Chapter 13 Treatment Flashcards
Enlightment reformers of the mentally ill
- phillippe pinel, France
- Dorothea Dix, US
- helped stop the criminal-like treatment of the mentally ill
- spurred making of separate and kinder institutions
History of psychological illness treatment
1) trephining
2) Greece and Rome- biological factors that could be treated
3) Medieval Europe- demonic spirits was the cause, persecution
4) enlightment- more humane treatment with reformers
5) 1950s- development of drugs, deinstitutionalization
6) more focus on preventative efforts
Deinstitutionalization
- huge boom of ppl being released from mental institutions after development of drugs in 1950s
- but many unable to take care of themselves Once released (like schizophrenics) and ended up homeless
- needs supposed to be met on outpatient basis
Psych disorders preventative efforts
- primary- works to reduce joblessness or homelessness that may cause mental illness
- secondary- works with people at risk for specific mental illness (trauma after earthquake)
- tertiary- working to prevent peoples mental issues from becoming more severe
Psychotherapy
General term to describe any kind of therapy that treats and mind (used by all approaches except biological)
Psychological treatments
Aim to alter client’s behavior, thoughts, and/or emotions
Types of treatment psych disorders
- psychotherapy
- somatic treatments
Somatic treatments
Psych treatment used by bio approach, ex: drugs
Patient
Refers to people that come for psychoanalytic or biological treatment
Client
Refers to people that come for treatment that’s not from psychoanalytic or biological approach
Psychoanalysis
- psych treatment made by Freud
- underlying problem of psych disorder is unconscious conflicts
- lengthy and expensive
1) patient lies on couch
2) hypnosis, free association, and/or dream analysis elude ego defenses
3) therapist interpretation - side effects- transference, resistance, symptom substitution
Symptom substitution
- Side effect Of psychoanalysis
- after a person is successfully treated, develop a new psych problem
Free association
- psychoanalysis technique, patients say whatever comes to mind without thinking (no censor, no ego)
Dream analysis
Psychoanalysis technique- ask patients to describe dreams (ego relaxed in sleep), therapist judges what the latent content is
- manifest content- what the patient reports
- latent content- revealed with therapist interpretation (deeper unconscious meaning)
Transference
- psychoanalysis side effect
- patients begin to redirect strong emotions felt toward ppl they have troubling relationships with to therapist
Psychodynamic treatment
- generally see unconscious as IMp element in treatment process like in psychoanalysis, but also may use other techniques from other perspectives
Insight therapies
Therapies that highlight importance of patients or clients understanding their problems (self discovery)
Resistance
Psychoanalysis expected side effect
- when patients object to therapist interpretations
- since it’s hard for patients to come to terms with deeply repressed thoughts
Humanistic therapy
- focus on helping ppl accept themselves and self actualize
- built on belief ppl are innately good and have free will, just need support to self actualize
- client centered therapy
- gestalt therapy
- existential therapies
Client centered therapy
- Humanistic therapy made by Carl Rogers
- therapist gives patient unconditional positive regard
- non directive
- use active listening.