| A | B |
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| Antidepressants | a mood elevating drug, most commonly works by enhancing effects of seratonin and nor epinephrine |
| Token Economies | built upon the principles of operant conditioning |
| Aversive Therapy | incorporates fundamentals of conditioning in attempting to stop problematic behaviors |
| systematic desensitization | basic behavioral argument that phobias are conditioned fears |
| Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) | when the therapist challenges the irrational or unjustifiable cognitions of a patient |
| Albert Ellis | founder of the rational-emotive therapy (RET) |
| Aaron Beck | held a cognitive view of therapy, proposed the concept of cognitive triad |
| Cognitive Triad | theory that many unhappy people have negative thoughts about themselves the world and the future |
| Carl Rogers | has a humanistic approach on therapy- most optimistic and life affirming of therapy styles |
| Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR) | unshakable love and approval given without qualification |
| Free Association | during psychoanalysis a type of therapy where the patient engages by saying whatever comes to mind |
| MAO inhibitors | an antidepressant, mops up nor epinephrine and seratonin at the synapse |
| Tricyclics (TCA's) | an antidepressant, blocks the reuptake of nor epinephrine and seratonin at the presynaptic terminals |
| Nor epinephrine | a hormone and neurotransmitter, secreted by the adrenal medulla and the nerve endings of the sympathetic nervous system to cause vasoconstriction and increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and the sugar level of the blood |
| Seratonin | a neurotransmitter involved in sleep and depression and memory |
| Neurotransmitter | A chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse. |
| Lithium Carbonate | a salt used to treat bipolar disorder |
| Antipsychotic Drugs | A drug that has tranquilizing effects and also tends to reduce hallucinations and delusional thinking |
| Ritalin | stimulant used to treat AD/HD |
| Electro convulsive Therapy (ECT) | a type of therapy used to treat severe depression |
