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Psychodynamic therapy |
therapy that seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more effectively |
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Psychoanalysis |
Freud's psychotherapy in which the goal is to release hidden thoughts and feelings from the unconscious part of our mminds in order to redue their power in controlling behavior |
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Tranference |
the transfer of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figures |
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Behavioral treatment approaches |
treatment approaches that make use of the basic processes of learning, such as reinforcement and extinction, to reduce or eliminate maladaptive behavior |
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Aversive conditioning |
a form of therapy that redues the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an aversive, unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior |
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Systematic desensitization |
a behavioral technique based on classical conditioning in which exposure to an anxiety-producing stimulus is paired with deep relaxation to extinguish the response of anxiety |
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Flooding |
a behavioral treatment for anxiety in which people are suddenly confronted with a stimulus that they fear |
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Cognitive treatment approaches |
treatment approaches that teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions aobut the world and themselves |
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Cognitive-behavioral approach |
a treatment approach that incorporates basi principles of learning to change the way people think |
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Rational-emotive behavior therapy |
a form of therapy that attempts to restructure a person's belief system into a more realistic, rational, and logical set of views by challenging dysfunctional beliefs that maintain irrational behavior |
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Humanistic therapy |
therapy in which the underlying rationale is that people have control of their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems |
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Person-centered therapy |
therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization |
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Interpersonal therapy (IPT) |
short-term therapy that focuses on the context of current social relationships, helping patients to control their moods and emotions |
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Group therapy |
therapy in which people meet in a group with a therapist to discuss problems |
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Family therapy |
an approach that focuses on the family and its dynamics |
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Spontaneous remission |
recovery without forma treatment |
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Drug therapy |
control of psychological disorders through the use of drugs |
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Antipsychotic drugs |
drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, haullucinations, and delusions |
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Antidepressant drugs |
medications that improve a severely depressed patient's mood and feeling of well-being |
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Mood stabilizers |
drugs used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense mood swings, especially manic episodes in bipolar disorders |
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Antianxiety drugs |
drugs that reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences essentially by reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being |
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
a procedure used in the treatment of severe depressions in which an electric current of 70-150 volts is briefly administered to a patient's head |
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Transcrainial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
a depression treatment in which a precise magnetic pulse is directed to a specific area of the brain |
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Psychosurgery |
brain surgery once used to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder but rarely used today |
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Community psychology |
a branch of psychology that focuses on the prevention and minimization of psychological disorders in the community |
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Deinstitutionalization |
the transfer of mental patients from institutions to the community |
