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Psychiatrists
Medical degree
Mainly hospitals and private practises
Can prescribe drugs
Clinical psychologists
Ph.D or Masters in Psych
Uni, private practises, community mental health
Counselling psychologists
Problems of living rather than diagnosable conditions
Counselors
Masters in Psyc
School and institutions
School or job related problems
Psychiatric Social workers
Masters in social work
Public agencies, home visits
Psychiatric nurses
Bachelor or masters in nursing
Hospital settings
Self-help groups
Alcoholic anonymous etc
Id
Original structure present from birth
Unorganised reservoir for energy, instincts
Acts on impulses and operates according to pleasure principle
Ego
Next to develop and compels Id to work within constraints of reality
Operates according to reality principle and logical thinking
Moderates between id and superego
Superego
Last to develop
The conscious
Evolves as a consequence of child moving though Oedipal developmental stage
4 defence mechanisms
Repression
Projection
Displacement
Splitting
Repression
Rejection from consciousness painful or shameful experiences
Projection
Attributing unacceptable wishes to another
Displacement
Transferring an emotion from original idea or object to a more acceptable one
Splitting
Dividing external objects into all good or all bad
Analytical goals of treatment (3)
Strengthen ego
Awareness and insight
Conflict resolution
Cognitive therapy
Identification and correction or maladaptive beliefs, automatic thinking styles and self-defeating attributes that create and compound emotional and behavioural problems
Expected Utility theory
Emphasises subjective rather than monetary value
Wheel of fortune
Provided, explicit, irrelevant
Listing price
Provided, implicit, relevant
Framing effect
How a scenario is explained
Prospect Theory
Utilities are evaluated with respect to a reference point