Ch 16 Flashcards
what percent of adults experience mental illness
19%
first institutions to house the mentally ill
asylums
therapy that is not the individual’s choice
involuntary treatment
the person chooses to attend therapy to obtain relief from symptoms
voluntary treatment
psychological treatment that uses various methods to help someone overcome personal problems
psychotherapy
medication and or medical procedures to treat psychological disorders
biomedical therapy
first form of psychotherapy, developed by freud in the early 20th centur
psychoanalysis
Aimed to help uncover repressed feelings by exploring unconsious
psychoanalysis
interpreting the latent meaning ofdreams
dream analysis
pt transfers all the emotions associated with other relationships to the psychoanalyst
transference
nteraction with toys is used instead of talk, used in therapy with children
play therapy
children are encouraged to work thru problems by playing freely while therapist observes
non directive play therapy
therapist provides structure and guidance by suggesting topic, asking questions, and playing with child
directive play therapy
principles of learning are applied to change undesirable behaviors
behavior therapy
applied to recondition clients and change their behavior
classical conditioning
client learns a new response to a stimulus that has produced undesirable behavior
counter conditioning
using an unpleasant stimulus to stop and undesirable behavior
aversive conditioning
has been used to effectively treat alcoholism
Antabuse
seeks to change the response to a condiitoned stimulus
exposure therapy
developed first type of exposure therapy
Mary cover jones
UCS is presented over and over just after presentation of the CS
exposure therapy
Refined jones’s techniques and developed teh version of exposure therapy used today
Joesph wolpe
type of exposure therapy wherein a calm and pleasant state is gradually associated with inc levels of anxiety indiucing stimuli
systematic desensitization
based on principle that behaviors become extinguished when not reinforced
operant conditioning
operant conditioning technique designed to reinforce positive behaviors and punish unwanted behaviors
applied behavior analysis
Encourages clients to find more logical ways of interpreting situations and positive ways of thinking
cognitive therapy
taking a small situation and making it huge
overgeneralization
seeing things in absolutes
polarized thinking
assuming that people are thinking negatively about you or reacting negatively to you, without evidence
jumping to conclusions
focuses more on present issues rather than on a patients past
cognitive behavioral therapy
one of the first forms of cognative bahvioral theapy
rational emotive therapy
works to change cognitive distortions and self defeating behaviors
cognitive behavioral therapy
Focuses on helping people achieve their potential nd inc self awareness and acceptance thru focus on conscious thoughts
humanistic therapy
Emphasized the importance of the person taking control of their own life to overcome life’s challenges
rogerian/ client centered therapy
therapist does not give advice or pro ide interpretations but helps client ID conflicts and understand feelings
nondirective therapy
Individuals can be prescribed biologcally based treatments or psychotropic medications that are used to treat mental disorder
biomedical therapies
medications used to treat psychologcal disorders
psychotropic medications
alter levels of serotonin and norepinephrine and treat depression and anxiety
antidepressants
treat episodes of mania and depression (bipolar disorder)
mood stabilizers
induces seizures to help alleviate severe depression
electroconvulsive therapy
magnetic fields stimulate nerve cells to improve depression symptoms
transcranial magnetic stimulation
initial meeting to assess the client’s clinical needs
intake
Client works one on one with a trained therapist
Usually lasts 45 min to 1 hr and meetings occur in confidential envorm
individual therapy
Several clinets meet with a trained therapist to discuss a common issue such as divorce, grief, an eating disorder, substance abuse, or PTSD
group therapy
groups with strong educational components
Psycho-educational group s
mental health professionals must understand and address issues of race, culture, and ethnicity and use strategies to effectively address needs to various populations
cultural competence
