Mental Health & Therapy - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Flashcards

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Abnormality

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  • harmful dysfunction
  • something internally not working properly-biological, emotional, or behavioral
  • the condition causes harm to person as judged by their culture, measured by the individual’s own subjective distress
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Abnormal Behavior

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  • not the result of conflicts with society
  • characterized by disturbance of cognition, emotion, and behavior
  • inconsistent with developmental norms
  • interferes with social and occupational functioning
  • not an expected response to stressors
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Diagnosis

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  • identification or recognition of a disorder on the basis of its characteristics
  • enables clinician to refer to the knowledge associated with the disorder
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DSM-V

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  • 200 specific diagnostic categories
  • lists specific criteria for each diagnostic category
  • duration is considered
  • there is inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Categorical Diagnosis

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  • assumes that distinctions among members of different categories are qualitative
  • quality not quantity
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Dimensional Approach to Classification

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  • describes the objects of classification in continuous dimensions
  • how much of a characteristic is exhibited
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Comorbidity

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Having more than one disorder at a time

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Types of Therapists

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  • MD
  • PhD
  • PsyD
  • MS
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Disease Burden

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Measured by combining mortality and disability

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Clinical Psychologist (PhD, PsyD)

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• concerned with the application of psychological science to counsel individuals

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Masters in Clinical Psychology

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  • 2-3 year program

* works with those who have doctorates

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Psychiatry (MD)

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  • branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of mental disorders
  • licensed to practice medicine, known as psychiatrists
  • can prescribe psychotropic medication
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Social Work (LCSW)

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• concerned with helping people achieve an effective level of psychosocial functioning

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Biological Treatments

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  • psychopharmacology
  • electroconvulsive therapy
  • psychosurgery
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Lobotomy

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Surgical destruction of specific brain regions

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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  • involves causing seizures by passing electricity through the brain
  • 6-12 sessions over a few weeks
  • bilateral ect (more effective, more memory loss)
  • unilateral ect (less effective, less memory loss)
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Psychotherapy

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• use of psychological techniques and the therapist client relationships to produce emotional, cognitive, and behavior change

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Psychoanalysis

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  • free association reveals aspects of the unconscious mind

* resistance, interpretation, insight, and transference

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Psychodynamic Therapy

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  • therapists more actively involved than psychoanalysis

* interpersonal therapy

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Interpersonal Therapy

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  • focused, time limited psychotherapy

* 12-16 1 hour sessions aimed at symptom alleviation and improving social functioning

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CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)

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  • encourages collaborative therapist client relationships
  • focuses on the present
  • direct efforts to change problems
  • research based techniques
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Systematic Desensitization

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  • research focused on eliminating phobias
  • assumes phobias are learned through classical conditioning
  • involves progressive muscle relaxation, hierarchy of fears, and learning process
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Changing Errors in Cognition

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  • attribution retraining

* changing outlook on why things happen from negative to positive

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Humanistic Therapy

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  • values humans ability to make choices and become responsible for one’s own life
  • encourages people to recognize and experience their true feelings
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Effects of Psychotherapy

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  • average effect of 0.85sd

* average client who receives therapy functions 80% better than controls

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Placebo Effect

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• any treatment that contains no known active ingredients for the conditon

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Common Factors of Psychotherapy

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  • therapy as a social influence
  • client’s relationship with their therapist
  • YAVIS - young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and successful people are more likely to benefit from therapy