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What determines normal? |
•Time •Place/occasion •Mental state & action |
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Disassociative Identity Disorder |
Aka multiple personality disorder Person alternates between two or more personalities - not much physiological proof of existence |
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Etiologies of abnormal psych |
•Biological •Sociological •Psychological |
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DSM-V |
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth edition Established terminology and uniform definitions and standards for diagnosis |
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Differential diagnosis |
Making distinctions between possible illnesses |
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Psychotherapy |
The use of a personal relationship between a trained therapist and client to treat psychological disorders |
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Psychodynamic |
Attempts to reveal people's unconscious drives and motivations - most common form is psychoanalysis |
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Catharsis |
Discharge pent-up emotions associated with the unconscious |
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Free association |
Thinking about a particular thing and speaking everything that comes to mind |
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Transference |
Shifting feeling for another person into the therapist (roleplaying) |
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Freud's model for personality |
Id - egomaniac, impulsive Ego - controlled, planned Superego - rational - integrates both Id and Ego |
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Behavior therapy |
Use of learning techniques based on behaviorist theory to achieve goals |
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Cognitive therapy |
Improve psychological well-being by changing ways in which you think |
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Rational-emotive therapy |
Changing the irrational way one thinks about personal emotions |
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Cognitive behavioral therapy |
Setting behavioral goals and changing interpretations of situations |
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Family systems |
Involvement of family unit - change the family environment to help the individual |
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Humanistic |
Conflicts between the ideal self and the current self (incongruence) |
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Eclectic therapy |
Combination of techniques and treatment methods |
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Formats of psychotherapy |
•Brief therapy •Group therapy •Self-help grouos |
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Deinstitutionalization |
Movement away from mental hospital to less restrictive care - attempt to eliminate inhumane treatments |