3RD EDITION CHAPTER 1 PSYCHOLOGY & MENTAL
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Psychopathology - CORRECT ANSWER -the study of the symptoms, causes,
and treatments of mental disorders
Mental Health professional - CORRECT ANSWER -health care practitioners
whose services focus on improving mental health or treating mental illness.
psychodiagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER -an assessment and description of an
individual's psychological symptoms, including inferences about what might be
causing the psychological distress.
Mental Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER -Psychological symptoms or
behavioral patterns that reflect an underlying psychobiological dysfunction, are
associated with distress or disability, and are not merely an expectable response
to common stressors or losses.
Mental Illness - CORRECT ANSWER -A mental health condition that
negatively affects a person's emotions, thinking, behavior, relationships with
others, or overall functioning.
Abnormal Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -the scientific study whose
objectives are to describe, explain, predict, and modify behaviors associated
with mental disorders
Treatment plan - CORRECT ANSWER -a proposed course of therapy,
developed collaboratively by a therapist and client, that addresses the client's
most distressing mental health symptoms