INTERVENTION FUNDAMENTALS AND ADULTS Flashcards
What are the two elements of informed consent
Comprehension and Agreement
Comprehension of informed consent depends on VERBAL and COGNITIVE flexibility which may be compromised by what?
Psychological disorders and/or age
In the context of informed consent, If its hard to tell if the patient really understands or not, what can you do?
You can give a test
Consent is usually given if the patient is 18+, when is it okay do accept consent from a 16-17 year old?
If they are mature and if your convinced they recognize the risks and benefits
TRUE or FALSE: it is unethical to continue a course of treatment that is not working
TRUE
What are the 3 factors of EBP
- Best Research Evidence
- Clinical Expertise (delivered by you)
- Patient preferences & values
According to the APA, why should psychotherapy be included in the healthcare system as an evidence based practice
because it is effective and highly cost effective
What is “psychological treatment”
evidence based treatment of clinically significant emotional and behavioural problems
What are 4 examples of Discredited (not trusted) psychotherapies
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP)
Rebirthing
DARE
Scared Straight
Why is Empirically Supported Treatment (EST) different from Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
EST implies Randomized Clinical Trials (RCT)
If there is no evidence based treatment that matches client needs exactly, what steps must you follow?
- Adopt the one that’s closest
- Adapt if necessary (cultural, language factors)
- Abandon if it doesn’t fit and replace it
What are the 4 best supported therapies
Short-term Psychodynamic Therapies
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
Process Therapy
Interpersonal Therapy
What are Short-Term Psychodynamic therapies based on?
Neo-Freudian Models
In short term psychodynamic therapies, the role of the therapist is to capitalize on transference, a freud defence mechanism. What is it?
transferring feelings of the past on to the therapist
The approach of short-term psychodynamic therapies depends heavily on _______.
Insight - knowing where the problem came from, not only identifying that there is one
