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Psychotherapy Definition
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Therapy in which people with mental disoders interact with trained psychotherapists who help them change certain behaviors, thoughts or emotions so they can function better.
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Types of Psychotherapies
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Psychodynamic
Experiential/Phenomenological Behavior Cognitive Biological Group |
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Theory Behind Psychotherapy Therapies
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Mental disorders stem from the kind of hidden inner conflicts first described by Freud. Once made aware of these conflicts, patients will no longer have the disorders.
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Methods of Psychoanalysis
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Free Association
-say whatever comes to mind Resistance -refusal to report certain thoughts Transference -intense feelings of love or hate towards the analyst Dream Interpretation Hypnosis |
Free Association
Resistance Transference Dream Interpretation Hypnosis |
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Problems with Psychoanalysis
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It takes a long time
Costly Based on Unproven Assumptions Ineffective -people usually don't get better when their unconscious is revealed to them |
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Theory Behind Experientail/ Phenomenological Therapies
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Disorders result when the environmental we live in interferes with personal growth and fulfillment.
NOT that humans have dark inner urges that cause disorders |
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Role of the Therapist in Experientail/ Phenomenological Therapies
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a guide for their "clients" (not patients)
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Theory Behind Behavior Therapies
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Psychological Disorders Stem from Faulty Learning
Maladaptive habits may have been acquired by -classical conditioning -operant conditioning -observational learning |
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What is Classical Conditioning and the Treatments?
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Phobias
Systematic Desensititizaion, Flooding |
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What is Classical Conditioning and the Treatment?
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Child has temper tantrums because he was reinforced for this behavior
Extinguish reinforcer and condition new behavior |
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What is Observational Learning and the Treatment?
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Learn poor behavior by observing
Observe |
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What are the 3 Types of Cognitive Therapy?
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Rational Emotive Therapy
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Evaluation |
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What is Rational Emotive Therapy?
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-Overcoming irrational beliefs
-Recognizing and rejecting irrational thinking "everyone should act like me" |
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How does Cognitive Behavior Therapy work?
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Recognize and change illogical patterns of thought that underline depression
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"If good things happen to me, its just luck"
"My life is a mess and will never improve" |
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How does Evaluation work?
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Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies are often Combined
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What are the types of Drugs used in Biomedical Therapy?
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Antipsychotic
Antidepressant Antibipolar Antianxiety |
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What are the effects of antipsychotics?
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Psych wards when from mayhem to calm
reduce hallucinations/ delusions by blocking dopamine receptors ex clozapine |
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What are the effects of antidepressants?
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counter depression by increasing the amount of serotonin
SSRIs ex Prozac |
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What are the effects of antibipolar meds?
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counters manic-depression
ex. Lithium |
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What are the effects of antianxiety meds?
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inhibit CNS in the brain
ex. Valium |
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Discuss Electro-Convulsive Therapy
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Recommended for patients who are severely suicidal or psychotically depressed
Shocks brain electrodes are placed on temples and brief shocks are administers (1 second) until the patient has a seizure. Patients receive three treatments a week for several weeks. Don't know why it works |
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What is Psychosurgery?
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Several neural connections in the brain
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Wat is Lobotomy?
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AKA Prefrontal Lobotomy
Severing prefrontal area of brain from the rest think Egas Moniz |
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What is Cingulatomy?
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Severing a very small area of the brain and the limbic system in people with depression, anxiety disorders, and OCD
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What common factors effect the effectiveness of psychotherapy?
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Setting
Explanation of psychological disorder Recommended Actions Therapeutic alliance with therapist |
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