Chapter 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy Flashcards

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This is used primarily to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

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Antipsychotics

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This is used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, and
obsessive–compulsive disorder

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Antidepressants

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This is prescribed for patients who complain of excessive
anxiety and worry

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Anti-anxiety medications (tranquillizers)

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This is typically used to treat bipolar disorder

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Mood stabilizers

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5
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This has shown promising results to help treat PTSD

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MDMA

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What do antianxiety drugs affect?

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They affect the activity of GABA, an inhibitory nt that reduces neural activity

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What is the publication bias?

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Journals tend to publish positive findings, not negative or ambiguous ones, which shapes what we know about treatment. We don’t hear about:
> the placebo effect
> side effects and medication discontinuation
> disregard for effective, possibly better nonmedical treatments
> unknown risks over time and medication interactions
> untested off-label uses

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What was the most famous modern effort to cure mental illness through psychosurgery?

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Prefrontal lobotomy

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9
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This has proven helpful in the
treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder and depression

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Anterior cingulotomy

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10
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In this medical treatment, small areas of brain tissue that are surgically destroyed

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Focal lesions

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This involves passing an electrical current through the brain in order to induce a temporary seizure

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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This is a therapeutic technique in which a focal area of the brain is exposed to a powerful magnetic field across several treatment sessions

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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

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This is a technique that involves electrically stimulating specific regions of the brain

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Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

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A major element of psychodynamic therapy is ___________, the client’s displacement of unconscious emotions or reactions onto the therapist.

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transference

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This applies principles of classical and operant conditioning to help people change self-defeating or problematic behaviors

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Behavior therapy

Behavioral therapists use such methods as:
> behavioral self-monitoring
> graduated exposure & flooding
> systematic desensitization
> skills training

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This is designed to identify and change irrational, unproductive ways of thinking and, hence, to reduce negative emotions

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Cognitive therapy

Two leading cognitive approaches are:
- Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy for depression
- Albert Ellis’s rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

17
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A new wave of _______ practitioners propose a form of _______ based on “mindfulness” and “acceptance”:
- nonjudgmental approach
- focus on coping techniques
- use of “attentional breathing” to interrupt a spiral of negative thinking

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Cognitive behavioral therapy

18
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What is humanist therapy?

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It emphasizes:
- personal growth
- resilience
- the achievement of human potential
- the client’s ability to change rather than
repeating past conflicts

The goal of humanist psychology is to help people express themselves creatively and achieve their full potential

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This is a humanist approach developed by Carl Rogers, emphasizes:
* the therapist’s empathy with the client
* the use of unconditional positive regard
* The therapist’s role is to:
* build the client’s self-acceptance
* help the client find a more productive way of seeing their problems
Empathy is the crucial ingredient of successful therapy

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Client centered (nondirective) therapy

20
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What is existential therapy?

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It is designed to help clients explore the meaning of
existence and face the great questions
of life, such as:
* death
* freedom
* loneliness
* meaninglessness

All therapies help people determine:
* what matters to them
* what values guide them, and
* what changes they will have the
courage to make

21
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Family therapists maintain that individual problems:
- develop in the context of the family
- are sustained by the dynamics of the family

What is the family-systems perspective?

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It is an approach to doing therapy by identifying how each family member forms part of a larger interacting system

22
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What are possible reasons for the growing scientist-practitioner gap?

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> the rise of professional schools that are not connected to academic psychology departments and that train students solely to do therapy
the proliferation of unvalidated therapies in a crowded market

23
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These are concerned with the treatment of people who are physically disabled

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Rehabilitation psychologists

24
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This has been highly successful in reducing
teenage violence, drug abuse, and school problems in troubled inner-city communities