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18 Cards in this Set
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Antianxiety drugs
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medications that relieve tension, apprehension, and nervousness
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antidepressant drugs
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medications that gradually elevate mood and help bring people out of a depression
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aversion therapy
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a behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response
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behavior therapy
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application of the principles of learning to direct efforts to change clients maladaptive behaviors
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biomedical therapy
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physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms associated with psychological disorders
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cognitive therapy
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insight therapy that emphasizes recognizing and changing negative thougths an dmaladaptive beliefs
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deinstitutionalization
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transferring the treatment of mental inllness from inpatient institutions to community based facilities that emphasize outpatient care
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electroconvulsive therapy
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biomedical treatment in which electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure accompanied by convulsions
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etiology
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apparent causation and developmental history of an illness
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free association
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pschoanalytic technique inwhich clients sponaneously express their thougths and feelings exactly as they occur with as little censorship as possible
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group therapy
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simulataneous treatment of several clients in a group
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hallucinations
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sensory perceptions that occur in the absense of a real external stimulus or gross distortions of perceptual input
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insanity
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legal status indicating that a person cant be held responsible for his actions b/c of mental illness
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insight therapies
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psychotherapy methods characterized by verbal interactions intended to enhance clients self knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior
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involuntary commitment
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civil proceeding inwhich people are hospitalized in psychiatric facilities against their will
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generalized anxiety disorder
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psychological disordewr marked by a chronic high level of anxiety that isnt tied to any specific threat
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negative symptoms
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schizophrenic symptoms that involve behavioral deficits such as flattened emotions, social withdrawal, apathy, impaired attention, and poverty of speech
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psychopharmacotherapy
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treatment of mental disorders with medication
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