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Intro to Psych: Unit 4 Chapter 15 Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of Treatment?

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  1. Psychotherapies
    - Family Therapy
  2. Behavior Therapies
    - Desensitization
  3. Biomedical Therapies
    - Medications
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What’s the biggest roadblock in the treatment process?

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People feel “weak” for getting mental health treatment.

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Define: Psychiatrists

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Type of Medical Doctor, prescribe & treat psychological disorders.

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Define: Clinical Psychologists

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Provide psychotherapy (only 5 states can prescribe)

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Define: Clinical Social Workers

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Have masters degree, providing mental-health/healthcare services such as medicare benefits info.

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Define: Psychiatric Nurses

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  • Masters or Bachelors degree
    Play a role in hospitals inpatient treatment.
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Define: Counselor

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Typically work in schools, colleges, or human services departments.
Masters degree and usually focus on vocational or marital counseling.

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What is Psychotherapy/Insight Therapies?

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Holding verbal interactions to enhance clients’ self-knowledge.

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What did Freud say NEUROSIS (anxiety) was caused by?

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Unconscious Conflicts

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In psychoanalysis, the analyst seeks to recover ______, _______, and ______.

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UNCONSCIOUS CONFLICTS, MOTIVES, AND DEFENSES.

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What are some Psychoanalysis Treatments?

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  1. Free Association (client rambles & yaps)
  2. Dream Analysis
  3. Resistance (unconscious defense maneuvers like dodging the issue in a way)
  4. Transference (Relate to the therapist and start projecting behaviors onto them)
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What is incongruence?

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When your real self and ideal self aren’t matching up.

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What is Client-centered Therapy and WHO created it?

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Focuses on providing a supportive, emotional climate with clients.
CARL ROGERS

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What are Rogers 3 main elements to creating a proper atmosphere in Therapy?

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  1. Genuineness (Being honest w/ Client)
  2. Unconditional Positive Regard (Accepting Client/not Judging)
  3. Empathy (Understanding Client’s POV)
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What is Group Therapy and what are some STRENGTHS?

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Treatment of several clients in a group (4-15).

  1. Less cost
  2. Relatable
  3. Work on Social Skills

MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS THAT MEMBERS PROVIDE ACCEPTANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

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What is Behavior Therapy and what are the 2 main components.

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Behavior Therapy is using learning and conditioning to change maladaptive behaviors.

  1. Behavior is a product of learning
  2. What is learned can be unlearned
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What is Systematic Desensitization (Classical Conditioning) and who created it?

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A slow form of exposure therapy in which they are exposed to their phobia while also being exposed to relaxation techniques

HIERARCHY OF FEARS EXPOSURE + DEEP RELAXATION

Joseph Wolp

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What are the 3 steps to Systematic Desensitization?

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  1. Identify the fear
  2. Train them in relaxation (gradual)
  3. Keep them relaxed through exposure to hierarchy of fears. (least anxious-most anxious events)
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What is Aversion Therapy (Operant Conditioning)?

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Associating an unwanted behavior with an unwanted stimulus to decrease the behavior.

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What is Social Skills Training (Observational Learning)?

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Helps w/ improving social interactions and communication

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What is cognitive-behavioral therapy, what kind of therapy is it, and what are the goals?

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Recognizing and changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs.
INSIGHT THERAPY.
Recognize negative thoughts, change them, do “HW” to stick with new form of optimism.

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What are the 3 biomedical approaches to psychotherapy?

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  1. Drug Therapy
  2. ECT (Shock Therapy)
  3. Brain Stimulation
    (THESE ARE IN ORDER)
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What are anti-anxieties and the two main ones?

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Highly addictive drugs (tranquilizers) that relieve anxiety by targeting GABA neurotransmitter.
VALIUM AND XANEX

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What are antipsychotics and what are the two main ones?

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Drugs that reduce psychotic symptoms, typically used for schizophrenia, that targets the Dopamine hormone.
THORAZINE AND HALDOL

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What is a big side effect of antipsychotic drugs?

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Drowsiness, Muscular Rigidity, and Tardive Dyskinesia.

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What is Tardive Dyskinesia?

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An incurable disorder marked by tic-like movements or tremors of the mouth, face, hands, etc.

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What are antidepressants and 3 examples?

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Gradually elevate mood and bring people out of depression by targeting serotonin.
PROZAC, PAXIL, ZOLOFT

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What are SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?

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Increases seratonin through blocking reuptake/reabsorption of seratonin

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What’s a huge side effect of antidepressants?

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Increase in suicidal thoughts – More prominent in children.

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What are SNRIs?

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Increase serotonin and norepinephrine levels by blocking the reuptake of both neurotransmitters

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What are Mood Stabilizers and examples?

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Commonly used to treat Bipolar Disorder, successfully prevents manic episodes & depression.
LITHIUM AND VALPROATE

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BIOMEDICAL TREATMENTS: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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Mild shocks to relieve mental health symptoms in the brain.

  • Used when their body is resistant to treatment and nothing is working & symptoms are very severe.
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BIOMEDICAL TREATMENTS: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

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INVASIVE PROCEDURE in which they open up patients brain, drill into skull, implant electrodes, and dial up electric voltage to change patients mood within SECONDS.

  • Patient is AWAKE during this process
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BIOMEDICAL TREATMENTS: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

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A non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate SPECIFIC areas of the brain

  • Also for treatment-resistant patients

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