Dissociation
-Drastic change in personality to avoid emotional stress
Displacement
- Mom yells at kid because angry at husband
Fixation
- Spend all time playing video games/watching sports
Identification
- Abused child thinks he is a child abuser
Isolation
- Talk about a murder in a non schalant sort of way
Projection
- Man looking at other women accuses wife of cheating
Rationalization
- After being fired saying, that job wasn’t good anyways
Reaction Formation
- Adulterous man joins a monastery
Regression
- Kid begins wetting bed at birth of new sibling
Repression/blocking
-Involuntarily supressing memories
Splitting
-All good or all bad
Altruism
-Mob boss gives large donation to charity
Humor
-Nervous student laughs at test
Sublimation
- Anger at abusive father spurs kid to perform well in sports
Supression
Voluntarily witholding thoughts. Don’t think about test until it is here.
ADHD
-Childhood, diagnosed by seven. Inability to sit and learn. Normal intelligence but learning difficulties. Decreased volume in frontal lobe.
-Tx: methylphenidate: DA and NE uptake inhbibitor in the frontal lobe
Tx: atomoxetine: selective NE uptake inhibitor
Concduct Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disoreder
Tourrettes Syndrom
Separation Anxiety
- Tx: SSRI and behavioral therapy
Autism
Aspergers
- Repetitive behavior and problems with social interactions
Rett’s Syndrome
Childhood Disintegrative disorder