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| The application of psychological science to understanding and treating mental disorders |
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| The frequency of occurrence of a given condition in a population at a given time. |
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| An ongoing dysfunctional pattern of thought, emotion, and behavior that causes significant distress, and that is considered deviant in that person's culture or society. |
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| Bio-psycho-social model of illness |
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| A way of understanding disorder that assumes that disorder is caused by biological, psychological, and social factors. |
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| Cognitive Behavior Therapy |
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| A structured approach to treatment that attempts to reduce psychological disorders through systematic procedures based on cognitive and behavioral principles. |
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| A behavioral therapy in which positive punishment is used to reduce the frequency of an undesirable behavior. |
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| A psychological treatment that helps clients identify incorrect or distorted beliefs that are contributing to disorder. |
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| an approach to treatment in which the therapist uses whichever techniques seem most useful and relevant for a given patient. |
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