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Antipsychotic Drugs (Neuroleptics)
Used in the treatment of schizophreina; block or reduce the sensitivity of brain receptors that respond to the neurotransmitter, dopamine. TERM 2
Antidepressant Drugs
DEFINITION 2 Drugs used in the treatment of depression, anxiety, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disoder. TERM 3
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)
DEFINITION 3 Antidepressants that elevate the level of norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain by blocking or inhibiting an enzyme that deactivates these neurotransmitters. TERM 4
Tricyclic Antidepressants
DEFINITION 4 Boost norepinephrine and serotonin by preventing reuptake of these substances. TERM 5
Tranquilizers
DEFINITION 5 Drugs commonly, but often inappropriately, prescribed for patients who complai of unhappiness, anxiety, or worry.
Psychosurgery
Entails destroying nerve fibers running from the prefrontal lobes to other brain areas. TERM 7
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
DEFINITION 7 A procedure used in cases of prolonged and severe major depression in which a brief brain seizure is induced. TERM 8
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(TMS)
DEFINITION 8 A more recent and milder form of electrically stimulating the brains of severely depressed people. TERM 9
Lithium Carbonate
DEFINITION 9 A drug frequently given to people suffering from bipolar disorder. TERM 10
Therapeutic Window
DEFINITION 10 Finding the correct dosage of medication to give to a patient.
Rational Emotive Behavior
Therapy
A form of cognitive therapy devised by Albert Ellis, designed to challenge the client's unrealistic or irrational thoughts. TERM 17
Humanist Therapy
DEFINITION 17 A form of psychotherapy based on the philosophy of humanism, which emphasizes people's free will to change, not past conflicts. TERM 18
Client-Centered Therapy
DEFINITION 18 A humanist approach to therapy devised by Carl Rogers which emphasizes the therapist's empathy with the client and the use of unconditional positive regard. TERM 19
Existential Therapy
DEFINITION 19 A form of therapy designed to help clients explore the meaning of existence and face the great questions of life, such as death, freedom, alienation, and loneliness. TERM 20
Family Systems Perspective
DEFINITION 20 An approach to doing therapy with indviduals or families from the standpoint of seeing how each member forms part of a larger, interacting system.
Couples Therapy
Therapy designed to help people understand and resolve conflicts common to all relationships. TERM 22
Integrative Approach to Psychotherapy
DEFINITION 22 When psychotherapists draw on methods and ideas from various theories, which allows them to be more flexible in their treatment of their clients. TERM 23
Graduated Exposure
DEFINITION 23 In behavior therapy, a method in which a person suffering from an anxiety disorder, such as a phobic or panic attacks, is gradually confronted with the feared object or situation until the anxiety subsides. TERM 24
Transference
DEFINITION 24 In psychodynamic therapies, a critical process in which the client transfers unconscious emotions or reactions, such as emotional feelings about his or her parents, onto the therapist. TERM 25
Flooding
DEFINITION 25 In behavior therapy, a method in which the client is taken directly into the feared situation until the anxiety subsides.
