Disorders and Therapy 3

Question 1

affect

Answer 1

emotion or mood

Question 2

mood disorders

Answer 2

disturbances in emotion aka affective disorders

pushed to an extreme of emotion

Question 3

major depressive disorder (MDD)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

seasonal affective disorder

Answer 4

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

Question 5

bipolar disorder

Answer 5

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

Question 6

bipolar I disorder

Answer 6

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

Question 7

bipolar II disorder

Answer 7

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)

Question 8

therapy

Answer 8

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

Question 9

eclectic

Answer 9

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

Question 10

psychotherapy

Answer 10

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

Question 11

insight therapies

Answer 11

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

Question 12

action therapy

Answer 12

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

Question 13

biomedical therapies

Answer 13

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

Question 14

psychoanalysis

Answer 14

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

Question 15

dream interpretation

Answer 15

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

Question 16

free association

Answer 16

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

Question 17

resistance freud

Answer 17

point at which patient becomes unwilling to talk about certain topics

Question 18

transference freud

Answer 18

when therapist becomes symbol of parental authority figure from past

Question 19

countertransference

Answer 19

therapists experience, transference reaction to patient

Question 20

directive

Answer 20

modern psychoanalyst

ask questions, suggest bx, give opinions and interpretations

Question 21

psychodynamic therapy

Answer 21

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

Question 22

interpersonal psychotherapy

Answer 22

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

Question 23

nondirective

Answer 23

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

Question 24

person-centered therapy

Answer 24

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

Question 25

elements in successful person-therapist relationship

Answer 25

authenticity
unconditional positive regard
empathy

Question 26

authenticity

Answer 26

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

Question 27

unconditional positive regard

Answer 27

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

Question 28

empathy

Answer 28

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

Question 29

reflection

Answer 29

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

Question 30

motivational interviewing

Answer 30

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

Question 31

gestalt therapy

Answer 31

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)