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| In psychoanalysis, the cathartic expression of emotionally charged memories. |
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| Early name for a physician engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of the mentally disturbed |
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| Early name for disorder later characterized as schizophrenia, so-called because of its early onset and rapid progression |
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| Form of psychotherapy based upon acknowledgement of the intrinsic worth of people, in contrast to more detached scientific approaches. |
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| Emotional attachment that a therapist develops for a patient in the course of psychoanalysis |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, aspect of personality that identifies and pursues the real-world objects of instinctual drive and desire |
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| electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) |
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| Controversial treatment of schizophrenia and depression in which convulsions are induced by passing an electrical current through the brain. |
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| Christian ministry devoted to the treatment of nervous disorders. |
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| In psychoanalysis, method of identifying pathogenic ideas by having the patient relax and describe whatever comes into his or her mind, no matter how apparently trivial or potentially embarrassing it might be. |
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| Symbolic wish fulfillment expressed in everyday accidents and errors. |
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| An approach to psychological disorders and their treatment that emphasized the autonomy, potential, and personal feelings of individuals, in contrast to objective scientific approaches. |
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| Term coined by the Scottish surgeon James Brain to describe the state of "nervous sleep" induced by mesmeric treatments. |
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| Instinctual core of personality, comprising basic drives and desires (such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire). |
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| Repressed content (of dreams) |
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| Apparent content (of dreams) |
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| Early term used to describe the troubled condition of those suffering from psychological disorders. |
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| Early-20th-century movement that aimed to increase public awareness of mental illness and promote its effective treatment. |
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| form of treatment developed by Franz Mesmer, supposedly based upon the manipulation of magnetic forces in the body |
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| Form of 19th century psychological treatment directed to the transformation of character through personal counseling and religious training. |
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| The theoretical position developed by Nancy physicians Ambroise-Auguste Liebault and Hippolyte Bernheim, who claimed that suggestion is the primary vehicle of hypnotism and that suggestibility is a normal and universal psychological trait. |
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| Term first used by the Edinburgh physician William Cullen to characterize physical or psychological disorders caused by damage to or disease of the nervous system. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, emotional conflict generated by the male child's sexual desire for his mother and fear of his father, resolved through identification with his father. |
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| term employed by Johann Christian Heinroth to describe a variety of disorders based upon intellectual and emotional disturbance. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, principle directed to the gratification of basic drives and desires. |
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| Surgical operation producing lesion of the nerve fibers in the frontal lobes, employed as a treatment of schizophrenia and other disorders. |
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| Term introduced by Johann Christian Reil to describe the study and treatment of mental disorder. |
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| Form of therapy based upon the rational control of emotion |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, principle directed to the identification and pursuit of real-world objects of instinctual drive and desire. |
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| Term introduced by Eugene Bleuler to describe the disorder formerly classified as dementia praecox, which he believed was based upon the dissociation of thought and emotion. |
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| scientist-practitioner model |
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| The model of clinical training combining academic research and practical training that was endorsed at the APA conference on clinical training in psychology in Boulder, Colorado, in 1949 |
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| Freud's early theory that neurotic symptoms are the product of repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. |
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| In Maslow's personality theory, the capacity every individual has to reach his or her highest potential. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, the aspect of personality based upon the internalization of the moral principles of the parent of the opposite sex, which restricts the objects of drive and desire pursued to those that are socially approved. |
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| Theoretical justification of psychoanalysis attributed to Freud by Adof Grunbaum, based upon the claim that correct insight is necessary for the cure of neuroses. |
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| Redirection of patient feelings for parents to the therapist in the course of psychoanalysis. |
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| Symbolic expression of repressed memories and desires. |
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