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Treatment Modalities
Psych 111: Intro to Pysch (15)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alter the biochemistry of the brain. | Psychotropic Medication |
| ritalin | ADHD |
| paxil/xanax | Anxiety |
| prozac, zoloft, celexa | Depression |
| lithium | Bipolar Disorder |
| lesion/destroy problematic areas of the brain to eliminate disruptive behaviors (lobotomy, OCD surgery). | Psychosurgery |
| shock therapy, beneficial to those with severe depressions which aren't resonsive to medication/therapy. | Electroconclusive Therapy (ECT) |
| can lead to memory impairment, unclear of why/how it works. | Electroconclusive Therapy (ECT) |
| talking therapies | Psychotherapies |
| based on Freudian principles believing in the impact of early childhood. | Psychoanalysis |
| uses free association: saying whatever comes to mind. | Psychoanalysis |
| dream interpretation, transference, goal to uncover UCS conflicts to decrease anxiety/stress caused by guilt. | Psychoanalysis |
| develop relationship with therapist based on other people in one's life. | Transference |
| looks at unconscious conflicts, defense mechanisms, and symptonm resolution in a broader manner than Freud. | Psychodynamic Therapies |
| systematic desensitization, virtual reality therapy, aversion therapy, flooding. | Cognitive Behavioral Therapies |
| step-by-step processing of eliminating a fear. | Systematic Desensitization |
| uses counter conditioning: pair relaxation techniques with a feared situation. | Systematic Desensitization |
| substitutes punishment for the reinforcement of a bad habit. Antabuse for alcoholics, Shock for pedophiles. | Aversion Therapy |
| immersion into the feared situation/circumstance as an intervention to decrease the phobic/feared response. | Flooding |
| Example: putting someone afraid of spiders in a cage full of spiders immediately. making somone afraid of heights climb a tower. | Flooding |
| belief that people need to be self-actualized, unconditioned acceptance. | Humanistic Therapies |
| help build self-esteem and feeling of acceptance, unconditional positive regard (ex: Rogers). | Humanistic Therapies |
| help identify beliefs and expectations which maintain problems and conflicts. | Cognitive Therapies |
| Challenges distortions in thinking. | Cognitive Therapies |
| example: I can't tell my mom how I really feel because it will make her feel bad, and it would make me feel bad if she felt bad, and I wouldn't want to make her cry because that would make me feel bad, and on and on.... | Cognitive Therapies |
| focus on the dynamics in the family as a system with different rules, roles, and motivations. | Families and Couples Therapy |
| treat each person as an intergral to the bigger system, "idetified patient" is symptom barrier in the family (Evan). | Families and Couples Therapy |
| Change 1 part of the system and the whole system needs to adapt. | Families and Couples Therapy |
| people with similar or different problems come together to provide support strategies. | Group Therapy |
| normalization is a key componenet. | Group Therapy |
| can aid in socioal skills, empathy. | Group Therapy |
| various therapies see similar rates through this is challeneged statistically. | Pyschotherapy Outcome Research |
| different beliefs that some therapies do better for some disorders. | Pyschotherapy Outcome Research |
| a "+" therapeutic relationship to the therapist can be vital. | Pyschotherapy Outcome Research |
| if you feel "+" about your relationship with your therapist you are much more likely to be successful. | Pyschotherapy Outcome Research |