Read 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 behavioral therapy in which a state of relaxation is classically conditioned To a hierarchy of gradually increasing anxiety-provoking stimuli 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 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 form of psychotherapy that treats the family as a unit, focusing on relationships and problems among the various members of the family A form of psychotherapy that helps people discover and change their habitually negative patterns of thinking; developed by Aaron Beck 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 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