Unit 5: Mental and Physical Health (165)

Introduction to Health Psychology (5.1)

  • Health psychology

  • Stress

  • Hedonic adaptation

  • Hypertension

  • Immune suppression

  • Stressors

  • Eustress (motivating)

  • Distress (debilitating)

  • Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

  • General adaptation syndrome (GAS)

  • Alarm reaction phase

  • Resistance phase

  • Flight-flight-freeze response

  • Exhaustion phase

  • Tend-and-befriend theory

  • Problem-focused coping

  • Emotion-focused coping

Positive Psychology (5.2)

  • Positive psychology

  • Well-being

  • Resilience

  • Positive emotions

  • Gratitude

  • Positive subjective experiences

  • Subjective well-being

  • Signature strengths

  • Virtues

  • Positive objective experiences

  • Happiness

  • Categories of virtues (wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, transcendence)

  • Posttraumatic growth

Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders (5.3)

  • Dysfunction

  • Distress

  • Deviation from the social norm

  • Cultural/societal norms

  • Stigma

  • Racism

  • Sexism

  • Ageism

  • Discrimination

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

  • International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD)

  • Eclectic approach

  • Behavioral perspective

  • Maladaptive learned associations

  • Psychodynamic perspective

  • Humanistic perspective

  • Cognitive perspective

  • Evolutionary perspective

  • Sociocultural perspective

  • Biological perspective

  • Biopsychosocial model

  • Diathesis-stress model

Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders (5.4)

  • Neurodevelopmental disorders

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  • Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders

  • Delusions

  • Hallucinations

  • Disorganized thinking

  • Disorganized speech

  • Disorganized motor behavior

  • Negative symptoms

  • Positive symptoms

  • Delusions

  • Delusions of persecution

  • Delusions of grandeur

  • Hallucinations

  • Word salad

  • Catatonia

  • Flat affect

  • Catatonic stupor

  • Dopamine hypothesis

  • Depressive disorders

  • Major Depressive Disorder

  • Persistent Depressive Disorder

  • Bipolar disorders

  • Cycling

  • Mania

  • Depression

  • Bipolar I Disorder

  • Bipolar II Disorder

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Specific phobia

  • Acrophobia

  • Arachnophobia

  • Agoraphobia

  • Panic disorder

  • Panic attack

  • Ataque de nervious

  • Social anxiety disorder

  • Taijin kyofusho

  • Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

  • Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

  • Obsessions

  • Compulsions

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Hoarding disorder

  • Dissociative disorders

  • Dissociation

  • Dissociative amnesia

  • Dissociative identity disorder

  • Trauma and stressor-related disorders

  • Hypervigilance

  • Flashbacks

  • Insomnia

  • Emotional detachment

  • Hostility

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Feeding and eating disorders

  • Anorexia nervosa

  • Bulimia nervosa

  • Personality disorders

  • Cluster A (odd or eccentric cluster)

  • Paranoid personality disorder

  • Schizoid personality disorder

  • Schizotypal personality disorder

  • Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic cluster)

  • Antisocial personality disorder

  • Histrionic personality disorder

  • Narcissistic personality disorder

  • Borderline personality disorder

  • Cluster C (anxious or fearful cluster)

  • Avoidant personality disorder

  • Dependent personality disorder

  • Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Treatment of Psychological Disorders (5.5)

  • Evidence-based interventions

  • Cultural humility

  • Therapeutic alliance

  • Psychotropic medication

  • Nonmaleficence

  • Fidelity

  • Integrity

  • Respect for peopleā€™s rights and dignity

  • Psychodynamic therapies

  • Free association

  • Dream interpretation

  • Cognitive therapies

  • Cognitive restructuring

  • Fear hierarchies

  • Combating maladaptive thinking

  • Cognitive triad

  • Applied behavior analysis

  • Exposure therapies

  • Systematic desensitization

  • Aversion therapies

  • Token economies

  • Biofeedback

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapies

  • Dialectical behavior therapy

  • Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

  • Person-centered therapy

  • Active listening

  • Unconditional positive regard

  • Group therapy

  • Hypnosis

  • Psychoactive medication

  • Antidepressants

  • Antianxiety drugs

  • Lithium

  • Antipsychotic medications

  • Tardive dyskinesia

  • Psychosurgery

  • TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)

  • Electroconvulsive therapy

  • Lobotomy