Glossary

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  1. A

    1. abnormal
    2. adjustment disorder
    3. adolescence
    4. alogia
    5. anhedonia
    6. anorexia nervosa
    7. anticonvulsant
    8. antidepressant
    9. antipsychotic
    10. antisocial personality disorder
    11. anxiety disorders
    12. applied behavior analysis
    13. Asperger's disorder
    14. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
    15. autism spectrum disorder
    16. avoidance and numbing
    17. avolition

  2. B

    1. behavioral activation
    2. behavioral therapy
    3. benzodiazepines
    4. binge eating
    5. bipolar disorder
    6. Brave Buddies
    7. bulimia nervosa

  3. C

    1. childhood disintegrative disorder
    2. chronic
    3. cognitive
    4. cognitive behavioral therapy
    5. command hallucinations
    6. comorbid
    7. compulsion
    8. conduct disorder
    9. confused behavior
    10. congenital

  4. D

    1. decatastrophize
    2. decompensate
    3. depressive episode
    4. developmental
    5. developmentally-based intervention
    6. diagnosis
    7. dialectical behavioral therapy
    8. DSM-IV
    9. dual diagnosis
    10. dyslexia
    11. dysthymic disorder

  5. E

    1. eating disorders
    2. electroconvulsive therapy
    3. enuresis
    4. environmental factors
    5. epigenetic
    6. episodic
    7. exposure and response prevention
    8. exposure therapy
    9. expressed affect

  6. F

    1. family therapy
    2. flattened affect
    3. fMRI

  7. G

    1. generalized anxiety disorder
    2. genetic
    3. genotype

  8. H

    1. hereditary
    2. hypochondriasis
    3. hypothyroidism

  9. I

    1. increased arousal
    2. Individualized Education Program
    3. insomnia
    4. intensive obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment
    5. intermittent explosive disorder
    6. internally distracted
    7. interpersonal therapy
    8. intrusive memories

  10. L

    1. learning disorder
    2. learning specialist

  11. M

    1. major depressive disorder
    2. mania
    3. manic episode
    4. MAOI
    5. mental disorder
    6. mood disorders
    7. mood stabilizer

  12. N

    1. neuroleptic
    2. neuropsychological testing
    3. neurotransmitter

  13. O

    1. obsession
    2. obsessive hoarding
    3. obsessive-compulsive disorder
    4. obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders
    5. oppositional
    6. oppositional defiant disorder

  14. P

    1. panic attack
    2. panic disorder
    3. paranoia
    4. parent-child interaction therapy
    5. pediatric psychopharmacology
    6. pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
    7. phenotype
    8. phobia
    9. phobic stimulus
    10. post-traumatic stress disorder
    11. prodromal
    12. prognosis
    13. psychiatric disorder
    14. psychiatrist
    15. psychoeducation
    16. psychological testing
    17. psychologist
    18. psychopharmacology
    19. psychosis
    20. psychostimulants
    21. purge

  15. R

    1. reuptake inhibitors

  16. S

    1. schizoaffective disorder
    2. schizophrenia
    3. schizophreniform disorder
    4. school refusal
    5. school-based evaluations
    6. sedative
    7. selective mutism
    8. separation anxiety disorder
    9. signs and symptoms
    10. social anxiety disorder
    11. specific phobia
    12. SSRI
    13. stressor
    14. substance abuse
    15. substance-use disorder
    16. suicidal ideation
    17. systematic desensitization

  17. T

    1. teacher-child interaction therapy
    2. tic
    3. Tourette's syndrome
    4. trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
    5. trichotillomania
    6. tricyclic antidepressant
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