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Treatments of Psychological Disorders
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psychotherapy : treatment that uses psychological techniques to help a person overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve problems, or bring about personal growth.
biomedicaltherapy : relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning.
psychodynamictherapy : seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more effectively.
psychoanalysis : psychotherapy developed by Freud in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior.
transference : transfer of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figure.
behavioraltreatmentapproaches : treatment approaches that make use of the basic processes of learning, such as reinforcement and extinction, and assume that normal and abnormal behavior are both learned.
aversiveconditioning : a form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an aversive, unpleasant stimulus with an undesired behavior.
dialecticalbehaviortherapy : a form of treatment in which the focus is on getting people to change their behavior and view of themselves by accepting who they are regardless of whether it matches their ideal.
drugtherapy : the control of psychological disorders through the use of drugs.
antipsychoticdrugs : drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, hallucinations, and delusions.
antidepressantdrugs : medications that improve a severely depressed patient's mood and feeling of well being.
moodstabilizers : drugs used to treat mood disorders that prevent manic episodes of bipolar disorders.
antianxietydrugs : reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences by reducing excitability and increasesfeelings of well being.
electroconvulsive therapy : a procedure used in the treatment of severe depression in which an electric current of 70-150 volts is briefly administered to a patient's head.
psychosurgery : brain surgery once used to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder.
genetherapy : specific genes may be introduced to particular regions of the brain, reversing or preventingbiochemical events that give rise to psychological disorders.
communitypsychology : a branch of psychology that focuses on the preventing and minimizing of psychological disorders in the community.
deinstitutionalization : transfer of former mental patients from institutions to the community.
rationalemotivebehaviortherapy : a form of therapy that attempts to reconstruct a person's belief system into more realistic, rational, and logical sets of views by challenging dysfunctional beliefs that maintain irrational behavior.
cognitiveappraisal : clients are asked to evaluate situations, themselves, and others in terms of their memories, values, beliefs, thoughts, and expectations.
cognitivetreatmentapproaches : teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions about the world and themselves.
humanistictherapy : therapy in which the underlying rationale is that people have control of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems.
personcenteredtherapy : therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization.
grouptherapy : people meet in a group with a therapist to discuss problems.
familytherapy : focuses on the family and its dynamics.
spontaneousremission : recovery without formal treatment.
Treatments of Psychological Disorders
Across:1. | transfer of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figure. | 6. | reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences by reducing excitability and increasesfeelings of well being. | 8. | the control of psychological disorders through the use of drugs. | 10. | clients are asked to evaluate situations, themselves, and others in terms of their memories, values, beliefs, thoughts, and expectations. | 14. | brain surgery once used to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder. | 16. | drugs used to treat mood disorders that prevent manic episodes of bipolar disorders. | 17. | seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more effectively. |
| | Down:2. | a form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an aversive, unpleasant stimulus with an undesired behavior. | 3. | therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization. | 4. | a branch of psychology that focuses on the preventing and minimizing of psychological disorders in the community. | 5. | a procedure used in the treatment of severe depression in which an electric current of 70-150 volts is briefly administered to a patient's head. | 7. | psychotherapy developed by Freud in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior. | 8. | a form of treatment in which the focus is on getting people to change their behavior and view of themselves by accepting who they are regardless of whether it matches their ideal. | 9. | focuses on the family and its dynamics. | 11. | treatment that uses psychological techniques to help a person overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve problems, or bring about personal growth. | 12. | drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, hallucinations, and delusions. | 13. | relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. | 15. | therapy in which the underlying rationale is that people have control of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems. |
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Treatments of Psychological Disorders
Across:1. | transfer of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figure. | 6. | reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences by reducing excitability and increasesfeelings of well being. | 8. | the control of psychological disorders through the use of drugs. | 10. | clients are asked to evaluate situations, themselves, and others in terms of their memories, values, beliefs, thoughts, and expectations. | 14. | brain surgery once used to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder. | 16. | drugs used to treat mood disorders that prevent manic episodes of bipolar disorders. | 17. | seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more effectively. |
| | Down:2. | a form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an aversive, unpleasant stimulus with an undesired behavior. | 3. | therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization. | 4. | a branch of psychology that focuses on the preventing and minimizing of psychological disorders in the community. | 5. | a procedure used in the treatment of severe depression in which an electric current of 70-150 volts is briefly administered to a patient's head. | 7. | psychotherapy developed by Freud in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior. | 8. | a form of treatment in which the focus is on getting people to change their behavior and view of themselves by accepting who they are regardless of whether it matches their ideal. | 9. | focuses on the family and its dynamics. | 11. | treatment that uses psychological techniques to help a person overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve problems, or bring about personal growth. | 12. | drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, hallucinations, and delusions. | 13. | relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. | 15. | therapy in which the underlying rationale is that people have control of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems. |
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