Clinical Psychology Crossword
Across
- 5. a disorder isolated to a specific culture and is usually diagnosed exclusively in one region or country (e.g.boufee deliriante)
- 7. an excess/distortion of normal functions which represent a change in behavior or thoughts
- 9. a notable Scottish anti-psychiatrist
- 13. the author and the main researcher of the 1973 study 'On being sane in insane places', one of the most influential American psychologists of the 21 century
- 15. beliefs contrary to fact,are very bizarre and can be of various types
- 16. the extent to which a disorder has the same cause/causes (i.e.the disorder reflects known causes- e.g. family history of schizophrenia)
- 18. a disorder provoked by harmful conditions of the community, not by mental causes, and thus requires legal punishment (e.g.hikikomori)
- 19. various motor disturbances characterized by abnormal movement and behavior
- 20. one of the two psychologists (with Rosenhan) that postulated 7 characteristics of a failure to function adequately
Down
- 1. a diminution/loss of normal functions in case of a mental disorder
- 2. a tendency of psychologists to overemphasize dispositional rather than situational causes of behavior when diagnosing patients
- 3. a movement that included efforts to close down mental hospitals and return disturbed people to the community (to provide more integrated and humane treatment)
- 4. a classification system solely for mental disorders, developed and approved by APA and predominantly used in the US
- 6. poor and laconic speech resulting from cognitive deficit
- 8. perceptiual experiences occurring in the absence of external stimulation of the corresponding sensory organ
- 10. the extent of agreement and consistency of practitioners' diagnoses of a disorder
- 11. the co-existance of two disorders in the same person at the same time
- 12. a neurotic disorder, largely studied by psychoanalysts (Freud in particular)
- 14. drugs that prevent large absorptions of neurotransmitters (e.g.dopamine) by neurons' receptors, thus reducing the effect of a neurotransmitter
- 17. inability to experience pleasure/joy when engaging in activities previously enjoyed