chapter 17 Flashcards

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What’s psychotherapy?

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therapy through psychological techniques

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2
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What are electric therapists?

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use different kinds of therapies

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3
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What are the 2 components of psychodynamic theory?

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psychoanalysis and brief psychodynamic therapy

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4
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What is free association?

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sit behind client and tell them to say anything

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5
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What is resistance?

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defensive mechanism against therapy, sign of sensitive topic

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What is transference?

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client responds irrationally to the analyst as if they were an important figure from client’s past

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7
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What does brief psychodynamic therapy focus on?

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life problems rather than rebuilding personality

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What does inter-personal therapy focus on?

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marital conflict, loss or social skills

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9
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What does humanistic therapy focus on?

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future and present (not past)

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10
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What are the 2 types of humanistic therapy?

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client-centered therapy and gestalt therapy

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What kind of a relationship is made in client-centered therapy?

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one to foster self-exploration

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12
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What is a Rogerian?

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refer to person as client not a patient

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What are the therapist attributes in client-centered therapy?

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unconditional positive regard, empathy and genuineness

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14
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What is unconditional positive regard?

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trust, acceptance, non-judgement

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15
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Who’s the pioneer of client-centered therapy?

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Carl Rogers

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16
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Who’s the pioneer of gestalt therapy?

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Perls

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17
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What is empty-chair technique?

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imagine mom sitting in chair and talk to her

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18
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What does gestalt therapy involve and how is it done?

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role play and in groups

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19
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What does cognitive therapy focus on?

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present not past

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20
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What’s the ABCD model?

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Activating event
Belief system
Consequences of that appraisal
Distributing the erroneous belief system

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21
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What’s Ellis’ Rational-Emotive Therapy?

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people make unrealistic demands of themselves, Ellis disagrees that events cause emotions

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22
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What is fear in Ellis’ rational-emotive therapy?

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result of you thinking unreasonable thoughts of yourself

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23
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What is Beck’s cognitive therapy?

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helps depressed people realize their thoughts not their situation makes them depressed

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What’s Meichenbaum’s self-instructional training?

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treats stress and coping

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25
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What are the 3 classical conditioning treatments for behaviour therapy?

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Exposure, aversion therapy, systematic desensitization

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26
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What does exposure assume?

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phobias are learned,

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27
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What does exposure use?

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flooding (actual exposure) and implosion therapy (imagined exposure)

28
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What is aversion therapy?

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pair unwanted behaviour with a bad USC

29
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What is systematic desensitization?

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use counterconditioning to make patient associate CS with relocation instead of fear

30
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What’s in vivo desensitization?

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using real life scenes for systematic desensitization

31
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What are the 2 operant conditioning treatments for behaviour therapy?

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positive reinforcement and punishment

32
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What does operant conditioning work well for?

A

schizophrenia, disturbed children, mental retardation

33
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What does long term hospitalization do to a schizophrenic person?

A

results in loss of job social, personal-care and job skills

34
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How is positive reinforcement enforced?

A

token economy

35
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What kind of behaviours is punishment used for?

A

self destructive behaviours of autistic children (requires consent)

36
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What are the 2 third wave cognitive therapies?

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acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy

37
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What is the acceptance component of the acceptance and commitment theory?

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teach people notice and accept their thoughts snd feelings, even if they’re bad

38
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What is the commitment component of the acceptance and commitment theory?

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examine one’s life and set goals for what’s important, committing to achieve them

39
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What is dialectical behaviour theory used to treat?

A

borderline personality disorder

40
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Why do women have more mental health problems?

A

poverty, lack of opportunity, multiple roles, violence/abuse,

41
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What do psychoanalysts believe about recovery?

A

wouldn’t happen without therapy

42
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What’s the dodo bird verdict?

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all therapies appear to be equally effective

43
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What are the 3 factors that influence outcome?

A

techniques, quality of relationship and client variables

44
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What’s the dose-response effect listed under technique?

A

relationship between amount of treatment and outcome

45
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What are anti-anxiety drugs?

A

reduce anxiety without disturbing alertness

46
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What happens when anti-anxiety drugs stop being taken?

A

symptoms returns

47
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What is common to people who take anti-mania drugs?

A

they miss the high of mania

48
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When is relapse common with anti depression drugs?

A

when drugs are taken alone instead of with therapy

49
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What are tricyclics?

A

antidepressant that prevents reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin

50
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What is clomipramine?

A

tricyclic used for OCD, depression

51
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What are monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors?

A

antidepressant used with more severe side effects

52
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What are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)?

A

antidepressants with milder side effects

53
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What’s another word for antipsychotic drugs?

A

major tranquilizers

54
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How do antipsychotic drugs work?

A

decreasing dopamine

55
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What do antipsychotic drugs have a risk of causing?

A

tardive dyskinesia- uncontrollable face/tongue movements, limbs may fail, irreversible

56
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What is clozaril?

A

doesn’t cause duskiness and reduces both positive and negative symptoms

57
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What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

A

someone noticed schizophrenia and epilepsy never together, so induced seizures to treat schizophrenia

58
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Is ECT useful?

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not for anxiety disorders or schizophrenia but works for depression

59
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What is psychosurgery?

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remove brain tissue to change disordered behaviour, in absence of obvious organic damage

60
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What is cingulotomy?

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cuts bundle near corpus callosum (cingulum bundle)

61
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What does cingulotomy treat?

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depression, OCD (can cause seizure, irreversible)

62
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What’s a deinstitutionalization movement?

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transfer focus of treatment from mental institutions to the community as a whole

63
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What is the revolving door phenomenon?

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if community unprepared results in repeated hospitalizations and homelessness for mental health patients

64
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What is a situation focused prevention?

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reduce environmental causes disorders and enhance factors that prevent them

65
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What does situation focussed prevention reduce and increase?

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reduce- unemployment, discrimination, poverty

increase- education, family functioning, sense of connection to community

66
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What is competency focussed prevention?

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increase personal resources and coping skills

67
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What does competency focussed prevention increase?

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stress resistance, social and vocational competencies, self esteem