Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
36 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Deinstitutionalization
|
When mental health patients are released back into their communities, generally after having their symptoms alleviated through medication
|
|
Community psychology
|
An area of psychology that focuses on identifying how individuals mental health is influenced by the neighborhood, economics, community resources, social groups and other community-based variables
|
|
Empirically supported treatments
|
Treatments that have been testes and evaluated
|
|
Bibliotherapy
|
The use of self-help books and other reading materials as a form of therapy
|
|
Insight therapies
|
A general term referring to therapy that involves dialogue between client and therapist for the purposes of gaining awareness and understanding of psychological problems and conflicts
|
|
Psychodynamic therapies
|
Forms of insight therapy that emphasize the need to discover and resolve unconscious conflicts
|
|
Free association
|
Clients are encouraged to talk and write without censoring their thoughts in any way
|
|
Dream analysis
|
A method for understanding the subconscious by examining the details of what happens during a dream, in order to gain insight into the true meaning of the dream, the emotional, unconscious material that is communicated symbolically
|
|
Resistance
|
Occurs as the treatment brings up unconscious material that the client wishes to avoid and the client engages in strategies for keeping the information out of the conscious awareness
|
|
Transference
|
A psychoanalytical process whereby clients direct the emotional experiences that the are reliving toward the therapist, rather than the original person involved in the experience
|
|
Object relations therapy
|
A variation of psychodynamic therapy that focuses on how early childhood experiences and emotional attatchments influence later psychological functioning
|
|
Phenomenological approach
|
The therapist addresses the clients feelings and thoughts as they unfold in the present moment, rather than looking for unconscious motives and dwell in the past
|
|
Client centered therapy
|
Focuses on an individuals ability to solve their own problems and reach their full potential with the encouragement of a therapist
|
|
Behavioral therapies
|
Address problem behaviors and the environmental factors that trigger them, as directly as possible
|
|
Systematic desensitization
|
Gradual exposure to a feared stimulus or situation is coupled with relaxation training
|
|
Aversive conditioning
|
A behavioral technique that involves replacing a positive response to a stimulus with a negative response, typically by using punishment
|
|
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
|
A form of therapy that consists of procedures such as cognitive restructuring, stress inoculation training and exposing people to experiences they may have a tendency to avoid Internal attributions: blaming oneself excessively for negative things that happen
|
|
Stable attributions
|
Seeing a situation as permanent or irreversible
|
|
Global events
|
Blowing things out of proportion instead of seeing negative events as simply that
|
|
Decentering
|
Occurs when is able to “step back” from ones normal consciousness and observe oneself more objectively and as an observer
|
|
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
|
Involves combining mindfulness meditation with standard cognitive-behavioral therapy tools
|
|
Systems approach
|
An orientation that encourages therapists to see an individuals symptoms as being influenced by different interacting systems
|
|
Psychotropic drugs
|
Medications designed to alter psychological functioning
|
|
Blood-brain barrier
|
A network of tightly packed cells that allow only specific types of substance to move from the bloodstream into the brain, in order to protect it against infection and harmful substances
|
|
Anti-depressant drugs
|
Medications designed to elevate the mood and reduce other symptoms of depression
|
|
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
|
A class of antidepressant drugs that bock the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin
|
|
Mood stabilizers
|
Drugs used to prevent or reduce the severity of mood swings experienced by people with bipolar disorder
|
|
Antipsychotic drugs
|
Generally used to treat symptoms of psychosis, including delusions, hallucinations and severely disturbed or disorganized thought
|
|
Tardive dyskinesia
|
A movement disorder involving involuntary movements and facial tics
|
|
Atypical antipsychotic drugs
|
Makers claim that these drugs are less likely to produce extrapyramidal side effects including movement disorders
|
|
Frontal Lobotomy
|
Surgically removing regions of the cortex
|
|
Leucotomy
|
The surgical destruction of brain tissues in the prefrontal cortex
|
|
Focal lesions
|
Small areas of the brain tissue are surgically destroyed
|
|
Electroconvulsive therapy
|
Involves passing an electrical current through the brain in order to induce a temporary seizure
|
|
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
|
A therapeutic technique in which a focal area of the brain is exposed to a powerful magnetic field
|
|
Deep brain stimulation
|
A technique that involves electrically stimulating specific regions of the brain
|