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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| Abnormal behavior | unusual or faulty perceptions/interpretations of reality. |
| Psychopathology | the scientific study of the conditions and processes of mental disorders |
| DSM-V | the official classification system used by mental health professionals to collect accurate health statistics |
| Epidemiology | Study of the frequency/distributions of disorders within a population |
| Incidence | Number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population during a specific time period |
| Comorbidity | the presence of more than one condition within the same period. |
| Clinical Psychologists | PH.D or PSY.D who assess disorders and do psychotherapy diagnosis |
| Psychiatrist | Medical doctors who focus on mental disorders and can prescribe medications |
| Social Worker | Hold on MSW that focuses on social or individual based needs |
| Counselor | holds a masters degree and provides individual and family psychotherapy |
| Etiology | Causes abnormal behavior in a biological, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and humanistic paradigms to explain abnormal behavior. |
| Biopsychosocial model | is a general model or approach stating that biological, psychological, and social factors play a significant role in human functioning in the context of disease or illness |
| Biochemical paradigm | + |
| Psychodynamic paradigm | abnormal behavior is caused by unconscious mental conflicts that root in early childhood experience |
| Cognitive Behavioral paradigm | view that people can be best understood by studying their perceptions and how it influences behavior |
| Humanistic paradigm | focuses on free will and views of human nature as inherently good. |
| Diathesis-stress model | is a psychological theory that attempts to explain how biology and environment work together on people's minds. |
| Correlation | A mutual relationship or connection between two or more naturally occurring variables |
| Experiment | Change is introduced and the effect is monitored |
| Psychotherapy | Biological: use medication to treat mental illness (ex. like physical illness) Psychodynamic: promotes insight into unconscious motivations Cognitive behavioral: teaches new ways of thinking and acting Humanistic: goal is to increase emotional awareness to help people take responsibility for their own life choices |
| Evidence-based treatments | x |
| Biological treatments | often alleviate symptoms rather than cure disorders; includes psychopharmacology (medicines to treat psychological disturbances) |
| Psychoanalysis | Freud's orthodox form of psychotherapy that is practical rarely today because of its time, expense, and questionable effectiveness in treating mental disorders |
| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | focuses on behavior change and encourages collaborative therapist-client relationship |
| Dialectic behavioral therapy | emphasizes mindfulness- increased awareness of feelings, thoughts, motivations |
| Humanistic Therapy | involves helping the individual make life choices and increasing his/her emotional awareness. genuine, warm relationship between client and therapist is central means for change, rather than just delivering treatment. (little research supports humanistic psychotherapy , however empathy is proven to help) |
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