Chapter Summaries Flashcards

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(CH 9) What is a case formulation?

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Formulating a hypothesis about a problem involves understanding how the problem developed and what maintains the problem.

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(CH 9) What are the four major components of a case formulation?

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  • Symptoms
  • Events/stressors
  • Pre-existing vulnerabilities
  • Hypothesized mechanism that links the aforementioned to the development and maintenance of the problem.
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(CH 9) What are the 6 steps in developing a case formulation?

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  1. Developing a problem list
  2. Describing the nature of the problems
  3. Finding patterns among the problems
  4. Developing a working hypothesis
  5. Evaluating and refining the hypothesis
  6. Moving on to treatment and revising the hypothesis if needed
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(CH 10) Why were prevention programs initially established?

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To prevent physical health problems

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(CH 10) What are the three types of interventions with respect to illness?

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  • Primary (before a disorder has developed)
  • Secondary (treatment of disorder)
  • Tertiary (rehabilitation and adaptation for chronic disorders)
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(CH 10) What are the three preventative interventions?

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  • Universal (applicable to entire population)
  • Selective (at-risk groups with particular disorders)
  • Indicated (population meeting subclinical signs of disorder)
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(CH 10) What is the risk reduction model?

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An approach to prevention that reduces risks and promotes protective factors, relying heavily on research to guide intervention

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(CH 10) What are three evidence-based parenting programs?

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Home Visiting program, Incredible Years, Triple P

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(CH 10) What is the Triple P (Positive Parenting program) designed to do?

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  • enhance knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents
  • promote safe environments for young people
  • promote child competence through positive parenting practices
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(CH 10) What are the 5 levels of Triple P?

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Level 1 - Universal, available to all parents across media platforms
Level 2 - Brief services, parenting seminars in person or telephone
Level 3 - Parents of children with mild to moderate problems, see Doctor over 3-4 sessions
Level 4 - Standard Triple P in group or individual format
Level 5 - Enhanced, parenting skills aimed at mood, coping and partner support

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(CH 11) What are four theoretical approaches of intervention therapy?

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  • Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression
  • Process-experiential therapies
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapies
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(CH 11) What is (STPP) short-term psychodynamic therapy?

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A treatment approach emphasizing awareness of unconscious processes, particularly interpersonal relationships

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(CH 11) What are the three phases of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy?

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1: develop positive transference relationship, identify important themes
2: analyze transference relationship, clarify and confront themes
3: terminate therapy, deal with loss, life changes

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(CH 11) What is transference?

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The unconscious application of expectations and emotional experiences, based on early life relationships to subsequent interpersonal relationships

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(CH 11) What is (IPT) Interpersonal psychotherapy?

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A treatment approach that emphasizes interpersonal elements in the development, maintenance and alteration of psychological problems (especially grief, role disputes and transitions, interpersonal deficits)

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(CH 11) What is (PE) process-experiential therapy?

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A treatment approach that emphasizes the importance of the awareness, understanding and expression of emotions - transforming maladaptive emotions to adaptive ones

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(CH 11) What is (CBT) Cognitive-behavioral therapy?

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A treatment approach that emphasizes the role of thoughts and behavior in psychological problems - focus on altering beliefs, expectations and behaviors to improve functioning

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(CH 11) What are some alternative therapy models of treatment intervention?

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  • Couples therapy
  • Family interventions
  • Process group approaches
  • Structured group approaches
  • Self-administered treatment
  • Stepped care
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(CH 11) What is the stepped care model?

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An approach to health care service where lower-cost interventions are offered first

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(CH 12) What is a meta-analysis?

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  • A set of statistical procedures for quantitatively summarizing the results of a research domain
  • Efforts to review scientific literature on treatment outcomes
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(CH 12) What is the criteria for empirically supported treatment?

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  • Treatment manual
  • Population treatment for specific problems
  • Reliable and valid treatment outcome measures
  • Appropriate data analysis
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(CH 12) Name three examples of evidence-based treatment for adults and couples?

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  • CBT for depression
  • Prolonged Exposure CBT for PTSD
  • EFT for Couple Distress
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(CH 12) What is the definition of empirically supported treatment?

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A psychotherapy found, in a series of randomized controlled trials, to be efficacious in the treatment of a specific condition

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(CH 13) What are three examples of evidence-based treatment for disruptive behavior disorders in adolescents?

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  • (PMT) Parent Management Training
  • (MST) Multisystemic Therapy
  • (CWDA) Coping with Adolescent Depression
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(CH 13) What are the nine principles of (MST) Multisystemic Therapy?

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  1. Assessment of systemic issues
  2. Emphasis on systemic strengths
  3. Intervention to increase positive behavior
  4. Intervention promoting being present
  5. Intervention targeting behavior across multiple systems
  6. Adapt to needs of individual
  7. Daily/weekly effort from family
  8. Effectiveness assessed from multiple perspectives
  9. Generate treatment for long-term maintenance of change
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(CH 13) According to this theory, maladaptive patterns of parent-child interaction inadvertently encourage both parents and children to engage in inappropriate behaviors.

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Parent Management Training

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(CH 13) During _____ _____ the parent unintentionally rewards a child for whining or aggression and the child rewards the parent for giving in to their complaints.

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coercive exchanges

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(CH 13) What are the five parenting practices associated with the development of prosocial or deviant behavior?

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  • Skill encouragement
  • Discipline
  • Monitoring
  • Problem-solving
  • Positive involvement
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(CH 13) What is psychoeducation?

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Teaching psychological concepts to clients in a manner that is accessible to them.

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(CH 14) What is process research?

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Research that examines patterns, using therapist and/or client data, that are evident within and across therapy sessions.

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(CH 14) What is process-outcome research?

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Research that examines the relation between variables related to the process of providing psychotherapy and the outcome of therapy.

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(CH 14) Common factors are defined as

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therapeutic elements that occur in all or most treatments and are believed to be critical for successful client outcomes

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(CH 14) What are some treatment factors that are key elements of change?

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  • Interpretation of client behavior
  • Directiveness of the therapist, affecting reactance
  • Insight
  • Symptom reduction
  • Between-session assignments
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(CH 14) What are the common factors in Psychotherapy?

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  • Support factors
  • Learning factors
  • Action factors
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(CH 14) What is the therapeutic alliance? What three factors does it include?

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It refers to the quality and strength of the collaborative relationships between client and therapist. It includes positive affective bonds, consensus about commitment to the goals of therapy, and a shared sense of partnership in the therapeutic process.

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(CH 14) What is the Dodo bird verdict?

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In the context of psychotherapy research, it is the view that all psychotherapies are equally effective.