66 Cards in this Set
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Anxiolytics
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treat anxiety
aka tranquilizers
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Benzodiazepines
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valium xanax
increase levels of GABA
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Compensation
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when you feel threatened in some area you may work extra hard to overcome the real or imagined weakness
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Cortisol
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aids the production of glucose
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Denial
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reinterpret anxiety-provoking material to make it less threatening
when you fail an exam you tell yourself "it's just an unimportant exam"
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Displacement
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express a feeling toward one individual or object that should be expressed toward someone else
when you yell at someone because you are angry at your boss
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GABA
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neurotransmitter that activates the inhibitory neurons in the brain
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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chronic high levels of anxiety
at least 6 months
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Hippocampus
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responsible for processing information for storage in your long term memory
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Identification
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you take on the personal characteristics of another individual
like acting of dressing like someone you admire
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Intellectualization
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to avoid threatening emotions you may focus on the objective nonemotional details of an otherwise emotional situation
focusing on the technical aspects of a disease rather than the fact that you're dying
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Projection
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when you attribute your own personality traits to other people
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Rationalization
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giving a good reason instead of the real reason for some behavior
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Regression
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During stress you return to an earlier stage of life in which you were secure and successful
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Repression
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automatic sending of anxiety-provoking the unconscious so you will no longer be aware of them
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Social Phobia
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irrational fear that they will behave in an embarrassing way in social or performance situations so they avoid social or performance situations
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Suppression
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Consciously and intentionally not thinking about something that is anxiety provoking
distracting yourself
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Systematic Desensitization
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gradually exposing the individual to the stimulus while the individual is very relaxed and extinction will become less stressful and more effecting
slowly bringing feared object closer
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Adrenal Glands
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glands that release the hormones that increase physiological arousal
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Pituitary Gland
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the gland that stimulates the adrenal glands in the process that leads to anxiety
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Acute Distress Disorder
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2 days to 4 weeks (ends within a month)
individuals are trying to separate themselves from the traumatic event or their feelings
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Cingulate Gyrus
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brings electrical impulses from other parts of the brain to the frontal lobes of the brain where thinking occurs
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Exposure and Response Prevention
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resist a compulsion showing that nothing will happen
a psychological treatment for compulsions
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Nocturnal Panic Attack
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occur during deep sleep
wakes up suddenly and is terrified and unaware why they're scared
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Norepinephrine
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released in adrenal glands
PTSD
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Obsession
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anxiety provoking thoughts
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Orbitalfrontal Area
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side rear of frontal lobes (temples)
plays a role in how we evaluate what is going on around us and how we decide to respond
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Rheumatic Fever
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more serious strep infections
tecs, grimacing of face after disorder is gone
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Strep Infection
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linked to OCD in children
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Compulsions
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Rituals
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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preoccupation with some imagined or minor defect in one's physical appearance
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Jean-Martin Charcot
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somatoform disorders are a cause of a weak nervous system
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Conversion Disorder
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one or more major physical symptoms involving voluntary motor or sensory functions for which a physical cause cannot be found
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Craft Palsies
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cramps in hands
paralysis that interfered with their crafts
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Depersonalization Disorder
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feeling detached from body
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Dhat
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India
symptoms due to a decline in a vital fluid in the body
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Dissociation
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process by which traumatic memories are banished from consciousness
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Dissociative Amnesia
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cannot remember important events
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
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unaware of other personalities
used to be called multiple personality disorder
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Dissociative Disorders
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not aware of or lose contact with important aspects of their memories of personalities
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Factitious Disorder
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faking symptoms to get the attention or sympathy that comes with being sick
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Hypochondriasis
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an unrealistic belief that a minor symptom reflects a serious disease
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Hysteria
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used by Freud
aka somatoform disorder
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Malingering
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faking symptoms to get a benefit
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Pain Disorder
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pain for which no physical cause can be found
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Pseudocyesis
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sham pregnancy
showing symptoms of pregnancy but not actually pregnant
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Psychosomatic Disorders
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physical damage
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Repression
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aka dissociation
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Somatization Disorder
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numerous recurrent and long lasting physical complaints for which a physical cause cannot be found
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Somatoform Disorders
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no physical damage
symptoms that suggest a problem but the symptoms cannot be explained by a medical cause
takes the form of physical symptoms
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Dysthymic Disorder
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less severe form of major depressive disorder
only 2 symptoms need be present
present for 2 years
mild but persistent depression
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Frontal Lobes
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where thinking occurs
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Hypothalamus
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controls mood apetite and sex and sleep
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Left Prefrontal Area
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strokes here can cause depression
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Major Depressive Disorder
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must have at least 5 symptoms
at least two weeks
symptoms must not be a result of some other disorder
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Omega-3
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facilitates synaptic transmission where serotonin is the neurotransmitter
a fat in your brain
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Retrograde Amnesia
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temporary loss of memory for recent events
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Tricyclics
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first antidepressants
reduce reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin
more side effects
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Tryptophan
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in turkey
turns into serotonin
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Bipolar Disorder
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once called manic-depressive disorder
periods of wild mania that alternate with periods of deep depression
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Bipolar 2 Disorder
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hypomanic episode that lasts for at least four days
presence of major depressive disorder
does not cause distress
mild
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Bipolar 1 Disorder
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manic episodes
3 or more symptoms
cause significant distress
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Cyclothymic Disorder
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at least 2 years
hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms
does not meet major depressive disorder symptoms
not been without symptoms for more than 2 months
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Hypomania
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low level of mania
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Mania
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Euphoria
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Mood Stabilizer
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lithium
treats bipolar disorder
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