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A psychological dysfunction within an individual that is associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. |
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A psychological dysfunction within an individual that is associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not typical or culturally expected. |
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Accumulated wisdom of a culture collected and remembered across generations, a psychodynamic concept introduced by Carl Jung. |
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| Cause or source of a disorder. |
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| Number of people displaying a disorder in the total population at any given time (compare with incidence) |
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| Predicted future development of a disorder over time. |
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| Psychoanalytic assessment and therapy, which emphasizes exploration of, and insight into, unconscious processes and conflicts, pioneered by Sigmund Freud. |
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| Therapist who practices psychoanalysis after earning either an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree and receiving additional specialized postdoctoral training. |
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| Complex and comprehensive theory originally advanced by Sigmund Freud that seeks to account for the development and structure of personality, as well as the origin of abnormal behavior, based primarily on inferred inner entities and forces. |
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| psychodynamic psychotherapy |
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| Contemporary version of psychoanalysis that still emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts but is briefer and more focused on specific problems. |
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Scientific study of psychological disorders. |
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| psychosexual stages of development |
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| In psychoanalysis, the sequence of phases a person passes through during development. Each stage is named for the location on the body where id gratification is maximal at that time. |
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| Treatment practices that focus on social and cultural factors (such as family experience), as well as psychological influences. These approaches include cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal methods. |
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| systematic desensitization |
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| Behavioral therapy technique to diminish excessive fears, involving gradual exposure to the feared stimulus paired with a positive coping experience, usually relaxation. |
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Psychoanalytic concept suggesting that clients may seek to relate to the therapist as they do to important authority figures, particularly their parents. |
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System process of adaptiveand age related in behavior in one or more direction
→one or more direction child more linear, increase or decrease as adults← |
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