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psychotherapy |
the generic name given to formal psychological treatment |
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biological therapies |
treatment of psychological disorders based on medical approaches to disease (what is wrong with the body) and to illness (what a person feels as a result) |
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insight |
the goal of psychoanalysis; a client's awareness of his or her own unconscious psychological processes and how these processes affect daily life |
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psychodynamic theroy |
a form of therapy based on Freudian theory; it aims to help clients examine needs, defenses and motives as a way of understanding distress |
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client-centered therapy |
an empathetic approach to therapy; it encourages people to fulfill their individual potentials for personal growth through self-understanding |
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behavior therapy |
treatment based on the premise that behavior is learned and therefore can be unlearned through the use of classical and operant conditioning |
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exposure |
a behavioral therapy technique that involves repeated exposure to an anxiety-producing stimulus or situation |
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cognitive therapy |
treatment based the idea that distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions; treatment strategies attempt to modify these thought patterns |
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cognitive restructuring |
a therapy that strives to help clients recognize maladaptive thought patterns and replace them with ways of viewing the world that are more in tune with reality |
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cognitive behavioral therapy |
a therapy that incorporates techniques from cognitive therapy and behavior therapy to correct faulty thinking and maladaptive behaviors |
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expressed emotion |
a pattern of negative actions by a client's family members, includes critical comments, hostility directed toward the person by family members and emotional overinvolvement |
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psychotropic medication |
drugs that affect mental processes |
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anti-anxiety drugs |
a class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of anxiety |
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antidepressants |
a class of psychotropic medication used for the treatment of depression |
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antipsychotics |
a class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of schizophrenia or other disorders that involve psychosis |
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
a procedure that involves administering a strong electrical current to the person's brain to produce a seizure; it's effective for some cases of deep depression |
