Help for mental and emotional disorders Flashcards
What is a psychiatrist?
Psychiatrists are medical doctors who receive specialized training in mental health problems while in medical school. A psychiatrist is a physician who can diagnose and treat mental disorders. Psychiatrists find out a person’s symptoms, order medical tests to rule out any physical conditions, and prescribe treatments for the mental illness. They use a variety of treatment options.
What is a neurologist?
A patient may be referred to a neurologist (a doctor who specializes in the treatment of physical disorders of the nervous system) to help with furthering testing to discover a diagnosis.
What is a clinical psycholgist?
A clinical psychologist is trained to recognize and treat behavior that is not normal. Clinical psychologists are not physicians; they have a doctorate degree in psychology and two years of training in a clinic or hospital setting.
What is a social worker?
Social workers are trained to listen to people’s problems and offer advice. They are often the link between a community center and a mental health professional.
What is a psychiatric social worker?
A psychiatric social worker helps people and their families adjust to a mental illness after a diagnosis has been identified.
Some mental health professionals are conselors that do what
Some mental health professionals are counselors who work with groups of people with specific problems, such as drug abuse, gambling addictions, or grief. Community centers often have counselors who work with students. Faith community leaders often have practical training in counseling as well.
What do treatments for mental illness depend on
Just as with physical ailments, treatments of mental illnesses depend on the illness. Some treatments work better for some disorders than others, and some treatments work better for some people than others.
What is therapy?
A type of treatment for a condition is a therapy.
A type of treatment for mental disorder is psychotherapy, what is psychotherapy?
In psychotherapy, a trained therapist listens to a patients symptoms and tries to improve the patients understanding of the reasons for his behavior.
There are three kinds of psychotherapy, one of them is insight therapy; what is insight therapy?
People gain a better understanding of their illness so they may be able to change their behaviors.
There are three kinds of psychotherapy, one of them is Cognitive and behavioral therapy; what is Cognitive and behavioral therapy?
This type helps a person identify situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger abnormal behaviors.
There are three kinds of psychotherapy, one of them is group therapy; what is group therapy?
Group therapy—People meet in a group to work through problems and develop coping skills. Members of the group have similar problems and a therapist leads the group in productive sessions.
A type of treatment for mental disorder is drug thereapy what is drug therapy?
Some mental disorders require prescription medications to control. These drugs permit the person to function in his work, school, and social life.
A treatment for mental disorder is hospitalization what is hospitalization?
Hospitalization—If a person’s mental illness is severe enough and he could be a danger to himself or others, he may require hospitalization. The patient is monitored constantly and medications are regulated for best results.
