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Psych Exam2 Ch.13

Boom Dizzle Chapter 13

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Treatment - Psychotherapy Treatment in which at rained professional – a therapist – uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders.
Treatment - Biomedical Therapy Relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning
Treatment - Psychodynamic therapy Relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning.
Psychodynamic Approaches to Therapy Seek to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious •Psychoanalysis consists of frequent sessions that often last for many years. o Free association o Dream interpretation o Resistance o Transfe
Behavioral Approaches to Therapy - Make the fundamental assumption: Both abnormal behavior and normal behavior are learned.
Behavioral Approaches to Therapy - Classical Conditioning Treatments o Aversive conditioning o Systematic desensitization o Exposure treatments
Behavioral Approaches to Therapy - Operant conditioning Techniques o Token System o Contingency contracting o Observational learning
Cognitive Approaches to Therapy • All forms of therapy share assumptions: Dysfunction due to maladaptive thinking. • Teach people to think in more adaptive way by changing maladaptive thinking.
Rational-emotive behavior therapy Attempts to restructure a person’s belief system into a more realistic, rational, and logical set
The Humanistic Approach, assumes: o People control their own behavior o Can make choices about the kinds of life they want to lead. o Are responsible for solving their own problems
Person-centered therapy The goal is the enable people to reach their potential for self-actualization.
Group Therapy Unrelated people meet with therapist to discuss common difficulty
Family Therapy Involves two or more family members, one (or more) of whose problems led to treatment.
Self-Help Therapy People with similar problems get together to discuss their shared feelings and experiences Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Effectiveness of Psychotherapy (Evaluating Psychotherapy) o Is effective for most people o Doesn’t work for everyone o Certain specific types of treatments are somewhat, although not invariably, better for specific types of problems
Effectiveness of Psychotherapy (Evaluating Psychotherapy)(REST OF BULLET POINTS) o No single form of therapy works best Spontaneous remission: Recovery without treatment
Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment Therapy that focuses on brain chemistry and other neurological factors
Antipsychotic Drugs (Drug Therapy) Reduce severe symptoms of disturbance, e.g., as loss of touch with reality and agitation
Antidepressant Drugs (Drug Therapy) In case of severe depression, improve the moods of patients.
Mood stabilizers Treat mood disorders
Antianxiety Drugs Reduce the level of anxiety and increase feelings of well-being.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) A procedure in which an electric current of 70 to 150 volts is briefly administered to a patient’s head, causing a loss of consciousness and often seizures.
Psychosurgery Brain surgery in which the object is to reduce symptoms of mental disorder – used only rarely today.
Prefrontal Lobotomy (Psychosurgery) Surgically destroying or removing parts of a patient’s frontal loves that were thought to control emotionality
Cingulotomy (Psychosurgery) A precise form of psychosurgery used with rare cases of OCD.
Community Psychology: Focus on Prevention • Prevent or minimize the incidence of psychological disorders • Deinstitutionalization o Transfer of former mental patient out of institution and into the community
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