Chapter 15 - Treatment

Question 1

History overall theme

Answer 1

Reflected beliefs of the current time period

Question 2

Trephaning

Answer 2

Possessed by a spirit; released by drilling a hole in the head

Question 3

Beginning of medical therapy

Answer 3

Greek and Roman with the four humors

Question 4

Supernaturalism

Answer 4

Witch hunts

Question 5

Pinel and Dix

Answer 5

Stopped asylums in favor of treatment

Question 6

Difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist

Answer 6

Both diagnose and treat disorders however a psychiatrist prescribes medicine

Question 7

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 7

Patients need to be treated quickly and efficiently

Question 8

Psychoanalysis goals

Answer 8

Resolve unconscious conflicts and strengthen the ego

Question 9

Psychoanalysis four techniques

Answer 9

Free association (things that come to mind), dream interpretation, interpret resistance, interpret defense mechanisms

Question 10

Transference

Answer 10

Patients project problems onto therapist

Question 11

Psychoanalysis therapist characteristics

Answer 11

Directive (in control of therapy) and opaque (patient learns nothing of the therapist)

Question 12

Client centered therapy (Carl Rogers) therapist characterisitcs

Answer 12

Transparent (open with clients), no furniture between therapist and client, non-directive

Question 13

Client centered therapy overall priority

Answer 13

The here and now rather than childhood

Question 14

Cognitive therapy

Answer 14

Corrects habitual thinking errors that underlie disorders

Question 15

Behavior therapy

Answer 15

Uses learning and conditioning to change maladaptive behavior

Question 16

Behavior therapy techniques

Answer 16

Systematic desensitization (reduces phobic responses), aversion therapy (negative response to a stimulus), and social skills training

Question 17

Antianxiety drugs

Answer 17

Reduce anxiety; lasts for a couple hours and can cause troublesome side effects

Question 18

Antipsychotic drugs

Answer 18

Reduces effects of severe mood disorders; work gradually; bad side effects and patients often relapse without the drugs; can cause tardive dyskinesia which causes tics

Question 19

Antidepressant drugs

Answer 19

Elevates mood; works gradually

Question 20

Mood stabilizers

Answer 20

Controls mood swings in people with bipolar disorder; side effects can be lethal if not watched carefully