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A type of behavioral therapy in
which a state of relaxation is
classically conditioned
To a hierarchy of gradually
increasing anxiety-provoking stimuli
A type of
psychotherapy that
attempts to give
clients insight into
their repressed or
unconscious
impulses, anxieties,
and internal
conflicts stemming
from early
childhood;
developed by
Sigmund Freud
A type of humanistic therapy in which a the therapist
reflects the client’s feeling, and fosters personal growth
and self-awareness in an environment that offers
acceptance and empathy; developed by Carl Rogers
A form of
psychotherapy that
treats the family as
a unit, focusing on
relationships and
problems among
the various
members of the
family
A type of behavioral that attempts
to reduce the frequency of a
problem behavior by associating it
with an unpleasant experience
A biomedical
therapy used
primarily in the
treatments of
depression;
involves electrically
inducing a brief
mild brain seizure
A form of psychotherapy that
helps people discover and
change their habitually negative
patterns of thinking; developed
by Aaron Beck
A biomedical therapy focused
on prescribing medications that
alter mental functions to
alleviate psychological
symptoms
Bio-psycho-social perspective
•The idea that
psychological disorders
are caused by the
combination of physical,
psychological and
environmental factors
Cognitive behavior therapy
•A form of therapy that
encourages patients to
change their ways of
thinking and their
behaviors
Catatonic schizophrenia
•A subtype of
schizophrenia in which
one may experience
periods of muscular
paralysis
PTSD
• An anxiety disorder in which a
person goes through a
particularly stressful time and
the memories cause them to
have high anxiety and stress
Avoidant personality disorder
•A personality disorder in
which one does not get
themselves involved
with any social
situations due to fear
Psychopharmacology
•The study of the
relationship between
psychotic drugs and the
brain
Bipolar disorder
•A mood disorder in
which a person
alternates between
periods of depression
and mania
Aversive conditioning
•Associating undesirable
behaviors with
undesirable
consequences
Phobias
•A persistent and
irrational fear
Disorganized schizophrenia
•A subtype of
schizophrenia in which
one’s main symptom is
jumbled speech
Medical model
•The idea that all
psychological disorders
have a physical cause in
the body
Personality disorder
•A category of disorders
in which one’s behavior
patterns impair social
functioning
Conversion disorder
•A disorder in which one
converts stress into
physical problems with
the body
Dissociative identity disorder
•A disorder that is
marked by a person
having two or more
personalities
Systematic desensitization
•A step by step process of
counterconditioning that
alleviates anxiety
Family therapy
•A type of therapy that
includes and also
councils members of the
family that a patient
lives with
Undifferentiated
schizophrenia
•A subtype of
schizophrenia in which
no symptom is more
prominent
Delusions
•False beliefs, usually of
grandeur, that
accompany disorders
Panic Disorder
•A disorder in which a
person experiences
short periods of terror
with accompanying
physical distresses
counterconditioning
•A type of conditioning
that trains new
responses to older
stimuli
Token economy
•An operant conditioning
therapy that utilizes
rewards for desired
behaviors
ECT
•A method of therapy
usually used for
depression in which one
receives an electric
current
Dissociative fugue
•An disorder in which
one takes on a new
identity
Eclectic
•A style of psychotherapy
that combines various
forms of therapy
Somatoform disorders
•A group of psychological
disorders that affect the
body
Dissociative disorders
•A group of disorder that
affect one’s sense of
identity
psychoanalysis
•Psychotherapy which
allows one to use free
association to gain
insight
Client centered therapy
•Humanistic therapy
which focuses on being
empathetic and
accepting towards
clients
Dissociative amnesia
•A disorder in which one
experiences a period of
time that they can not
remember due to stress
Humanistic therapy
•A type of therapy in
which the professional
uses empathetic
strategies to treat the
patient
Active listening
•A technique of therapy
that the therapist
repeats and restates
patient’s ideas and
statements
Behavior therapy
•Therapy centered
around changing
unwanted behaviors
Hypochondria
•A psychological disorder
in which one believes
they have a life
threatening illness
Cognitive therapy
•A type of therapy which
introduces new ways of
thinking
Body dysmorphic disorder
• A psychological disorder
that a person is unhappy
with their physical
appearance and goes to
extremes to fix it or avoid
social situations
Psychosurgery
•Surgeries that remove or
destroy brain tissue to
alter the behavior of an
individual