The field concerned with the nature and development of mental disorders.
A type of population distribution which depicts the majority of people being in the middle as far as any particular characteristic is concerned.
The various professionals authorized to provide psychological services.
Requires a Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree.
Techniques necessary to determine that a patient's symptoms or problems indicate a particular disorder.
A primarily verbal means of helping troubled individuals change their thoughts, feelings, and behavior to reduce distress and to achieve greater life satisfaction.
Holds and MD degree and has had postgraduate training (residency) in which he has received supervision in diagnoses and psychotherapy.
Chemical compounds that can change how people feel and think.
Specially trained at a psychoanalytic institute
Psychiatric social worker
Has completed Masters or Doctorate program
A diverse group that conduct research into the nature and development of the disorders that their therapist colleagues try to treat. Varied academic background.
The casting out of evil spirits by ritualistic chanting or torture.
The notion that something wrong with the soma (body) disturbs thought and action.
The belief that something is due to psychological origins.
Places of confinement For the mentally ill.
Sympathetic and attentive treatment provided for the mentally ill.
A tendency for a certain group of symptoms that run together within a disorder.
The deterioration in mental and physical health, characterized by syphilis.
Disease is caused by infection of the body by small organisms.
The entire hospital becomes a therapeutic community. All ongoing activities and all its personnel become part of the treatment program. Appears to be a return to moral practices of the nineteenth century.
Using hypnosis and talking to relieve mental disturbance. Relief and cure of symptoms thru recall of and event and release and reliving of the emotions causing disturbance.
The conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works.
Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspective on Maladaptive Behavior
Central Nervous System
Balance and coordination
Heartbeat and breathing
Connects hindbrain and midbrain
Hearing and Sight
Logic and Language
Relay or routing station
All senses except smell stop here
Eating, drinking, emotions, sex, motivation
Emotions, memory, social behavior
Shock therapy can damage
Accident can damage
cause personality changes
Relay messages to and from the brain
The basic unit of the nervous system
Sends and receives messages
Covered by Myelin Sheath
speeds up processes
Space between neurons
Point of communication
Abnormal behavior is caused by deficit or damage to or in the Nervous
Psychodynamic Paradigm- Freud
Unconscious and Basic Instincts direct all behavior
Stages of Psychosexual Development
Gratification thru mouth
Gratification thru anus