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Undergraduate 2
12/12/2011

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Effects of excercise
Definition

heart disease

regulates mood

decreases chance of diabetes

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exhaustion stage
Definition

prone to illness

all resources to fight threat have depleted

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Resistance Stage
Definition
Continues the ongoing battle to fight against threat
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primary apraisal
Definition
quick assessment of the meaning of an event which causes positive emotion
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Alarm Stage
Definition
Systematic nervous system goes into action to fight off threat.
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Hallucination
Definition
High sensory processes (seeing and hearing voices)
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Group Therapy
Definition

A group of people that share a common disorder or problem.

Meet with therapist

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psychdynamic therapy
Definition
What motivates your problems
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Client Centered therapy
Definition
Therapists is constantly behind the client no matter what they did. postive thoughts, postive encouragment.
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Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Definition
Flattness, unresponsive, problems with speech, cannot complete tasks
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Effects of stress on the brain
Definition
Your interpretations of the world change
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pessimists
Definition
Negative people
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Integrative therapy
Definition
trying multipe techniques  to treat someone and discovering which is most apprpriate
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Free association
Definition
You are given a word, phraise, picture, etc. and are supposed to say the first thing that comes to mind no matter how bad or disgusting.
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Effects of obesity
Definition
High blood pressure, certain types of cancer, diabetes, heart disease
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Secondary appraisal
Definition
How to cope with stress and officailly get rid of it
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evidence based therapies
Definition
Deciding which treatment is appropriate by experiencing the problem
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Cuase of schizophrenia
Definition
maternal problems, prefrontal cortex is disfunctional, brain development problems before birth, dopamine disfiency.
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postive symptoms of schizophrenia
Definition
Hullicinations and dellusions
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problem focused coping
Definition
how to change the situation that causes stress
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effects of alcohol
Definition
Cancers, liver problems, accidents
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transference
Definition
When a client thinks someone is the present reminds them of someone in the past and their experiences that they had shared together.
Term
prefrontal lobotomy
Definition
severing the connection between the prefront cortex and the lower brain because it is no longer in use.
Term

Compulsion

Definition
Repetive behavior that is caused because of urges
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Cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia
Definition
word salad, problems with speech, memory, and attention
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emotional disclosure
Definition
 expressing feelings and emotions through writing and talking
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Token Economy
Definition
When desirable behaviors are achieved you are given a token and then you can trade tokens in for a prize in the end.
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Cognitive Therapy
Definition
Therapies dealing with rearranging the irrational thought patterns to help reduce the stress.
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Cognitive bahvioral therapy
Definition
restructuring the irrational thought patterns by Classical and operate conditioning
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systematic desensitization
Definition
When you gradually introduce a phobia to someone
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Delusion
Definition
WHen you think your someone your not even if there is evidence to support that you are not.
Term
optimists
Definition
postive people
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electroconvulsive therapy
Definition
last resort depression therapy that send electric convulsives through the brain to induce seizure
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Trycyclic antidepressants
Definition
treats ADHD and depression
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Barbiturates
Definition
Treating of anxiety but has bad side effects and can cause over dose
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Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors
Definition
Treats depression and breakdown of monoamine
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selective serotonin reuptake inhibtors
Definition
reduces anxiety and treats depression
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benzodiazepines
Definition
Reduces anxiety better than barbituates
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dissociative identity disorder
Definition
mulitple identities with different thoughts, beliefs, memories
Term
lithium
Definition
salt that helps treat bipolar disorder
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Phenothiazines
Definition
Treats schizophrenia and has adverse side affects
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Cortisol
Definition
a stress hormone that in released with energy in the brain
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impulse control disorder
Definition
form of OCD where repetitve behavior 
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anti social personality disorder
Definition
distructive impulsive dangerous violent behavior
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post traumatic stress disorder
Definition
increased anxiety or stress because of a catatrophic event
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OCD
Definition
Compulsive thoughts lead to obsessive behaviors
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narcissistic personality disorder
Definition
postive and arrogant self image, self centered
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schizotypal personality disorder
Definition
avoiding close relationships, odd eccentric
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agoraphobia
Definition
feeling that you cannot get out of a situation and you have no help in case of panic attacks
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avoidant personality disorder
Definition
fear of being critizied and low self esteem  no  going out
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panic disorder
Definition
panic attacks lead to stress and fear of more panic attacks
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histronic personailty disorder
Definition
center of attention, exagerates, dramatic
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social phobia disorder
Definition
scared of humiliation and low self esteem
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borderline personality disorder
Definition
affraid of abandenment and out of control emotions
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gernalized anxiety disorder
Definition
increased amount of anxiety or stress for 6 months or more
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resilences
Definition
being able to bounce back from certian difficault sitatuions
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bipolar disorder
Definition
highs (manic) and lows(depression)
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cormobidity
Definition
abilty to posess more than one disorder
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obsession
Definition
thoughts phraises and ideas that are repeated through our heads and cause distress
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schizoid personality disorder
Definition
odd eccentric and you avoid close relationship with people 
Term
dysthymia
Definition
milder form of depression
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cyclothymia
Definition
milder form of bipolar
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dialectical behavior therapy
Definition
elements of CBT with excerize. meditations without mindfulness
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Heart Disease and personailty traits
Definition
clinical depression from disease increases chances of death
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hypothalamix-pitiutary- adrenal axis
Definition
endocrine pathway, hypothalamus releases substances. eomtional and stress which stimulates adrenal
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psychosomatic therapy
Definition
ideas that emotions can lead to worening of illness
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cortisol and immune system functioning
Definition
cortisol influneces number of immune cells in body
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neuroendocrine system
Definition
hormonal systems, involves emotions and stress
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acquired immunity
Definition
provided by antibodies, less likely to be sick if you were already exposed to it.
Term
tardive dyskinesia
Definition
repetive involuntary movements of jaw, tongue, face, and mouth and body because of drugs
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emotion-focused coping
Definition
ways of dealing with stress. reevlauation the situation
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five DSM-IV-TR axes
Definition

axis I- clinical disorder

axis II- personality disorder

axis III-medical conditions

axis IV-psychological problems

axis V- global assement of functioning

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diathesis-stress model
Definition

explanation for the origin of psychological disorders

1.. genetica predisposition

2. low levels of GABA

3. high in personality trai of neurotic

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criteria for disordered behavior
Definition

deviant- different from norm.

 

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