Chapter 16 - Treatment of Phycological Disorder Flashcards
Antianxiety Drugs
Psycotropic drugs that reduce anxiety and tension.
Antidepressants Drugs
Psychotropic drugs that shift the mood of depressed people.
Antipsychotic Drugs
Psychotropic drugs that help correct grossly confused or distorted thinking.
Aversion Therapy
Therapy designed to help clients to aquire anxiety responses to stimuli that the client has been finding too attractive.
Biological Therapy
The use of physical and chemical procedures to help people overcome psychological difficulties.
Catharsis
Reliving of past repressed feelings as a means of settling internal conflicts and overcoming problems.
Client-Centred Therapy
Found by Carls Rogers, based on the notion thatbthe client is an equal and that positive gains are made by mirroring clients’ thoughts and feelings in an atmosphere of unconditional positive regard.
Cognitive Therapy
Beck’s cognitive therapy technique designed to help clients recognize and change their dysfunctional thoughts and ways of thinking.
Community Mental Health Treatment
Treatment program that emphasises community care, including an emphasis on preservation.
Couple Therapy or Relationship Counseling
Therapy format in which a therapist works with two people wolho are in a long-term relationship.
Culture-Sensitive Therapies
Approach that seeks to address unique issues faced by members of cultural minority groups.
Deep Brain Stimulation
A procedure in which implanted electrodes deliver a constant low stimulation to a small area of the brain; used to treat severe depression, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy.
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Use of electric shock to trigger a brain seizure in hopes of relieving abnormality functioning.
Empirically Supported or Evidence Based Treament Movement
Treatment to help clonicans become more familiar with and apply research findings concerning the effectiveness of particular treatments.
Family Therapy
A format in which a therapist meets with all members of a family to help the whole family to change.
Free Association
Psychodynamic therapy technique of allowing clients to freely talk about whatever they want.
Gebder-Sensitive Feminist Therapies
Approuches that seek to address the unique pressures of being female.
Group Therapy
Psychtheraputic format in which a therapist sees several clients at the same time.
Individual Therapy
Psychotheraputic format in which the therapist sees the client alone; the okdest of the modern formats.
Lobotomy
Surgical procedure of cutting between the frontal lobe and the lower centers of the brain.
Mood Stabilizing Drug
Drugs that help stabilize the moods of people suffering from bipolar disorder.
Placebo
An inactive substancesuch as a sugar pill or distilled water, that mimics a drig but has no active ingredients.
Psychosurgery
Brain surgery often used in holes of relieving abnormal functioning.
Physiotherapy
A treatment system in which a client and a therapist use words and acts to overcome the client’s psychological difficulties.