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Therapy
Exam #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Percentage of Americans that will experience psychological disorder at some point in their life | 44% |
| Percentage of Americans that receive therapy | 15% |
| Goals of therapy | -Reaching a diagnosis -Proposing a cause - Making a prognosis -Treatment |
| Prognosis | Statement about the future and lets the patient make informed choices |
| Clinical Psychologist | Licensed, doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) |
| Psychiatrists | Medical doctors with additional training in psychiatry, medical model based treatment, can prescribe medication |
| Clinical Social Worker | MSW (Master of Social Work), Has a lot of training required, community level of mental health |
| Counselors | Work with a type of people or units of people they want to work with -Not a specific license -Masters degree level |
| Pastoral Counselor | Clergy in any religion. No formal training. |
| Insight Therapy | Understanding yourself better, gaining insight of the problematic way of thinking or behavior |
| Behavioral therapy | Focused on changing the behavior |
| Cognitive therapy | Emphasis on changing problematic cognitions/faulty thinking |
| Ways to change cognitions | -Challenge assumptions -Evaluate assumptions -Reattribute blame to situation -Discuss alternative solutions |
| Theory of Illness in Psychodynamic therapy | Fixation, what happened during childhood, unconscious mind |
| Theory of Cure in Psychodynamic therapy | Talk therapy |
| Therapeutic methods in Psychodynamic therapy | -Free Association -Dream Interpretation -Transference |
| Free Association | Patient talks about what they are thinking |
| Dream Interpretation | To access the unconscious |
| Transference | The client interacts with them as though they were an important figure in their life |
| Therapeutic methods in Humanistic therapy | -Unconditional positive regard -Accurate empathy: Active listening, reflecting back on emotions patient is feeling -Genuineness- Care and concern for client |
| Theory of Illness in Behavior therapy | Faulty learning; learning maladaptive behavior |
| Theory of Cure in Behavior therapy | Relearning- severing tie of maladaptive behavior |
| Systematic desensitization | Type of therapy to treat phobias, anxiety disorder, and PTSD |
| Types of Systematic desensitization | -Imaginal exposure -Fear hierarchy |
| Imaginal exposure | Client imagining the feared object or situation |
| Fear hierarchy | Work on realization until they are calm |
| Flooding | Actual exposure to feared object or situation |
| Token Economy (Operant Conditioning) | people earn "tokens" for showing desired behaviors, which they can then trade in for rewards or privileges |
| Theory of Illness in Biomedical Therapy | Genetics: looking at central nervous system because there is something in the brain that is not working right |
| Theory of Cure in Biomedical Therapy | Drug therapy- alters the brain |
| Antianxiety drugs | Valium, Xanax -short term -minor tranquilizers |
| Antipsychotic drugs | Thorazine, Haldol -Treats Schizophrenia -major tranquilizer |
| Antimania (mood stabilizers) | Lithium- Treats Bipolar Disorder -Must manage closely and carefully |
| Antidepressant | Nardill, Elavil, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft -Treat Major Depressive Disorder -All meant to boost serotonin |
| Nardil (MAO inhibitor) | Blocks MAO enzyme, which normally breaks down serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine |
| Elavil (Tricyclics) | Boost norepinephrine and serotonin levels by preventing the reuptake |
| SSRI's | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors- Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft |
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