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| The process of distingishing one disorder from another |
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| The initial cause that led to the development of a disorder |
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| A prediction about the likely course of a disorder |
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| A pattern of atypical behavior that results in personal distress or a significant impairment in a person's social or occupational functioning |
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| A predisposition to a given disorder that combines with environmental stressors to trigger a psychological disorder |
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| DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) |
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| Manual of psychological disorders published by the APA and used for descriptive diagnoses |
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| Disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or maladaptive behavior |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by episodes of intense fear and dread that ususally occur suddenly and unexpectedly |
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| A fear of going in the public or open spaces |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by strong irrational fears of specific objects or situations |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by a constant state of moderate anxiety |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive, unwanted, and distressing actions and or thoughts |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by flashbacks and recurrent thoughts of life-threatening or other traumatic events |
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| A psychological disorder characterized by emotional extremes that cause significant disruption in daily functioning |
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| A mood disorder characterized by extreme and persistent negative moods and the inability to experience pleasure from activities one previously enjoyed |
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| An excessively elated, active emotional state |
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| A mood disorder characterized by swings between the emotional extremes of mania and depression |
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| Psychological disorders characterized by disruptions in consciousness, memory, sense of identity, or perception |
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| A dissociative disorder characterized by a sudden loss of memory of identity and information |
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| A dissociative disorder characterized by a sudden departure from home or work, combined with loss of memory of identity and the assumption of a new identity |
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| Dissociation Identity Disorder (DID) |
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| A dissociative disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personalities, which take turns controlling the person's behavior, AKA multiple personality disorder |
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| Psychological disorder characterized by severe impairment in thinking, such as hallucinations, delusions, or loose associations |
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| Psychological disorders characterized by general styles of living that are ineffective and lead to problems |
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| Antisocial personality disorder |
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| Personality disorders characterized by a persistent pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others |
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| Treatment of psychological disorders my employing psychological methods that include a personal relationship between a trained therapist and a client |
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| Treatment of psychological disorders by altering brain functioning with physical or chemical intervention |
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| A diverse group of psychotherapies based on the work of Freud that assert that psychological disorders stem primarily from the unconscious |
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| A psychodynamic therapy technique developed by Freud in which clients say what comes to mind |
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| When the client develops feelings for the therapist that are representative of feelings for others in life |
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| When the therapist develops feelings for the client |
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| Anything the client does to interfere with therapeutic progress |
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| Psychotherapies that apply learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors |
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| Conditioning new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behavior |
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| Systematic desensitization |
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| Counterconditioning technique used to treat phobias |
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| Counterconditioning to treat OCD |
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| Counterconditioning technique in which an aversive response is conditioned to occur in response to a stimulus that has previously been associated with undesired behavior |
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| Technique to modify the behavior of the severely disturbed in which desirable behaviors are reinforced with tokens which can be exchanged for privileges |
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| A behavioral model of psychotherapy in which desirable behaviors are taught to clients |
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| Clients are taught to interact with others more comfortably and effectively |
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| Psychotherapies that identify and modify dysfunctional patterns of thought |
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| Psychotherapies that help people get in touch with their feelings or true selves and with their purpose in life |
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| The client directs the course of therapy |
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| Humanistic psychotherapy that stresses awareness of feelings |
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| Gestalt technique, client imagines a person speaking to them in an empty chair |
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| Therapeutic technique in which the therapist provides children with toys and drawing materials, assuming the child will express whatever is troubling them in the play |
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| A group that regularly meets without a counselor |
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| Medications to treat delusions, hallucinations, loose associations of schizophrenia by blocking dopamine receptors |
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| Relieve depression by increasing norepinephrine or serotonin |
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| Have a calming effect by inhibiting the GABA neurotransmitter |
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