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medical student's disease

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when medical students misunderstand the description of some disease and confuse it with their own normal condition

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dictionary's definition of abnormal

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not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard

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APA's definition of abnormal

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any behavior that leads to distress (including distress to others) disability or an increased risk of death , pain , or loss of freedom

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dissociative identity disorder

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- someone alternates among two or more distinct personalities
- also called multiple personality disorder

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biopsychosocial model of abnormal behavior

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- emphasizes that abnormal behavior has three major aspects: biological, psychological, and sociological

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DSM IV

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- diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
- sets specific criteria for each psychological diagnosis

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psychotherapy

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- a treatment of psychological disorders by methods that include a personal relationship between a trained therapist and a client

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what defines psychodynamic therapies

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- they attempt to relate personality to the interplay of conflicting impulses within the individual, including some that the individual may not consciously recognize

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what is psychoanalysis

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- a method based on identifying unconscious thoughts and emotions and bringing them to consciousness to help people understand their thoughts and actions

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how is interpretation used?

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therapists try to explain the underlying meaning of the what the client says

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catharsis

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- a release of pent up emotions associated with unconscious thoughts and memories

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transference

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- clients are transferring onto the therapist the behavior and feelings they originally established toward their father, another or another important person in their lives

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free association

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- the client starts thinking about a particular symptom or problem and then reports everything that comes to mind

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behavior therapies

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- begins with clear, well defined behavioral goals, such as eliminating test anxiety, and then attempts to achieve those goals through learning

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cognitive therapies

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- seeks to improve people's pyschological well being by changing their thoughts and beliefs- their cognitions

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rational emotive behavior therapy

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assumes that thoughts lead to emotion. the problem therefore is not the unpleasant emotions themselves but the irrational thoughts that lead to them

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cognitive behavior therapy

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- therapists set explicit goals for changing people's behavior, but they place more emphasis than most behavior therapists do on changing people's interpretation of their situation

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humanistic therapy

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- believe that people can decide deliberately what kind of person to be and that we naturally strive to achieve our full potential.

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incongruence

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- mismatch between their perceptions of their real self and their ideal self

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person centered therapy

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- the therapist listens to the client with total acceptance and unconditional positive regard
- also called client centered or non directive

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who started humanistic therapy?

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- carl rogers

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family systems therapy

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- the guiding assumptions are that most people's problems develop in a family setting and that the best way to deal with them is to improve family relationships and communication

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deinstitutionalization

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- the removal of patients from mental hospitals