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| Philosopher believed mental disorders had physical causes, not spiritual ones |
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| French physician who suggested unchaining his victims |
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| Founder of American psychiatry |
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| American nurse who traveled through the US and Europe campaigning for higher standards of care of those the mentally disabled |
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| the name given to surgical procedures, usually directed at the brain, used to affect psychological reactions. |
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| Severs the major neural connections between the prefrontal lobes and lower brain centers |
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| electroconvulsive therapy |
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| shock treatments that involve passing an electric current of between 70 and 150 volts across a patient's head for a fraction of a second |
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| chemicals that alter a person's affects, cognitions, or behaviors |
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| medications designed to alleviate or eliminate psychotic symptoms |
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| medications designed to elevate the mood of persons who are depressed |
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| MAO (monoamine oxidase)inhibitors |
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| oldest anitdepressant medications, inhibit the enzume monoamine oxidase, which breaks down serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. |
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| inhibit the reuptake of several neurotransmitters and are saver than MAO inhibitors |
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| antianxiety drugs (tranquilizers) |
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| medications designed to help reduce the felt aspect of anxiety. |
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| a technique in psychoanalysis in which patients are to say whatever comes to their minds. |
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| in psychoanalysis the unwillingness or inability to freely discuss some aspect of one's life. |
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| in psychoanalysis, the process that occurs when the patient unconsicoulsy come to view and feel about the analyst in much the same way as he or she feels about another important person |
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| the aspects of a dream as recalled and reported |
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| the aspects of a dream seen as symbolic representations of the content of the unconscious mind |
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| the variety of psychotherapy in which the goal is to help the individual self-actualize; to grow and develop to the est of his or her potential |
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| removing a circular section of the bone; most commonly from the skull |
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