Chapter 5 - Psychopathology 5.0 / 5 based on 4 ratings ? PsychologyPsychopathologyASAQA Created by: IB122Created on: 10-04-16 11:09 83547102169 Across 1. A mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels (10) 5. An irrational fear of an object or situation (6) 6. A behavioural therapy in which a phobic patient is exposed to an extreme form of a phobic stimulus in order to reduce anxiety triggered by that stimulus. This takes place across a small number of long therapy sessions (8) 7. Refers to the process of thinking, knowing, perceiving and believing (9) 8. Also called dysfunctional thoughts. In Ellis' model and therapy, these are defined as thoughts that are likely to interfere with a person's happiness such dysfunctional thoughts lead to mental disorders such as depression (10, 8) 9. Treatment involving drugs i.e. chemicals that have a particular effect on the functioning of the brain or some other body system. In the case of psychological disorders, such drugs affect neurotransmitter levels (4, 7) Down 2. Ways in which people act (11) 3. Beck proposed three kinds of negative thinking that contributed to becoming depressed. Negative views of the world, the future and self. These views lead to interpreting their experiences in a negative way and make them more vulnerable to depression (8, 5) 4. Ellis proposed that depression occurs when an activating event (A) triggers an irrational belief (B) which in turn produces a consequence (C). i.e. emotional repsonse like depression. The key to this process is the irrational belief (3, 5) 10. Ways in which people feel (9)
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