Term 1: Anxiety Disorders and Depression - Definitions, Neurotransmitters, and Treatments, Quizzes of Health sciences

Download Term 1: Anxiety Disorders and Depression - Definitions, Neurotransmitters, and Treatments and more Quizzes Health sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Anxiety DEFINITION 1 - Diffuse, vague apprehension associated with feelings of uncertainty, uneasiness or dread resulting from a real or perceived threat- Future oriented TERM 2 Fear DEFINITION 2 - Reaction to a specific danger, whereas anxiety is a vague sense of dread related to an unspecified or unknown danger- Present oriented TERM 3 Amygdala DEFINITION 3 - Emotional core of the brain- Process strong emotions: fear, anger, pleasure- Brain's first warning center TERM 4 Limbic System DEFINITION 4 - System of the brain that regulate emotions and the formation of memories TERM 5 Hippocampus DEFINITION 5 - Memory center of the brain TERM 6 Sympathetic Nervous System DEFINITION 6 Flight or Fight response is initiated by the... TERM 7 Decreased DEFINITION 7 In anxiety disorders, serotonin is... TERM 8 Increased DEFINITION 8 In anxiety disorders, norepinephrine is... TERM 9 GABA DEFINITION 9 - Serves as a calming neurotransmitter in the brain TERM 10 Benzodiazepines DEFINITION 10 - Medication that INCREASES the effect of GABA on the brain, ultimately calming / inhibiting the brain TERM 21 SNRI's DEFINITION 21 This drugs are associated with what classification...- Effexor TERM 22 Anti-Hypertensives / Inderal DEFINITION 22 What drug classification is used to treat Social Anxiety / Phobia? - TERM 23 Cognitive Processing Therapy DEFINITION 23 - Therapy that is largely based on a social-cognitive theory that suggests trauma alters beliefs in 5 key areas:- Safety- Trust- Power/ Control- Esteem- Intimacy TERM 24 Prolonged Exposure Therapy DEFINITION 24 - Therapy designed to reduce PTSD symptoms by helping patient's confront their trauma-related situations, memories and feelings. TERM 25 Adjustment Disorder DEFINITION 25 Disorder that consists of...- Identifiable stressor- Distress that is in excess of what is expected- Significant impairment in function TERM 26 Suicide DEFINITION 26 These risk factors are associated with what...- Prior Attempts- Stress- Loss- Hopelessness- Psychiatric Condition TERM 27 Depression DEFINITION 27 - Generalized stress response that has escaped normal control in relation to genetically determined threshold for breakdown of the system TERM 28 Bipolar Disorder DEFINITION 28 - Disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks - Includes one or more manic episodes with or w/o a major depressive episode TERM 29 Dysthymia DEFINITION 29 - Persistent depressed or low mood w/o evidence of psychotic symptoms TERM 30 Schizoaffective DEFINITION 30 - Condition in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions and mood disorder symptoms, such as mania or depression TERM 31 Atypical Depression DEFINITION 31 - Depression that presents w/ increased appetite, hypersomnia and agitation - Mood reactive (pick up the mood around them) & rejection sensitive TERM 32 Norepinephrine & Serotonin DEFINITION 32 What are the main neurotransmitters that effect that pathology of depression? TERM 33 Self, World, & Future DEFINITION 33 Cognitive Triad associated with Depression...- Negative View of ______- Negative View of ______- Negative View of _______ TERM 34 Depression DEFINITION 34 These medications are associated with the treatment of....- SSRI's (Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitors)- TCA's (Tricyclic Anti-Depressants)- MAOI's (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors) TERM 35 Mood Stabilizers DEFINITION 35 What is the main classification of medications associated with treatment of Bipolar Disorder?Consisting of...- Lithium- Anti-Seizure- Anti-Psychotics TERM 46 Repression DEFINITION 46 Involuntary exclusion of a painful or conflictual thought, impulse or memory from awareness TERM 47 Displacement DEFINITION 47 Shift of emotions from a person or object to another, usually neutral or less dangerous, person or object TERM 48 Projection DEFINITION 48 Attributing one's thoughts or impulses to another person TERM 49 Denial DEFINITION 49 Refusal to accept the reality of an event TERM 50 Intellectualization DEFINITION 50 Excessive reasoning or logic to avoid experiencing disturbing feelings TERM 51 Rationalization DEFINITION 51 Offering a socially acceptable or apparently logical explanation to justify or make acceptable an otherwise unacceptable impulse, feeling or motive TERM 52 Antecedent DEFINITION 52 - Stimulus / cue that occurs before the behavior and leads to it's manifestation TERM 53 Behavior DEFINITION 53 - What a person does / does not say or do- Follows the antecedent / feelings TERM 54 Consequence DEFINITION 54 - The effect (positive, negative or neutral) does a person perceive as resulting from the behavior TERM 55 Overgeneralization DEFINITION 55 - Drawing conclusions based on a single event TERM 56 Dichotomous Thinking DEFINITION 56 - Thinking in extremes- All good or bad TERM 57 Catastrophizing DEFINITION 57 - Thinking the worst about people / events TERM 58 Selective Abstraction DEFINITION 58 - Focusing on details but not other relevant information