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What are the most common type of drug based treatments called? |
pharmacotherapies |
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what type of treatment is used for schizophrenia? |
*antipsychotics (haloperidol) -doesnt cure schizophrenia -drug effects patients differently -side effect: tardive dyskinesia (uncomfortable facial mvmnts, 20% have this) |
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what type of treatment is used for mood disorders? |
*antidepressants -selective serotinin re-uptake inhibitors (fluoxetine: prozac;floxet) -fewer side effects than previous versions; can cause nervousness & loss of sex drive (30% of ppl) |
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what type of treatment is used for anxiety disorders? |
*anxiolytics (tranquilizers) -benzodiazepines (Xanax; Frontin) -drug can be addictive if taken for long periods -only relieves symptoms |
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What is Psychoanalysis about? |
-The assumption that ppl aren't aware of their problems. -Freud said conflicts need to be brought to the surface and make the patients aware and understand them. -psychoanalytic therapy is usually considered to be over when the patient is better; no specific timeline |
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What is the process of free association? |
-asks patients to verbalize all ideas/feelings/images that come to them; more benefitial if the patient can lose all inhibitions -if therapist pays close attention to what the patient says, then they have better chance of finding the issue -therapist will also pay attention when the patient pauses. (Freud said that a pause is the mind trying to repress memories) -if the patient is pausing, then they can usually determine this is where the problem lies |
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what is the process of dream analysis? |
-through analysis of dream content, we can discover the issues that the patient is having- Freud -therapists pay close attention of the patient's feelings toward them; the patient often behaves toward therapists as they would toward someone they already know |
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what is tranference? |
-transferring your feelings about one person, on to another -therapy usually 3-5 x week for 5-7 yrs; very costly |
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what is the goal of behavior therapies (since 1950'-60's)? |
-to directly change the patient's behavior |
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what is the process of systematic desensitization? |
-a part of classical conditioning 1. patient told to relax 2. draw a fear hierarchy 3. -in vitro (imagine yourself in the situation) -in vivo (=in vivo exposure; put in real life situation) -you can only keep moving forward if the patient proceeds through ea. level w/o problems. If not, then need to start process over. |
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what is the process of flooding? |
-part of control conditioning 1. leave patient is fear provoking situation for an extended period of time, before they can get better |
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what is response shaping? |
-part of operant conditioning 1. breaking down achievement of target behavior into a sequence of steps |
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what is a token economy? |
-part of operant conditioning 1. patient's receive tokens for behaviors that you would like them to develop, and later they can exchange them for diff kinds of rewards. -mainly not used anymore due to ethical reasons |
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what is the problem with behavior therapies methods? |
they don't take the patient's thoughts about the process into account. |
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what is cognitive behavior therapy about? |
-if there is a problem with a person's beliefs, then CBT can help by changing those beliefs -therapist's aim is to dispel irrational beliefs |
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what are import in the process of CBT? |
1. keep a diary of thoughts/events 2. identification of beliefs/ideas 3. testing those beliefs 4. training -however, there can be spontaneous remission (patients get better on their own) |
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what did the randomized control trial show? |
group a: systematic desensitization group b: CBT group c: waiting list group d: conversation with a layperson improvement: group a & b both showed the best improvement; group c was the worst. |
