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Treatment Modalities
Psych 111: Intro to Pysch (15)
Question | Answer |
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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 |