Psychology Core Concepts Chapter 13

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Therapy

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A general term for any treatment process; in psychology and psychiatry

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Psychological therapies

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Therapies based on psychological principles (rather than on the biomedical approach); often called "psychotheraphy"

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Biomedical therapies

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Treatments that focus on altering the brain

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Insight therapies

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Psychotherapies in which the therapist helps patients/clients understand (gain insight into) their problems

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Psychoanalysis

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The form of psychodynamic therapy developed by Sigmund Freud. The goal of psychoanalysis is to release conflicts and memories from the unconscious

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Analysis of transference

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The Freudian technique of analyzing and interpreting the patient's relationship with the therapist

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Neo-Freudian psychodynamic therapies

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Therapies for mental disorder that were developed by psychodynamic theorists who embraced some of Freud's ideas but disagreed with others

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Humanistic therapies

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Treatment techniques based on the assumption that people have a tendency for positive growth and self-actualization

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Client-centered therapy

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A humanistic approach to treatment developed by Carl Rogers

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Reflection of feeling

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Carl Roger's technique of paraphrasing the clients' words

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Cognitive therapy

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Emphasizes rational thinking (as opposed to subjective emotion

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Group therapy

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Any form of psychotherapy done with more than one client/patient at a time. This is often done from a humanistic perspective.

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Self-help support groups

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Groups

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Behavior modification

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Another term for behavior therapy

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Behavior therapy

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Any form of psychotherapy based on the principles of behavioral learning

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Systematic desensitization

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A behavioral therapy technique in which anxiety is extinguished by exposing the patient to an anxiety-provoking stimulus

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Exposure therapy

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A form of desensitization therapy in which the patient directly confronts the anxiety-provoking stimulus (as opposed to imagining the stimulus)

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Aversion therapy

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As a classical condition procedure

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Contingency management

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An operant conditioning approach to changing behavior by altering the consequences

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Token economy

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An operant technique applied to groups

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Participant modeling

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A social learning technique in which a therapist demonstrates and encourages a client to imitate a desired behavior

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy

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A newer form of psychotherapy that combines the techniques of cognitive therapy with those of behavioral therapy

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Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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Albert Ellis's brand of cognitive therapy

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Active listener

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A person who gives the speaker feedback in such forms as nodding

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Antipsychotic drugs

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Medicines that diminish psychotic symptoms

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Tardive dyskinesia

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An incurable disorder of motor control

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Antidepressant drugs

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Medicines that affect depression

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Lithium carbonate

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An simple chemical compound that is highly effective in dampening the extreme mood swinsg of bipolar disorder

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Antianxiety drugs

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A category of drugs that includes the barbiturates and benzodiazepines

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Stimulants

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Drugs that normally increase activity level by encouraging communication among neurons in the rain. They

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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A common problem in children who have difficulty controlling their behavior and focusing their attention

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Psychosurgery

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The general term for surgical intervention in the brain to treat psychological disorders

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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A treatment used primarily for depression and involving the application of an electric current to the head

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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A treatment that involves magnetic stimulation of specific regions of the brain. Unlike ECT

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Therapeutic community

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Jones's term for a program of treating mental disorder by making the institutional environment supportive and humane for patients

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Deinstitutionalization

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the policy of removing patients

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Community mental health movement

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An effort to deinstitutionalize mental patients and to provide therapy from outpatient clinics. Proponents of community mental health envisioned that recovering patients could live with their families