Abnormal Psychology Quiz 9

Premorbid

The period prior to the onset of a disorder

Prodromal Phase

The period during which the symptoms of schizophrenia are not yet prominent, but the person has begun to deteriorate from previous levels of functioning

Relapse Prevention Training

A cognitive-behavioral approach to treating alcohol use disorder and other disorders in which clients are taught to keep track of their problem behaviors, apply coping strategies in situations that typically trigger the problem behavior (high risk or challenging situations) and plan ahead for these risky situations and reactions

Resiliency

The ability to avoid or recover from the effects of negative circumstances

Restricting Type Anorexia Nervosa

A type of anorexia nervosa in which people reduce their weight by severely restricting their food intake

Reticular Formation

The brain’s arousal center, which helps people to be awake, alert and attentive

Risperidone

A commonly prescribed atypical antipsychotic drug

Seasonal Affective Disorder

A mood disorder in which mood episodes are related to changes in the season

Self-Monitoring

Clients’ observation of their own behavior

Self-Statements

According to some cognitive theorists, statements about oneself, sometimes counterproductive, that may often come to mind during stressful situations

Situational Anxiety

The various levels of anxiety produced in a person by different situations (also called state anxiety)

Sleep Apnea

A disorder in which a person frequently stops breathing for up to 30 or more seconds while asleep (sleep study evaluation is important)

Sleep Terror Disorder

A parasomnia disorder of arousal in which persons awaken suddenly during the first third of sleep, screaming out in extreme fear and agitation

Sleepwalking Disorder

A parasomnia disorder of arousal in which people repeatedly leave their beds and walk around without being conscious of the episode or remembering it later

Somatic Symptom Disorder

A disorder in which persons become excessively distressed, concerned, and anxious about bodily symptoms that they are experiencing, and their lives are greatly and disproportionately disrupted by the symptoms

Tardive Dyskinesia

Extrapyramidal effects that appear in some patients after they have taken conventional antipsychotic drugs for an extended time; to prevent this, a physician usually changes antipsychotic medication

Tay-Sachs Disease

A metabolic disorder that causes progressive loss of intellectual functioning, vision, and motor functioning resulting in death

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

A treatment procedure for depression in which an electromagnetic coil, which is placed on or above a person’s head, sends a current into the individual’s brain

Type 1 Schizophrenia

* According to some theorists, a type of schizophrenia dominated by positive symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, and certain formal thought disorders
* Differentiate from Type 2 - negative symptoms like social withdrawal, loss of volition, affective flattening, and poverty of speech, presumed to be associated with structural brain abnormalities

Working Through

The psychoanalytic process of facing conflicts, reinterpreting feelings, and overcoming one’s problems