Chapter 1 Key Terms
Psychopathology
The field concerned with the nature and development of mental disorders.
Normal Curve
A type of population distribution which depicts the majority of people being in the middle as far as any particular characteristic is concerned.
Clinicians
The various professionals authorized to provide psychological services.
Clinical psychologist
Requires a Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree.
Diagnosis
Techniques necessary to determine that a patient's symptoms or problems indicate a particular disorder.
Psychotherapy
A primarily verbal means of helping troubled individuals change their thoughts, feelings, and behavior to reduce distress and to achieve greater life satisfaction.
Psychiatrist
Holds and MD degree and has had postgraduate training (residency) in which he has received supervision in diagnoses and psychotherapy.
Psychoactive drugs
Chemical compounds that can change how people feel and think.
Psychoanalyst
Specially trained at a psychoanalytic institute
Psychiatric social worker
M.S.W. degree.
Counseling psychologist
Has completed Masters or Doctorate program
Psychopathologist
A diverse group that conduct research into the nature and development of the disorders that their therapist colleagues try to treat.
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Exorcism
The casting out of evil spirits by ritualistic chanting or torture.
Somatogenesis
The notion that something wrong with the soma (body) disturbs thought and action.
Psychogenesis
The belief that something is due to psychological origins.
Asylums
Places of confinement For the mentally ill.
Moral treatment
Sympathetic and attentive treatment provided for the mentally ill.
Syndrome
A tendency for a certain group of symptoms that run together within a disorder.
General paresis
The deterioration in mental and physical health, characterized by syphilis.
Germ theory
Disease is caused by infection of the body by small organisms.
Milieu therapy
The entire hospital becomes a therapeutic community. All ongoing activities and all its personnel become part of the treatment program. Appears to be a return to...