Module 15-16 Terms Review

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Across
  1. 2. Repetitive and ritualistic acts carried out as a means to minimize distress or reduce a feared event.
  2. 3. The study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, causes, and treatment.
  3. 6. Intrusive, unpleasant, and unwanted thoughts that are highly distressing and difficult to suppress.
  4. 7. A category of disorders characterized by severe disturbances in emotional states, such as depression or mania.
  5. 8. A psychological treatment employing various methods to help someone overcome personal problems or achieve growth.
  6. 9. The legal and ethical requirement that a therapist not disclose communications to third parties without consent.
  7. 11. A disorder in which a person's mood alternates between the extremes of depression and mania.
  8. 14. A general class of anxiety disorders involving excessive, persistent fear of a specific object or situation.
  9. 16. A behavior therapy technique where a client learns a new response to a stimulus that previously elicited undesirable behavior.
  10. 17. A graduated exposure method used to eliminate fear by pairing relaxation with an anxiety-producing hierarchy.
  11. 18. Disorders typically diagnosed in early childhood involving problems in personal, social, or academic functioning.
  12. 20. The process of closing large asylums and providing mental health services in local communities.
Down
  1. 1. The ability of a mental health professional to understand and effectively address issues of race, culture, and ethnicity.
  2. 4. Medications used to treat mental disorders by altering levels or effects of neurotransmitters.
  3. 5. A state of being disconnected from reality, often involving impaired thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors.
  4. 10. The process where a patient shifts emotions associated with other relationships onto their psychoanalyst.
  5. 12. A group of disorders where an individual becomes split off from their core sense of self or memory.
  6. 13. The term preferred by Carl Rogers to replace "patient," emphasizing the individual's role in their own growth.
  7. 15. A state characterized by apprehension and cautiousness regarding a potential threat or negative event.
  8. 19. The return to abusing drugs or alcohol after a period of improvement or abstinence.