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psychopathology - Coggle Diagram
psychopathology
OCD
emotional
anxiety
guilt + disgust
behavioural
compulsion
Repetitive behaviour to reduce anxiety and give relief
avoidance
cognotive
irrational thought
obsessions - negative thoughts - give anxiety
repetitive
drug therapies
SSRI's
block reuptake of serotonin
increases seretonin in synapse
phobias
operant conditioning
form association with phobia from stimulus
mower 2 process model
example
dog
neutral stimulus = dog
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response = fear
conditioned stimulus = dog
Conditioned response = fear
treatment
systematic desensitisation
Condition the patient to form new association with stimulus
create anxiety hierarchy
series of steps ranked most to least frightening
expose patient to each stage
relaxation techniques calm patient - breathing, medication...
flooding
expose patient to most extreme form of stimulus
endure until anxiety decreases
extinction
extinguish fear response - replace it with new repsonse
counter conditioning
reciprocal inhibition
cannot feel fear + relaxed simutaniesouly