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT AND FIND A SOLUTION.

HOLD THEM, TOUCH THEM, WALK WITH THEM.

HEAD AND HEART CONNECTION.

IDENTIFY FOR YOUR CHILD THAT THEY MAY BE UNDER STRESS.

HELP THEM FEEL THAT THERE IS A WAY TO ADDRESS IT AND A WAY TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND IT SO THEY CAN GET CONTOL OF THE STRESS AND MOVE PAST IT.

OFTEN TIMES THERE IS A NEED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT IF THE STRESS HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF IN A PHYSICAL SYMPTOM (FAST HEART RATE, INABILITY TO FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT)

Term
PTSD VIDEO
Definition
EMILLE'S DAUGHTER'S LAUGHTER IS A DRUG FOR HIM
Term

PTSD VIDEO

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RICHARD AND EMILLE'S SYMPTOMS?

Definition

RICHARD DID NOT HAVE NIGHTMARES

HE NEVER RELIVED BATTLES

HIS BEST FRIEND DIED

HEAVY DRINKING

CRYING/OUTBURSTS

DENIAL

Term
PTSD VIDEO
Definition

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE VERY EARLY AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM WAR.

PROBLEMS IN PEOPLE ACCESING TREATMENT BECAUSE THERE IS A LACK OF RECOGNITION AND A STIGMA/SENSE OF SHAME.

CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE, PRIVATE TO GENERAL.

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PREPARATION (HARDENING) THAT CAN PREVENT SOLDIERS FROM DEVELOPING PTSD.

IMMEDIATE HELP

DEBRIEFING (TALKING ABOUT EXPERIENCES)

NEEDS VARY

MEDICATION

 

Term
HYPOTHALAMUS
Definition
ORGANIZES THE RESPONSE TO STRESS
Term
SEVEN TYPES OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
Definition

-PHOBIC DISORDERS OF THE "SPECIFIC" TYPE

-PHOBIC DISORDERS OF THE "SOCIAL" TYPE

-PANIC DISORDER WITH AGORAPHOBIA

-PANIC DISORDER WITHOUT AGORAPHOBIA

-GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

-OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

-POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Term
PHOBIA
Definition
A PERSISTENT AND DISPROPORTIONATE FEAR OF SOME SPECIFIC OBJECT OR SITUATION THAT PRESENTS LITTLE OR NO ACTUAL DANGER
Term
THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF PHOBIAS
Definition

-SOCIAL

-SPECIFIC

-AGORAPHOBIA

Term
VICARIOUS CONDITIONING
Definition

FEAR BEING TRANSFERRED BY OBSERVATION.

"A FRIEND GETS BIT BY A DOG SO NOW YOU ARE SCARED OF DOGS"

"YOU'RE GRANDFATHER VOMITS BEFORE DYING SO NOW YOU HAVE DEVELOPED A VOMITING PHOBIA"

Term
SOCIAL PHOBIA VIDEO
Definition

SWEATING

BLUSHING

FAST HEARTBEAT

ON VERGE OF QUITTING JOB

TAUGHT SWIMMING TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND THIS HELPED HIM DEAL WITH HIS SOCIAL PHOBIA.

PARENTS WATCHED HIM TEACH THE LESSONS.

THIS WAS GIVING HIM EXPOSURE THERAPY

Term
TREATMENTS OF SOCIAL PHOBIA
Definition

-BEHAVIOR THERAPY

-COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CHANGE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE AND HELPFUL)

-MEDICATION

Term
AGORAPHOBIA VIDEO
Definition

TRAPPED IN OWN HOUSE

LIKE A HAVEN AND PRISON

SICK

HEART RACING

LACK OF BREATHS

CAN'T GET OUT

HELP BY PAINTING GREY TO COLOR

Term
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
Definition

CHARACTERIZED BY CHRONIC OR EXCESSIVE WORRY ABOUT A NUBER OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

TWICE AS COMMON IN WOMEN AS IN MEN.

EACH YEAR 3% OF THE POPULATION EXPERIENCE IT

Term
TREATMENT FOR GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
Definition

DRUGS SUCH AS VALIUM ARE OFTEN MISUSED.

BUSPIRONE SEEMS EFFECTIVE AND NON-ADDICTIVE

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE

Term
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Definition

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD THAT FOCUSES ON THE ROLE THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS PLAY IN THE OCCURRENCE, MAINTENANCE , AND PREVENTION OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS.

TAKES INTO ACCOUNT BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES WHEN CONSIDERING A PERSON'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

Term
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Definition

A PSYCHOLOGICAL SUB-SPECIALTY WITHIN BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE.

