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Existential Therapy

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Treatment Approaches

Definition Existential therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on helping individuals exp...

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Crisis Intervention

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Treatment Approaches

Definition Crisis intervention refers to a structured approach designed to provide immediate supp...

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Cognitive Approaches to Therapy

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Treatment Approaches

Definition Cognitive approaches to therapy that focus on identifying and changing negative though...

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Behavioral Therapy

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Treatment Approaches

Definition Behavioral therapy is a type of psychological treatment focused on changing problemat...

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Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders are mental health conditions that develop in res...

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Psychotic Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Psychotic disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by disturban...

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Psychopathology

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Psychopathology refers to the study of mental disorders or psychological disturbances ...

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Psychological Disorder

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition A psychological disorder, also known as a mental disorder, refers to conditions that a...

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Personality Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Personality disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by long-te...

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Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRDs) are a group of mental health condit...

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Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Neurodevelopmental disorders are conditions that originate in the de...

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Mood Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Mood disorders are a category of mental health conditions that involve persistent and ...

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Harmful Dysfunction

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Harmful dysfunction refers to a concept introduced by Jerome Wakefield in 1992 to defi...

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Dissociative Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Dissociative disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by disrup...

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Diathesis-Stress Model

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition The diathesis-stress model is a psychological framework that explains how mental healt...

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Diagnosis

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition In psychology, diagnosis refers to the process of identifying and labeling mental heal...

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Comorbidity

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Comorbidity in psychology refers to the occurrence of two or more psychological disord...

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Biological Markers of Mental Illness

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Biological markers of mental illness, often called biomarkers, are measurable changes ...

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Anxiety Disorders

Psychological Disorders and Treatments Classification and Diagnosis

Definition Anxiety disorder is a mental health condition characterized by excessive fear or worry...

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Non-Associative Learning

Memory and Learning

Definition Non-associative learning refers to a type of learning process where an organism learns...

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