Exam 3 Flashcards
Abnormal - Distressing
Pro: Easy to tell. People know if they are experiencing person/subjective
Con : Disorders may cause different distressing effects. APD, Mania, Psychosis. Or distress is not understood properly.
Abnormal - Socially or Statistically Deviant
Pro: When a person’s behavior deviates significantly from the norm, it can serve as a signal that they may be experiencing psychological distress.
Con: Can lead to social rejection and discrimination.
Abnormal - Dysfunctional
Pro: Recognizes that abnormal behaviors have negative consequences for an individual’s quality of life
Con: Can forget to recognize subjective experiences, and cultures may not agree on definitions.
Mental Disorder
A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Pro: Easy to convey a lot of information to another. Research and Treatment.
Con: Reliability and Validity Issues, Overinclusiveness, no medical test for mental disorders.
Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)
Framework for understanding and studying mental health disorders.
Pros: Dimensional rather than categorical approach; it is more accurate at capturing the complexity of disorders. Focuses on identifying underlying neural systems and mechanisms.
Cons: Relatively new and not widely adopted. Highly complex and difficult to apply in real-world settings. May overlook important psychosocial and environmental factors.
Case Formulation
A hypothesis about particular psychological mechanisms causing and maintaining psychological problems.
Pro: Uses clients history, functioning, and social context to create a deeper understanding. Personalized treatment. Client engagement
Con: Time-consuming and requires significant expertise. Client may be unwilling to share vital information. Not effective if the psychologist is not flexible.
Treatment Planning
Intervention guided by case formulation. Allows psychologist to devise a treatment course. Make it rationale to the patient and get patient to agree. Able to collect data, monitor, and strengthen repour.
Psychotherapy
Broader term for various tools and strategies that mental health professionals might use with clients that may or may not be derived from psychological theory and have generally not have been tested scientifically
Psychological Treatment
Specific research-supported techniques that are grounded in psychological theory and derived from models of psychopathology to target particular causal or maintenance mechanisms and improve specific aspects of psychological, emotional., behavioral, or physical health and related functioning.
Manualized Treatment
Treatment that is presented and described in a standardized, manual format.
- Can get on amazon haha
Efficacy Studies
Designed to test the effectiveness of specific treatment or intervention under optimal conditions, where variables that might interfere with the treatment or intervention are tightly controlled. (THEORETICAL?)
Effectiveness Studies
Designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in more diverse and heterogeneous populations. (REAL LIFE)
Metanalyses
Compiles all studies relevant to a topic and combines the results statistically and compares the “effect size” statistic for each.
RCT’s (Randomized Controlled Trial)
Participants randomly assigned to groups.
Experimental: Receive Treatment
Control: Do not receive treatment
Waiting list control: Treatment delayed until after study
Attention only control: Meet with clinician, but no “active” treatment given.
Common Factors (Therapy effectiveness)
- Therapeutic alliance/relationship between client/therapist.
- Client’s expectations / will to improv
Specific Factors (Therapy Effectiveness)
-Fears
-Changing consequences/rewards
-Expression of difficult emotions
-Acceptance of self and things that can’t change
Course of Intervention
-Initial Contact
-Informed Consent
-Assessment, Conceptualization, Treatment Planning
-Implementing Treatment
-Termination, Evaluation, Follow-Up
Evidence Based Treatment(EBT)
Shown significant change in clients in controlled trials.
Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
-Broad Term
-Practicing in a way that is informed by a number of sources, including scientific evidence about the intervention (EBTs), clinical expertise, and patient needs and preferences.
Dissemination
The process of spreading information or knowledge about evidence-based practices to stakeholders in the field of mental health.
Behavioral Intervention
A framework for treating disorders that is based on the principles of conditioning or learning.
Theoretical Basis of Behavioral Interventions
-Derived from learning theory
- Linked to experimentally researched principles of reinforcement, punishment, and extinction
-Operant, classical conditioning, modeling, and skills training
Stages of Behavioral Treatment
- Target definition / baseline assessment
- Functional Analysis and Treatment Planning
- Implementation
- Outcome Assessment
- Reformulation
Therapeutics Relationship
- Client:Practitioner relationship viewed as key context that promotes change.
-Therapist is like a coach or instructor - Therapist teaches client skills to use with themselves and family.
Social Skill Training
- Used to promote healthy casual and interpersonal relationships
Token economies
Desirable behavior is positively reinforced with “Vouchers” exchangeable for rewards, privileges.
Contingency Management
Operant conditioning techniques fostering appropriate behavior
- Time-out
- Premack principle: good behavior is reinforced by allowing another behavior
-Shaping: Rewarding any behavior that approximates it and then narrowing in on the rewards
-Contracts: don’t drink u get 100 dollars
Exposure Therapy
Gradually exposing the individual to feared stimuli or situations in a safe controlled environment. Help the individual overcome a fear or anxiety.
ERP for OCD
Involves gradually exposing the individual to feared stimuli or situations, and then preventing them from engaging in compulsive or avoidance behaviors that typically follow the obsessive thought.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Tensing and relaxing muscle groups and focusing on sensations of relaxation
- Reduces anxiety and fear
- Scripted
Behavioral Activation
Encouraging individuals to engage in activities that are pleasurable, rewarding, and aligned with their values and goals, even if they do not initially feel motivated to do so.
Habit Reversal Training
Used to treat various repetitive behaviors (Nail biting, tics) Involves identifying the triggers and environmental cues that contribute to the repetitive behavior and developing alternative responses that are incompatible with the behavior.
Aversion Therapy
Involves pairing a stimulus that a person finds pleasurable with an aversive or unpleasant stimulus. For example, give a person a medication that makes a person nauseous when smoking. ETHICAL CON: May cause distress or pain from the stimuli to modify behavior.
Sensate Focus
Used to treat sexual dysfunctions and problems related to sexual intimacy. Involves structured exercises to help individuals be aware of their body and their partners, usually in a non sexual way.
Who created Cognitive Therapy
Aaron T. Beck
Who created Rational Therapy
Albert Ellis
Who created Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment
Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Focuses on connection between an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Identify and change negative patters of thinking and behavior that may be contributing to psychological problems.