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16 Cards in this Set
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Psychotherapy
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Generic name given to formal psychological treatment
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Biological Therapies
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Treatment based on medical approaches to illness and to disease
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Insight
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a goal of some types of therapy; a patient's understanding of his or her own psychological processes
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client-centered therapy (Rogers)
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an empathic approach to therapy; it encourages personal growth through greater self-understanding
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Cognitive therapy
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treatment based on the idea that distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions
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itive restructuring (BECK)
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A therapy that strives to help patients 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
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A therapy that incorporates techniques from behavioral therapy and cognitive therapy to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviors
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exposure
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a behavioral therapy technique that involves repeated exposure to an anxiety- producing stimulus/situation
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Expressed emotion
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a pattern of interactions that includes emotional over-involvement, critical comments, and hostility directed toward a patient by family members
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Psychotropic medications
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drugs that affect mental processes (ex. inhibiting action potentials or altering synaptic transmission to increase or decrease the action of particular neurotransmitters)
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Anti-Anxiety Drugs
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a class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of anxiety
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Antidepressants
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a class of psychotropic medications used to treat depression. (ex. monoamine oxidase (MAO)=more serotonin available)
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Antipsychotics
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a class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other disorders that involve psychosis (block effects of dopamine)
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
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A procedure used to treat depression; it involves administering a strong electrical current to the patients brain
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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A form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder
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A form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder
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An intensive treatment for autism based on operant conditioning (reinforcing good behaviors
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