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| Tricyclic Antidepressants |
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| Drugs used for treating depression as well as in chronic pain management and in the treatment of ADHD |
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| Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors |
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| Class of drugs used to treat depression; they slow the breakdown of monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain |
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| Selective Serotonin Reuptake inhibitors |
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| Drugs prescribed primarily for depression and some anxiety disorders that work by making more serotonin available in the synapse. |
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| A salt that is prescribed for its ability to stabilize the mania associated with bipolar disorder |
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| Repetitive, involuntary movements of jaw, tongue, face, and mouth and body tremors resulting from the extended use of traditional anti-psychotic drugs |
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| A for of psycho-surgery in which the connections between the prefrontal cortex and the lower portion of the brain are severed; no longer in use. |
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| Electro-convulsive therapy |
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| The treatment of last resort for severe depression that involes passing an electrical current through a persons brain in order to induce a seizure. |
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| Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
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| Treatment for severe depression involving exposureof specific brain structures to burts of high intensity magnetic fields instead of electricity. |
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| The use of psychological techniques to modify maladaptive behaviors or thought patterns. And help patients develop insight into their own behavior. |
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| Psychodynamic psychotherapy |
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| Therapy aimed at uncovering unconscious motives that underline psychological problems. |
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| A psychotherapeutic technique in which the client takes one image or idea from a dream and says whatevere comes to mind, regardless of how threatening, disgusting, or troubling it may be. |
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| The unconscious act of keeping threatening thoughts, feelings, or impulses out of consciousness. |
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| Ways in which the mind protexts itself from anxiety by unconsciously distoring reality. |
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| The process of releasing intense, often unconscious, emotions in a therapeutic setting. |
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| A form of humanistic therapy in which the therapist shows unconditional positive regard for the patient. |
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| Unconditional positive regard |
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| The therapist shows genuine liking and empathy for the client, regardless of what he or she has said or done. |
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| therapies that apply the principles of classical or operant conditioning in the treatment of psychological disorders. |
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| systematic sesensitization |
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| A bahavioral therapy technique often used for phobias, in which the therapist pairs relaxation with gradual exposure to a phobic object, generating a hierachy of increasing contact with the feared object. |
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| bahavioral technique in which desirable behaviors are reinforced with a token, such as small chip or fake coin, which can be exchanged for a privilege. |
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| Any type of psycho-therapy that works to restructure irrational thought patterns. |
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| An extreme form of in vivo exposure in which the client experiences extreme exposure to the phobic object. |
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| Therapeutic settings in which several people who share a common problem all meet regularly with a therapist to help themselves and one another. |
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| cognitive behavioral therapy |
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| an approach to treating psychological disorders that combines techniques for restructuring irrational thoughts with operant and classical conditioning techniques to shape desirable behaviors. |
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| meetings of people who share a common situation, be it a disorder, a disease, or coping with an ill family member. |
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| mindfulness-based cognitive therapy |
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| An approach that combines elements of CBT with mindfulness meditation to help people with depression learn to recognize and restructure negative though patterns. |
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| And electric approach in which the therapist draws on different treatment approaches and uses those that seem most appropriate for the situation. |
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| dialectical behavior therapy |
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| treatment that integrates elements of CBT with exercises aimed at developing mindfulness without meditation and is used to treat borderline personality disorders. |
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| treatment choices based on empirical evidence that they produce that desired outcome. |
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