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This description provides definitions for various terms related to anxiety disorders, including anxiolytics, benzodiazepines, compensation, cortisol, denial, displacement, GABA, generalized anxiety disorder, hippocampus, identification, intellectualization, projection, rationalization, regression, repression, social phobia, suppression, systematic desensitization, adrenal glands, pituitary gland, acute distress disorder, cingulate gyrus, exposure and response prevention, nocturnal panic attack, norepinephrine, obsession, orbitalfrontal area, rheumatic fever, strep infection, compulsions, body dysmorphic disorder, Jean-Martin Charcot, conversion disorder, craft palsies, depersonalization disorder, Dhat, dissociation, dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, dissociative disorders, factitious disorder, hypochondriasis, hysteria, malingering, pain disorder, pseudocyesis, psychosomatic disorders, repression, somatization disorder, somatoform disorders, dysthymic disorder, fron
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treat anxiety aka tranquilizers TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 valium xanax increase levels of GABA TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 when you feel threatened in some area you may work extra hard to overcome the real or imagined weakness TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 aids the production of glucose TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 reinterpret anxiety-provoking material to make it less threatening when you fail an exam you tell yourself "it's just an unimportant exam"
express a feeling toward one individual or object that should be expressed toward someone else when you yell at someone because you are angry at your boss TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 neurotransmitter that activates the inhibitory neurons in the brain TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 chronic high levels of anxiety at least 6 months TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 responsible for processing information for storage in your long term memory TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 you take on the personal characteristics of another individual like acting of dressing like someone you admire
irrational fear that they will behave in an embarrassing way in social or performance situations so they avoid social or performance situations TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 Consciously and intentionally not thinking about something that is anxiety provoking distracting yourself TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 gradually exposing the individual to the stimulus while the individual is very relaxed and extinction will become less stressful and more effecting slowly bringing feared object closer TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 glands that release the hormones that increase physiological arousal TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 the gland that stimulates the adrenal glands in the process that leads to anxiety
2 days to 4 weeks (ends within a month) individuals are trying to separate themselves from the traumatic event or their feelings TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 brings electrical impulses from other parts of the brain to the frontal lobes of the brain where thinking occurs TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 resist a compulsion showing that nothing will happen a psychological treatment for compulsions TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 occur during deep sleep wakes up suddenly and is terrified and unaware why they're scared TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 released in adrenal glands PTSD
preoccupation with some imagined or minor defect in one's physical appearance TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 somatoform disorders are a cause of a weak nervous system TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 one or more major physical symptoms involving voluntary motor or sensory functions for which a physical cause cannot be found TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 cramps in hands paralysis that interfered with their crafts TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 feeling detached from body
India symptoms due to a decline in a vital fluid in the body TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 process by which traumatic memories are banished from consciousness TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 cannot remember important events TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 unaware of other personalities used to be called multiple personality disorder TERM 40
DEFINITION 40 not aware of or lose contact with important aspects of their memories of personalities
sham pregnancy showing symptoms of pregnancy but not actually pregnant TERM 47
DEFINITION 47 physical damage TERM 48
DEFINITION 48 aka dissociation TERM 49
DEFINITION 49 numerous recurrent and long lasting physical complaints for which a physical cause cannot be found TERM 50
DEFINITION 50 no physical damage symptoms that suggest a problem but the symptoms cannot be explained by a medical cause takes the form of physical symptoms
less severe form of major depressive disorder only 2 symptoms need be present present for 2 years mild but persistent depression TERM 52
DEFINITION 52 where thinking occurs TERM 53
DEFINITION 53 controls mood apetite and sex and sleep TERM 54
DEFINITION 54 strokes here can cause depression TERM 55
DEFINITION 55 must have at least 5 symptoms at least two weeks symptoms must not be a result of some other disorder
hypomanic episode that lasts for at least four days presence of major depressive disorder does not cause distress mild TERM 62
DEFINITION 62 manic episodes 3 or more symptoms cause significant distress TERM 63
DEFINITION 63 at least 2 years hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms does not meet major depressive disorder symptoms not been without symptoms for more than 2 months TERM 64
DEFINITION 64 low level of mania TERM 65
DEFINITION 65 Euphoria
lithium treats bipolar disorder
