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Therapy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective | Most psychologists today believe that abnormal behavior is the result of biological, sociocultural, and/or psychological factors that combine and interact |
| What are treatment methods for disorders and mental issues? | When treating disorders or mental issues, therapists usually utilize one or both of two major approaches either the biomedical and psychological approach |
| What is the Biomedical Approach | Belief that certain mental disorders are disease and/or biologically based therefore treatment must be physical or biological in nature. |
| What is the main goal of the biomedical approach? | Changing some aspect of our physical functioning to treat a disorder |
| What are the main forms of biomedical treatment? | Psychosurgery and medication |
| What is psychotherapy? | A treatment of psychological disorders and mental issues through methods that include an interactive relationship between trained therapist and a client or clients |
| What is the belief of psychotherapy? | A number of mental disorders can be treated through a therapeutic/conversational approach |
| What is the main goal of psychotherapy? | Changing some aspect of our thinking/though processing/behavior in order to help with a mental disorder/abnormal behavior/mental issue |
| What is psychoanalysis? | Based on identifying unconscious thoughts and emotions and brining them to consciousness to help people understand of their thoughts and actions |
| What are some techniques of psychoanalysis? | Free associations, dreams, hypnosis |
| What is Behavior Therapy? | A treatment technique that begins with clear, well-defined behavioral goals, and then attempts to achieve those goals through learning and the strengthening of behavioral connections. Usually used only for specific disorders/problems |
| What is Cognitive Therapy? | A treatment technique that seeks to improve people's psychological well-being by changing their thoughts and beliefs |
| Cognitive-behavioral therapy | A form of therapy that emphasizes that problems are a result of one's interpretation of their situation that they are experience and their interpretation of themselves |
| Rational-emotive behavior therapy | A form of CBT that assumes that problems are a result of one's inappropriate/irrational emotional reactions to situations, not the unpleasant emotions themselves |
| What is the Humanistic Therapy | Based on the belief that mental disorders are often product of misperceptions or an incongruence of selves |
| Person-centered therapy | Pioneered by Carl Rogers. Incorporate total acceptance and unconditional positive regard of the patient in therapy sessions. Involves mirroring and patient focused therapy |
| What are other kinds of psychotherapy? | Family systems therapy, brief therapy, group therapy, self-help groups, eclectic therapy |
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