Disorders and Therapy 3 Flashcards

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affect

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emotion or mood

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mood disorders

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disturbances in emotion aka affective disorders

pushed to an extreme of emotion

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major depressive disorder (MDD)

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when deeply depressed mood comes on fairly suddenly and either seems to be too severe for circumstances or exists without any external cause for sadness
more likely in women, not hormones but sociocultural factors

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seasonal affective disorder

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mood disorder caused by body’s reaction to low levels of light present in winter months

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bipolar disorder

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person experiences periods of mood that can range from severe depression to manic episodes

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bipolar I disorder

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person only experiences mood that spans from normal to manic, may or may not expereicen episodes of depression

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bipolar II disorder

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spans of normal mood are interspersed with episodes of major depression and episodes of hypomania (level of mood elevated but at level below full mania)

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therapy

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treatment methods aimed at making people feel better and function more effectively

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eclectic

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using more than one treatment approach or technique to best meet the needs of the people
often used by psychiatrists

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psychotherapy

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involves individual, couple, or small group of individuals working directly with therapist and discussing concerns or problems
goal = help mentally healthy and psychologically disordered people understand selves better

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insight therapies

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goal = help mentally healthy and psychologically disordered people understand selves better

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action therapy

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directed more at changing behavior than providing insights into reasons for bx

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biomedical therapies

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use of drugs, surgical methods, electric shock treatments, and noninvasive stimulation techniques
best if used with psychotherapy

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psychoanalysis

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help patients feel more relaxed, open, and able to explore innermost feelings without fear
insight therapy, emphasizes revealing the unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires that are assumed to cause disordered emotions and bx

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dream interpretation

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analysis of elements within patient’s reported dream
manifest cotent = actual content of dream
latent content = hidden, symbolic meaning of dream

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free association

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breuer
patients freely say whatever comes into mind, repressed impulses and other material trying to break free into consciousness, would eventually surface using this technique

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resistance freud

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point at which patient becomes unwilling to talk about certain topics

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transference freud

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when therapist becomes symbol of parental authority figure from past

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countertransference

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therapists experience, transference reaction to patient

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directive

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modern psychoanalyst

ask questions, suggest bx, give opinions and interpretations

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psychodynamic therapy

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shorter than psychoanalysis, less on id and more on ego, transference more

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interpersonal psychotherapy

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developed to address depression, insight therapy focusing on relationships of individual with others and interplay between mood and events of everyday life
meyer and sullivan, bowlby

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nondirective

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humanistic
real self, ideal self, unconditional positive regard
Rogers
person in therapy does real work, therapist acts as sounding board

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person-centered therapy

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rogers
unconditional positive regard so real self can become ideal self
person center of process, bigger role, therapist has lesser role

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elements in successful person-therapist relationship

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authenticity
unconditional positive regard
empathy

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authenticity

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therapist must show, genuine, open, honest response to individual
has to tolerate differences without being judgemental

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unconditional positive regard

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warm, accepting, completely uncritical atmosphere that therapist must create for people they work with
have respect for individual and feelings, values, and goals even if different from therapist’s

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empathy

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therapist needs to have empathy for patient, listen carefully, avoid getting own feelings mixed up

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reflection

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technique therapists use to allow clients to continue to talk and have insights without inference of therapist’s interpretations and possible biases
mirror statements

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motivational interviewing

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specific goals to reduce ambivalence about change and to increase intrinsic motivation to bring change about
empathy, discrepancy between bx and values, roll with resistance, support client’s self-efficacy

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gestalt therapy

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based on humanist
perls
problems often stem from hiding important parts of feelings from selves, experience maladjustment
very directive, lead client through experiences, attention to body language
focuses on denied past (no talk of unconscious mind)