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any of a number of disorders that produce pervasive feelings of anxiety

behavior that is atypical, maladaptive, socially unacepted

fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult

anxiety disorder where individual experiences many panic attacks

any anxiety disorder that are characterised by fear

fear of social situations to include talking or eating in the presence of another individual

phobia of certain situations or objects

disorder characterised by the persistant and unwanted thoughts, irrresistable, habitual repeated actions

disoder that follows a tramatic event characterised by reliving the event or avodience of stimuli associated with the event

a chronic state of free-floating anxiety or worries that have persisted for at least 6 months

group of disorders in which the thoughts and feelings that generate anxiety are seperated or dissociated from conscious awareness

memory loss not attributed to disease or brain injury

a dreamlike state of altered conciousness not attributed to disease, drug use, or brain injury

a condition of seperation in personality or multiple personality not attributed to disease or brain injury

class of disorders associated with persistant depression or anger

a severe mood disorder characterised by deep and pesistant depression

mood disorder associated with mood swings from depression to mania

a exaggerated belief that has little or no basis on fact

false perception that lacks a sensory basis

disorder that depression or bipolar depression follows a seasonal pattern

diminished ability to avoidance response to unavoidable averise stimulation

extreme disruptions or perceptions, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors

subtype of schizophrenia marked by disorganization and regression in thinking and behavioral patterns

extreme psychomotor disturbances

presence of well organized delusional thoughts

schizophenics that do not manifest specific symtoms

traits that cause functional imparment or subjective distress

disregaurd of rights of other lack of guilt for unsociable acts

a nonbiological noninvasive psychological technique desinged to improve ones adjustment to life

technique developed by freud by which individuals revalations or unconcious acts are interpreted

patients relax and say whatever comes to their minds

interpretation of dreams to learn hidden aspects of personality

patients unwillingness to disclose aspects of life

patient begins to relate to the therapist in much the same way as to another important person in his or her life

approaches to therapy that are based on the premise that most behavioral disorders result from distortions in cognitions or thoughts

approach to therapy based on the premise that psychological problems result when people interact their experiences based on self defeating irrational beliefs

cognitive therapy aimed at restructuing irrational thinking patterns such as the tendency to use negative self labels

therapy based on assumption that maladaptive behavior is learned and can therfore can be unlearned

any behavioral therapy that involves palovian conditioning

uses pavlovian conditioning that pairs the slow systematic exposure

behavior modification technique that attempt to influence behavior by manipulating reinforcers

surgical procedure where the prefrontal cortex was detached from nerve tracts

biomedical inervention in which electrical current applied to the brain induces a convulsive seizure used to treat depression

drugs that have an effect of altering perceptions and behavior by changing conscious awareness

drugs used to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia

drugs used to treat major depression

drugs used to treat anxiety