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A field of psychology that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of people with spcific mental or behavioral proboems
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Clinical Psychology
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A person wih a psychological disorder who is bein treated using a biomedical approach
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Patient
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A perosn with a psychological disorder who is bein g treated with the view that his or her psychological distress is cased by behavioral issues and faulty thought processes
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Client
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The study of how drugs affect the mind and behavior
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Psychoactive medication
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A type of medication that works to alleviate symptoms of depressions by altering how certain neurotransmetters-usually serotonini and norepinephrine-are circulated throughout the brain
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Antidepressant
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Anti-anxiety medications used mainly to treat generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder
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Benzodiazepines
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A type of therapy in which electric shocks are sent to patients' brains to treat certain psychological disorders in patient who don't respond to other treatment methods
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
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A treatment method in which parts of the brain are surgically altered to treat mental disorders
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Psychosurgery
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The interaction between a therapist and someone suffering from a psychological problem, the goal of which is to provide support or relief from the problem
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Psychotherapy
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A type of psychotherapy involving the use of multifaceted treatments that vary depending on each person's unique problem and take into account biological, psychological, and social influence
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Eclectic Psychotherapy
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A type of therapy based on Freudian psychodynamics, the theory of which states that unconscious conflicts underlie mental disorders, and these conflicts mae their way to the surface through a perosn's speech and behavior
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Psychodynamic Therapy
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A type of psychotherapy that relates closely to Freudian concepts like the influence of the unconscious. It requires patients to talk to a psychiatrist about their lives while the psychiatrist listens, analyzes, and interprets each word
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Psychoanalysis
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A psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist encourages the client to relax his or her mind, and starting from a recent experience, a memory, or a dream, report every image or dea that enters awareness, refraining from logic or self-editing
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Free Association
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Is what a person explicitly remembers about a dream-its storyline, characters, and details
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Manifest Content
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Describes the unconscious meaning of a dream
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