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| What are the two different types of therapies? |
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*biological-direct intervention to brain:drugs or surgery. Psychiatrist or physcian's do these types of things
*psychotherapy-all diff types of therapy |
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| What are the four commonly prescribed drugs for mental disorders? |
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1. antipsychotics-used to treat psychosis, bi-polar, schitzophrenia
2. antidepressant-treat depression, diff anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders
3. tranquilizers-valium, calming
4.lithium carbonate-mood stabilizer |
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| In this type of an approach, often a tribal healer would try to release “psychic pressures” believed to be causing the problematic symptoms by drilling a hole in a person’s skull (it didn’t work). |
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| What is electroconvulsive shock therapy? What disorder is it effective with? What disorder(s) are ineffective with this type of treatment? |
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ECT is also known as “shock therapy” and is used for patients who suffer from severe depression. No one knows how or why it works. Patient lays down, electrodes are placed on each side of his/her head, and a brief current is turned on. The current triggers a seizure that typically lasts for about a minute.
*effective-severe depression
*ineffective-alcoholism & schitzophrenia |
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| What is transcranial magnetic stimulation? What is it used to treat? What area of the brain do they stimulate? |
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Definition
This is a milder way to electrically stimulate the brains of severely depressed people.
*treat-severely depressed people
*part of brain-left prefrontal cortex |
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| What does psychoanalysis focus on? |
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Definition
| go in depth of the unconcious processes of a person's problems |
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| What is free association? |
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| saying whatever comes to mind, therapist doesn't say much, gives patients hw (journal) |
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| What is transference and counter-transference? |
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*transference-client displaces emotional feeling of a significant person onto therapist
*counter transference-redirection of therapist feelings twds client |
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| What does behavior and cognitive therapy focus on? |
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Definition
therapies get right to the point: what’s the problem at this moment?
Often focus on how unrealistic beliefs/thoughts/cognitions are surrounding a particular thing. ex-anorexia |
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| Who started cognitive therapy? |
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| What are the 3 components of cognitive restructuring? |
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1. Evaluating validity of client‟s thoughts and beliefs
2. Assessing what the client expects, predicts
3. Assessing clients’ attributions for causes of events |
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| Who started rational emotive behavioral therapy? |
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| What does REBT point out about people? |
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people overgeneralize (if a person does one annoying thing they are an all around annoying person).
**people catastrophize (small problem into disaster). |
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| What are the 5 basic tenets of humanistic psychology? |
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Definition
1. Human beings cannot be reduced to components.
2. Human beings have in them a uniquely human context.
3. Human consciousness includes an awareness of oneself in the context of other people.
4. Human beings have choices and non desired responsibilities.
5. Human beings are intentional, they seek meaning, value and creativity. |
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| What is Rogerian therapy? |
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Definition
| Says that the therapist’s role is to listen to the client’s needs in an accepting and nonjudgmental way. |
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| What is unconditional positive regard? |
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Definition
| whatever the client’s presenting issue is, the goal is to build the client’s self-esteem and sense of acceptance, and help the client find a more productive way of seeing his or her problems. |
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| What is existential therapy? |
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This type of therapy helps clients explore the meaning of existence and face with courage the great questions of life, such as death, freedom, alienation from self and others, loneliness and meaninglessness.
**people are alone in life. |
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| What is the most important thing for a therapist to do? |
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| No matter what theoretical orientation a particular therapist is, first and foremost, he or she creates a relationship with his/her client(s). |
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-sexual intimacies or other unethical behavior on the part of the therapist
-prejudice or cultural ignorance on the part of the therapist
-the use of emperically unsupported, potentially dangerous techniques
-inappropriate or coercive treatments |
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