Mental Health & Psychology 1-20
20 entries in the Mental Health & Psychology compendium.
Acute stress reactionA transient psychological response to traumatic or terrifying experiences.Altered state of consciousnessA temporary mental state differing from normal waking consciousness.AmnesiaMemory loss from brain damage, disease, or trauma.AngstA term for intense anxiety, central to existentialist philosophy.AnomieSocial condition of normlessness from breakdown of moral values.Behavioral neuroscienceStudies biological and neural substrates of behavior and experience.BehaviorismSystematic approach focusing on observable behavior and environmental events.Clinical psychologyIntegration of science and practice to relieve psychological distress.Cognitive behavioral therapyPsychotherapy combining cognitive and behavioral principles.Cognitive biasSystematic deviations from rational judgment in human decision-making.Cognitive developmentField studying how children's cognition emerges and matures.Cognitive psychologyScientific study of human mental processes, emerging from the cognitive revolution.CopingCoping mechanisms manage stress, anxiety, and unpleasant emotions.CountertransferenceTherapist's feelings redirected toward the patient.Death anxietyAnxiety caused by awareness of one's own mortality.Depression (mood)A mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.Developmental psychologyScientific study of human growth and change across the lifespan.Digital media use and mental healthComplex effects of digital media on mental health studied since 1990s.DreamDreams are involuntary sequences of images and emotions during sleep.Dream interpretationAssigning meaning to dreams across cultures and eras.
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