David Rosenhan
faked in illness and got incorrectly diagnosed
medical model
suggests that mental illnesses have physical causes
agoraphobia
irrational fear of public places with no escape
trichotillomania
constantly pulling hair
somatic system disorder
no specific cause for physiological symptoms
conversion disorder
uncontrollable physical issues caused from psychological stress
dissociative amnesia
chronically forgetting important information
psychopharmacology
treatment through medicine
token economy
therapist provides their client with a “token” after they’ve accomplished a certain behavior
rational emotive behavior theory
changes the internal thought process and shows irrationality in thinking
cognitive therapy
changed thinking changes an individual’s thought process
systematic desensitization
when an individual starts to relax and then starts to imagine a situation with said phobia
aversive conditioning
used to help a person give up a behavior by having them associate it with something unpleasant
ECT therapy
brief electric current that triggers small seizure
meta analysis
looks at statistical findings of many different research findings
evidence-based practice
integration of research with expertise