DEALS WITH PSYCHOLOGY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS.

Term
OPERANT CONDITIONING
Definition

FORMS AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A BEHAVIOR (PECKING) AND A CONSEQUENCE (FOOD POPPING OUT)

(BIRD PECKING TO GET FOOD EXAMPLE)

Term
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
Definition

PAVLOV'S DOG

Term
PTSD SYMPTOMS
Definition

-RE-EXPERIENCING THE TRAUMATIC EVENT

-AVOIDING STIMULI ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAUMA

-CHRONIC TENSION

-IRRITABILITY

-INSOMNIA

-IMPAIRED CONCENTRATION AND MEMORY

-FEELINGS OF DEPRESSION

Term
**TO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE PTSD THE SYMPTOMS HAVE TO LAST FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH**
Definition
**CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE STRESSING**
Term
PREVALENCE OF PTSD
Definition

HALF OF THE POPULATION WILL EXPERIENCE A TRAUMATIC EVENT BUT ONLY 7.8% WILL DEVELOP PTSD

TWICE AS PREVALENT IN WOMEN

CAN OCCUR WITH OTHER DISORDERS

Term
WHO IS AT RISK FOR PTSD
Definition

-SOLDIERS

-FIREFIGHTERS

-POLICEMEN/FIRST RESPONDERS

-VICTIMS OF ANY ABUSE

-DOCTORS/TRAUMA/BURN

-VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS

-VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

-COUNSELORS

Term

STRESS-INOCULATION TRAINING USED MOST

 

Definition

-IN THE MILITARY

-BEFORE SURGERY

Term
TREATMENT OF PTSD
Definition

SHORT-TERM CRISIS THERAPY

-GIVES ADVICE, GUIDANCE, REASSUREANCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT

 

DIRECT EXPOSURE THERAPY

-REINTRODUCES THE STIMULI THAT ARE FEARED (EXPOSURE THERAPY)

Term
MORE TREATMENTS OF PTSD
Definition

-TELEPHONE HOTLINES

-PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS

(ANTIDEPRESSENTS)

 

Term
PTSD DEFINITION
Definition
DISORDER THAT OCCURS FOLLOWING AN EXTREME TRAUMATIC EVENT, IN WHICH A PERSON REEXPERIENCES THE EVENT, AVOIDS REMINDERS OF THE TRAUMA, AND EXHIBITS PERSISTENT INCREASED AROUSAL
Term

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

DIFINITION

Definition

ANXIETY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE PERSISTENT INTRUSION OF UNWANTED AND INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS OR DISTRESSING IMAGES.

ACCOMPANIED BY COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS TO NEUTRALIZE THE OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS OR IMAGES AND TO PREVENT SOME DREADED EVENT OR SITUATION

Term
OCD TREATMENTS
Definition
BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT INVOLVING A COMBINATION OF EXPOSURE AND (COMPULSIVE) RESPONSE PREVENTION
Term
OCD SYMPTOMS
Definition

-CLEANING

-CHECKING

-REPEATING

-ORDERING/ARRANGING

-COUNTING

Term
FEAR
Definition
EXISTS WHEN THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DANGER
Term
PANIC
Definition

EMOTION THAT INVOLVES ACITVATION OF THE FIGHT OF FLIGHT RESPONSE

OVERWHELMING SENSE OF FEAR

Term
TREATMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIAS
Definition

-EXPOSURE THERAPY

-PARTICIPANT MODELING (THERAPIST HOLDS SPIDER AND YOU SEE THAT IT IS SAFE)

-VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPIES (GO THROUGH EXPERIENCE WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING IT...PLANES)

Term
TREATMENT FOR SOCIAL PHOBIA
Definition

-BEHAVIOR THERAPY

-COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CHANGE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE AND HELPFUL)

-MEDICATION

Term
PERCEIVED CONTROL RELATED TO PANIC DISORDERS
Definition
OVER THE AMOUNT OF CARBON-DIOXIDE-ALTERED AIR THAT IS INHALED
Term
COGNITIVE THEORY OF PANIC
Definition

PANIC CLIENTS ARE HYPERSENSITIVE TO THEIR BODILY SENSATIONS AND ARE VERY PRONE TO GIVING THEM THE DIREST POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION.

