Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
evaluates for the presence and degree of subjective anxiety
HEEADASS Assessment Scale
Assesses adolescent issues
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Johari Window
Assessment tool that helps a person become more self-aware, by considering perceptions of others
Global Assessment Functioning Scale
measures from 100 (highest functioning) to 1 (lowest functioning) when making a psychiatric diagnosis
Psychoanalysis
Old, yet relevant technique, developed by Freud. It prompts patients to tap into unconscious experiences that may be affecting current perceptions and behaviors.
Systematic Desensitization
Technique that gradually exposes a person to a feared stimulus to help him or her control that fear
Behavior Modification
operant and classical conditioning concepts to shape more adaptive, less maladaptive behaviors
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Specialized approach for patients with borderline personality disorders
Benzodiazepines
medications that work to induce relaxation and are used in alcohol withdrawal.
Neuroleptics target
neuroleptics target both negative and positive symptoms of psychotic conditions.
Flooding
An intense type of desensitization therapy that directly and repeatedly exposes a person to a feared stimulus.
Which of the following is a tricyclic antidepressant?
marplan (MAOI), oxazepam (benzodiazepine), tofranil (tricyclic), buspar(nonaddicting anxiolytic)
Socratic questioning
Technique proposed by cognitive behavioral therapists as a means of logically challenging one's perception about belief's.
Multimodal Therapy
variants of different theories used to facilitate positive change.
Family Therapy
Many variations, the family is the center of the psychotherapeutic intervention.
Play Therapy
specialized form of practice that illuminates issues of concern within children who, because of developmental ages or issues, have not attained sophisticated language skills.
Long acting benzodiazepine:
klonopin, ativan, xanax, halcion?
Klonipin (clonzepam) long-acting Bz, Xanax and ativan are intermediate-acting, halcion is short-acting GABA enhancer.
sublingual neruoleptic:
invega, saphris, fanapt, zyprexa?
Saphris is sublingual
Glioblastoma
tumor of glial cells; these "glue-like" cells hold neuronal circutis in proper spaces, thereby affording proper transportation of electrical stimuli within neuronal networks.
Astrocytes
Provide nutrients transportation to glial cells
cytoplasm
fluid filled cellular content [Show Less]