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18 Cards in this Set
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anxiolytics |
Tranquilizers; Drugs that reduce anxiety |
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Depersonalization |
An alteration in perception of the self in which the individual loses a sense of reality and feels estranged from the self and perhaps separated from the body. It may be a temporary reaction to stress and fatigue or part of panic disorder, depersonalization disorder, or schizophrenia |
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Derealization |
Loss of the sense that the surroundings are real; present in several psychological disorders, such as panic disorder, the personalization disorder, and schizophrenia |
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Interoceptive exposure |
Exercises used to expose people with panic disorder to the physical sensations of anxiety |
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test-irrelevant thinking |
A component of test anxiety involving an inability to concentrate due to mind wandering |
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Factitious disorder |
A disorder in which the individual’s physical or psychological symptoms appear under voluntary control and are adopted merely to assume the role of a sick person. |
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anomic suicide |
self annihilation triggered by a persons inability to cope with sudden and unfavourable change in a social situation |
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bilateral ECT |
Electro convulsive therapy: in which electrons are placed on each side of the forehead, and an electrical current is passed between them through both hemispheres of the brain |
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chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) |
Atrophy of the brain, typically in response to a history of physical trauma to the head, as illustrated by the problems in ageing reporting by some professional athletes |
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congruency hypothesis |
The prediction that people are likely to be depressed if they have a personality vulnerability that is matched by congruent life events. It is derived from research on personality, stress, and depression. |
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depressive paradox |
A cognitive tendency for depressed individuals to accept personal responsibility for negative outcomes despite feeling a lack of personal control |
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dysfunctional attitudes |
The negative cognitive attitudes identified in becks cognitive model of depression that are believed to confer risk for depression. An example is believing that a person must be perfect in order to be loved and admired |
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egoistic suicide |
as defined by Durkheim, self annihilation committed because the individual feels extreme alienation from others and from society |
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monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors |
A group of anti-depressant drugs that prevent the enzyme monoamine oxidase from deactivating neurotransmitters of the central nervous system |
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negative triad |
in beck’s theory of depression, a persons baleful views of the self, the world, and the future. The triad is in a reciprocal causal relationship with pessimistic assumptions (schemata) and cognitive biases such a selective abstraction |
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overgenerality effect |
an effect stemming from the cognitive theory of depression that reflects the tendency for depression-prone people to recall broad negative memories with limited detail about the self |
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sociotropy |
A personality style associated with vulnerability to depression. It involves high levels of dependency and an excessive need to please others |
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tricyclic drugs |
A group of anti-depressants with molecular structure is characterized by three fused rings. Tricyclics are known to interfere with the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin by neuron after it has fired |
