Flashcards: Clinical psychology

Positive psychology is the branch of psychology that uses scientific understanding and effective intervention to aid in the achievement of a satisfactory life, rather than treating mental illness.

Paraphilia (also known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation) is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, fetishes, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals.

In psychology-related slang, the term control freak describes a person who attempts to dictate how everything is done around them.

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent unexpected panic attacks.

Person-centered therapy (PCT) is also known as person-centered psychotherapy, person-centered counseling, client-centered therapy and Rogerian psychotherapy.

Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems and disturbances and enabling people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used and researched standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology.

Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event.

Transpersonal psychology is a sub-field or "school" of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology.

Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T.

Narrative therapy is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to help people identify their values and the skills and knowledge they have to live these values, so they can effectively confront whatever problems they face.

A self-disorder, also called ipseity disturbance, is a psychological phenomenon of disruption or diminishing of a person's sense of minimal (or basic) self.

The mental status examination or mental state examination, abbreviated MSE, is an important part of the clinical assessment process in psychiatric practice.

Individual psychological assessment (IPA) is a tool used by organizations to make decisions on employment.