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What is Antisocial Personality Disorder
Also known as sociopathy, this disorder is not diagnosed prior to age 18.
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What is loss of interest/pleasure in activities
This is considered to be the hallmark symptom of depression
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What is CBT
Changing thoughts and behaviors is the hallmark of this type of treatment
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Who is Carl Rogers
Empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard are the mantras of this theorist
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What is Solution Focused Therapy
This very "social-worky" theory is famous for the Miracle Question
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What is Schizotypal PD
This cluster A disorder is characterized by odd and eccentric behaviors and perceptual distortions
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What is rapid cycling
In the case of BiPolar Disorder, this specifier is used when the client has experienced a few or more "mood episodes" in a given year.
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What is serotonin
The popular antidepressant medication Zoloft works with this type of neurotransmitter
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Who is Sigmund Freud
This famous theorist founded a grand theory and developed the idea of the unconscious
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What are Obsessions
This hallmark symptom of OCD involves unwanted, recurring intrusive thoughts
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What is Borderline PD
This disorder is characterized by interpersonal instability, impulsivity, self harming behaviors, and unhealthy self image.
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What is BiPolar I
This BiPolar diagnosis includes at least 1 true manic episode
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What is exposure therapy
This evidenced-based treatment for phobias and PTSD requires a high level of motivation from the client
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Who is Albert Bandura
This lighthearted behaviorist is credited with developing Social Learning Theory
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What is a Delusion
This + symptom of schizophrenia is defined as a "faulty belief"
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Who is Marsha Linehan
She is the developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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What is Trichotillomania
This is also known as the hair pulling disorder.
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What is thorazine
The development of this antipsychotic drug led to deinstitutionalization in the 1960s
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Who is Aaron Beck
After becoming frustrated with his inability to prove Freud's theory of the unconscious, this famous theorist ditched psychoanalytic theory and founded Cognitive theory
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What is dissociation
This common symptom of trauma is typically explained as "zoning out" or having an "out of body" experience
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What is Obsessive Compulsive PD
This personality disorder is commonly confused with the anxiety related disorder, OCD.
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What is Acute Stress Disorder
This is diagnosed when a client has many/most of the symptoms of PTSD but has not had symptoms for more than 1 month
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What is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
This evidenced-based treatment for trauma involves "bilateral stimulation" such as back and forth eye movements.
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Who is Melanie Klein
The mother of Object Relations Theory
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What is Factitious Disorder (Self)
AKA Maunchausen's Syndrome
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