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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) Severe and frequent temper tantrums that are out of proportion with the situation. Mood is persistently irritable between outbursts. 3 or more times per week for 1 year w/o remission period of more than 3 months. Two or more settings. Diagnosed between 6-18 years old. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Psychological disorder involving a significant depressive episode and 5 or more depressed characteristics, such as lethargy, weight loss/gain, appetite changes, suicidal ideation, sleep disturbances, and hopelessness, for at least 2 weeks. Can include psychosis. Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) Mood disorder involving persistently depressed mood, with 2 or more of low self-esteem, sleep disturbances, disrupted appetite, low energy, or poor concentration, present for at least 2 years, with no absence of symptoms for more than 2 months. Children and adolescents, mood can be irritable and for 1 year. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) A severe form of PMS that markedly interferes with social relations, work, or education Schizophrenia A psychological disorder characterized by 2 or more of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression. Significant disturbance of functioning in 1 or more ares of life. Duration of 6 months or more. Schizophreniform disorder Psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than 6 months. Schizoaffective Disorder Psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder. Delusions must occur for 2 or more weeks without a major mood episode. Delusional Disorder A psychosis marked by 1 or more plausible delusions lasting for at least 1 month. Low impact on functioning. Delusions of grandeur, jealousy, persecution, or similar preoccupations Brief Psychotic Disorder Psychotic disturbance involving 1 or more of delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior but lasting less than 1 month; often occurs in reaction to a stressor. Bipolar I Disorder Elevated, expansive, irritable mood and increased goal-directed activity/energy lasting at least 1 week and present most of the day (any duration if hospitalized). 3 or more symptoms of inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, talkative, distractibility, flight of ideas, goal-directed activity, or risky behavior. Manic episode may be preceded or followed by hypomanic or major depressive episode. Bipolar II Disorder Major depressive episodes alternate with hypomanic episodes rather than full manic episodes. Must last for 4 or more days. 3 or more symptoms of inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, talkative, distractibility, flight of ideas, goal-directed activity, or risky behavior. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) A disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for 1 month or more after a traumatic experience. Avoidance of memories or reminders of the trauma, negative cognitions, and irritable/risky behavior, sleep problems, or trouble concentrating. Acute Stress Disorder An anxiety disorder in which 9 symptoms from any of the 5 categories of: Intrusion, negative mood, dissociative, avoidance, or arousal. Duration of 3 days to 1 month. Not longer than 1 month. Cyclothymic Disorder A disorder marked by numerous periods of sub-clinical hypomanic symptoms and mild depressive symptoms. Duration 2 years for adult, 1 for adolescents. Never without the symptoms for more than 2 months. Bibliotherapy Recommending helpful books for clients so that they can gain insight into their condition. Cognitive Rehersal The client imagines a difficult situation and the therapist guides him through the step-by-step process of facing and successfully dealing with it. The client then works on practicing, or rehearsing, these steps mentally. Covert Desensitization Pairing relaxation techniques with imagined anxiety provoking images. Covert Sensitization The linking of an undesirable behavior with imagined punishment. More of a behavioral technique. Abreaction Release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience. Contingency Management An operant conditioning approach to changing behavior by altering the consequences, especially rewards and punishments, of behavior. Flooding A treatment for phobias in which clients are exposed repeatedly and intensively to a feared object and made to see that it is actually harmless. Implosion therapy A behavioral therapeutic technique that exposes a client to anxiety-provoking stimuli, through his or her own imagination, in an attempt to extinguish the anxiety associated with the stimuli. Sensate Focusing A set of specific sexual exercises for couples or for individuals aimed at increasing personal and interpersonal awareness of self and the other's needs. Each participant is encouraged to focus on their own varied sense experience, rather than to see orgasm as the sole goal of sex. Family tracking During the tracking process the therapist listens intently to family stories and carefully records events and their sequence. Through tracking, the family therapist is able to identify the sequence of events operating in a system to keep it the way it is. interpersonal and social rhythm therapy Treatment for people with bipolar disorder that helps them manage their social relationships and daily rhythms to try to prevent relapse. Thematic Apperception Test A projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes. Intelligence Tests Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scare, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), Standford Binet Intelligence Scale. Personality Tests MMPI-2, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Personality Assessment Inventory, California Psychological Inventory. MMPI-2 A widely used personality assessment instrument that gives scores on ten important clinical traits. Milon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory Personality assessment that is smaller and quicker to take that is for adults. ADE Needs Assessment Substance abuse screener for adults that addresses stress, home, and criminal history Biblio Recommending helpful books for clients so that they can gain insight into their condition. Types of groups Therapy, training, guidance, counseling, encounter, psychoeducation Group content The material discussed within the group Group process How the group talks about the content Group cohesion The extent to which members of a group support and validate one another Group norms Shared guidelines or rules for behavior that most group members follow Intermittent Explosive Disorder Recurrent behavior outbursts representing failure to control aggressive impulses. Verbal aggression 2/week for 3 months, or 3 destructive behavior in 12 months. Must be after age of 6. No irritability between outbursts. Group dynamics The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals