| Question | Answer |
| family therapy | group therapy with family members |
| psychodynamic therapies | therapies that stress the importance of the unconscious mind, extensive interpretation by the therapist and the role of experiences in the early childhood years. |
| psychotherapy | the non-medical process used by mental health professionals to help individuals recognize and overcome their problems |
| behavior therapies | Therapies that use principles of learning to reduce or eliminate maladaptive behavior. |
| cognitive-behavioral therapies | Therapy consisting of a combination of cognitive therapy and behavior therapy; self-efficacy is an important goal of cognitive-behavior therapy |
| electroconvulsive therapy | commonly called shock therapy; a treatment used for severly depressed individuals that causes a seizure to occur in the brain |
| systematic desensitization | a method of behavior therapy based on classical conditioning that treats anxiety by getting the person to associate deep relaxation with increasingly intense anxiety producing situations |
| cognitive therapies | Therpaies emphasizing that individuals' cognitions, or thought, are the main source of abnormal behavior and psychological problems |
| biological therapies | treatments to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders by altering the way an individual's body functions |
| anti-depressant drugs | drugs that regulate mood |
| couples therapy | group therpay with married or unmarried couples whose major problem lies within their relationship |
| humanistic therapies | therapies that encourage clients to understand themselves and to grow personally. The humanistic therapies are unique in their emphasis on self-healing capacities. |
| anti-anxiety drugs | commonly known as tranquilizers; drugs that reduce anxiety by making individuals calmer and less excitable |
| anti-psychotic drugs | powerful drugs that diminish agitated behavior, reduce tension, decrease hallucinations,, improve social behavior and produce better sleep patterns in people who have a severe psychological disorder, especially schizophrenia |