EXAMPLE..PERSON WHOS HEART IS RACING MIGHT THINK THEY ARE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR PERSON WHO IS DIZZY MIGHT THINK THEY HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR

*THE AUTONOMIC (UNCONTROLLABLE) THOUGHTS ARE THE TRIGGERS OF PANIC

Term
POSTPARTUM BLUES
Definition

MORE COMMON THAN POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

EMOTIONAL LABILITY

CRYING EASILY

IRRITABLITY

INTERMIXED WITH HAPPY FEELINGS

NOT AS SERIOUS AS POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

 

Term
COGNITIVE DIATHESIS FOR DEPRESSION
Definition
FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE RISK FOR DEPRESSION
Term
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
Definition

SYMPTOMS ARE SEVERE AND PERSISTENT

NO EPISODES OF MANIA

CAUSE CLINICAL DISTRESS OF IMPAIRMENT

Term
MDD SYMPTOMS
Definition

DEPRESSED MOST OF THE DAY ALMOST EVERY DAY

LACK OF INTEREST OR PLEASURE IN ALMOST ALL ACTIVITIES

WEIGHT CHANGE

SLEEP CHANGE

PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION

LACK OF ENERGY, FATIGUE

FEELING OF WORTHLESSNESS

LACK OF CONCENTRATION, ABILITY TO THINK

THOUGHTS OF DEATH, SUICIDE

Term
MDD WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES
Definition

LOOSES TOUCH WITH REALITY

HAS DELUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS

Term
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Definition

SAD

PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE RECURRENT DEPRESSIVE EPISODES IN A PATTERN

USUALLY WHEN THERE IS MINIMAL SUN LIGHT

Term
TREATMENT FOR SAD
Definition

-BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY IN THE MORNING

-DAWN SIMULATION THERAPY

-NEGATIVE AIR IONIZAION THERAPY

-ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDS

-PSYCHOTHERAPY

Term
COGNITIVE THERAPY AND DEPRESSION
Definition

BEST KNOWN FOR UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION.

FOCUSES ON THE HERE AND NOW PROBLEMS RATHER THAN ON THE MORE REMOTE CAUSAL ISSUES THAT PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY OFTEN ADDRESES.

CONSISTS OF HIGHLY STRUCTURED, SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPTS TO TEACH PEOPLE WITH UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION TO EVALUATE THEIR BELIEFS AND NEGATIVE AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS SYSTEMATICALLY.

Term
ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
Definition

A PERSON WHOSE RESPONSE TO A COMMON STRESSOR SUCH AS GOING TO COLLEGE OF LOSING A JOB IS MALADAPTIVE AND OCCURS WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF THE STRESSOR.

CANNOT LAST MORE THAN 6 MONTHS OR THE DIAGNOSIS MUST CHANGE

Term

MOST COMMON ANXIETY DISORDER

Definition
PHOBIAS
Term

BIPOLAR ONE

Definition
TYPE OF BIPOLAR THAT MEGAN HAS IN THE MOVIE
Term
BIPOLAR ONE
Definition

MOST SEVER TYPE OF BIPOLAR

DIFFFERS FROM DEPRESSION BECUASE AT LEAST ONE MANIC EPISODE

Term
BIPOLAR TWO
Definition
DIFFERS FROM DEPRESSION BECAUSE AT EAST ONE HYPOMANIC EPISODE
Term

INTERNAL

GLOBAL

STABLE

Definition

PESSIMISTIC ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE

 

(YOU WANT TO BE THE OPPOSITE: EXTERNAL, SITUATIONAL, UNSTABLE)

Term
HOPELESSNESS THEORY
Definition
A PESSIMISTIC ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE AND ONE OR MORE NEATIVE LIFE EVENTS WILL NOT PRODUCE DEPRESSION UNLESS ONE FIRST EXPERIENCES A STATE OF HOPELESSNESS
Term
***THE FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS IS KEY FOR DEPRESSION TO OCCUR***
Definition
***IF YOU HAVE DEPRESSION YOUR LEVELS OF SERATONIN ARE LOWER***
Term
SUICIDE
Definition
AMONG THE TOP TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN MOST WESTERN COUTRIES
Term
18-24
Definition
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS ARE MOST COMMON
Term
65 AND OLDER
Definition
COMPLETED SUICIDES
Term
***WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE BUT MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMLETE SUICIDE***
Definition

MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HOW THEY GO ABOUT COMMITING THE SUICIDE (GUN VS. SLITTING WRIST)

Term
NUMBER ONE RIST FACTOR FOR SUICIDE IN ADULTS
Definition
RELATIONSHIP BREAKUP
Term
FAMILIASIDE
Definition
FATHER KILLS FAMILY THEN HIMSELF
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