Chapter 15 Flashcards
prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the persons physiology
biochemical therapy
treatment involving psychological techniques
psychotherapy
an approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy
eclectic approach
freud believed the patients free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences released previously repressed feelings allowing the patient to gain self-insight
psychoanalysis
the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material
resistance
the analysts nothing supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
interpretation
the patients transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
transference
views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and seeks to enhance self-insight
psychodynamic therapy
a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a persons awareness of underlying motives and defenses
insight therapies
(Rodgers) a humanistic therapy in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients growth
client-centered therapy
empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies
active listening
a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which rodgers believed would help clients develop self-awareness and self-acceptance
unconditional positive regard
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
behavior therapy
behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors
counterconditioning
behavior techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear and aviod
exposure therapies
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli
systematic desensitization
an anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to electronic simulations of their greatest fears
virtual reality exposure therapy
a type of counterconditioning hat associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
aversive conditioning
an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the tokens for various privileges or treats
token economy
therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
cognitive therapy
a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy
cognitive-behavioral therapy
therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction
group therapy
therapy that treats the family as a system. Views an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, other family members
family therapy
clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
evidence-based practice
the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
psychopharmacology
drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder
antipsychotic drugs
drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
antianxiety drugs
drugs used to treat depression and some anxiety disorders
antidepressant drugs
a biochemical therapy for severly depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
ECT
the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity
rTMS
surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
psychosurgery
a psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients
lobotomy
the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
resilience
