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Types of Therapists: Clinical Psychologist

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Ph.D or Psy.D

works with the most serious cases

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Types of Therapists: Counseling Psychologists

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Ph.D, Psy.D, Ed.D

unlikely to work with clients that have serious mental health issues

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Types of Therapists: School Psychologist

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Ph.D, Ed.D

psychological testing and behavioral management for students

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Types of Therapists: Psychiatrist

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MD

in most states, only degree that can prescribe medication

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Recipients of Treatment

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most people who meet criteria for the DSM-5 diagnosis, do not seek treatment
possible factors include sex, education, and income level

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Class of Therapies: Insight Therapies

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remove distressing symptoms by leading people to understand their causes through deeply felt personal insights

includes psychoanalytic, person centered, and group therapy

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Class of Therapies: Behavioral Therapies

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based on principles of learning that focus on observable, measurable behavior

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Class of Therapies: Cognitive Therapies

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focuses on client’s thoughts rather than his or her own feelings and behaviors

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Class of Therapies: Biomedical Therapies

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treatments that focus on the biological basis of a disorder

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Psychoanalytical Therapy

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based on Freud’s contention that psychological problems result from conflicts within the unconscious

conflicts must become conscious in order to be resolved

once patient experiences them consciously, they can be expressed and modified

patient must accept insights of therapist

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Resistance

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patient opposes attempts to bring unconscious into conscious because it causes anxiety

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Transference

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patient’s unconscious feelings about someone experienced as feelings toward therapist

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Counter-Transference

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the tendency of a therapist to displace onto the client feelings caused by people in the therapist’s life

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Person-Centered Therapy

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focus on thoughts, abilities, cleverness of client - not focused on insight of therapist
therapist is sounding board for client’s thoughts
creates safe, non-judgmental atmosphere

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Unconditional Positive Regard

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technique used in person-centered therapy

client is worthy of and capable no matter what client does or says

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Group Therapy

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normally consists of 6-9 people in a 90 minute sessions
costs less than private sessions
clients benefit from knowing others have similar problems

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Types of Cognitive Therapy

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rational-emotive
cognitive-behavioral

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Cognitive Therapy

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people disturb themselves with thoughts, ex: “I must be perfect,” “Everyone must love me,” and it is catastrophic when things don’t go as planned

goals of cognitive therapy:
-identify maladaptive ways of thinking
- replace these with adaptive thoughts

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Cognitive Therapy: Rational-Emotive

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negative emotions arise from people’s irrational interpretations of experiences

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Musterbations

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irrational belief that you must do or have something

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Awfulizing

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mental exaggeration of setbacks

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Cognitive Therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral

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incorporates techniques from cognitive therapy and behavior therapy
used to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviors

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Cognitive Therapy Based on Behavioral Therapy and Classical Conditioning

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aversion therapy: painful or unpleasant stimulus follows the unwanted behavior

flooding: immerse consenting person in the fear stimulus
after fear subsides, calm sets in, and is associated with the feared object

systematic desensitization: create a hierarchy ranging from least to most feared stimulus
work through hierarchy while maintaining calm

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General Conclusions About Therapy Effectiveness

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people in treatment do better than those who do not
some therapists are better than others

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Biomedical Therapies

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attempts to solve disorders by altering bodily processes

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Modern Biomedical Therapies

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pharmacotherapy
electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
psychosurgery

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Biomedical Therapies - Pharmacotherapy

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drug therapy
use of psychoactive drugs to treat mental illness
psychoactive drugs have been highly successful in reducing in-patient population

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Types of Pharmacotherapy Drugs - Antipsychotics

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used for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
more effective at reducing positive symptoms than negative ones

problems:
reduce symptoms, but don’t increase life satisfaction
tardive dyskinesia: person involuntary smacks lips and displays facial grimaces

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Types of Pharmacotherapy Drugs - Antidepressants

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typically require 3-4 weeks to take effect
depresses the CNC

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Types of Pharamcotherapy Drugs - Psilocybin (“Magic Mushrooms”)

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effects:
relaxation, introspection, anxiety, paranoia, panic, hallucinations, psychosis

one dose may be able to lift depression in those unresponsive to traditional antidepressants

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Common Pharamcotherapy Problems

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general side effects:
weight gain
irritability
sleeplessness
sexual issues

taking too high of a dose too soon has an increased chance of uncomfortable side effects that makes people stop taking meds

stopping a drug too quickly can lead to discontinuation syndrome - a cluster of negative symptoms

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Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT)

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used primarily in cases of severe, unrelenting depression

modern ECT is very different from early ECT:
safer
patient given drugs to sedate beforehand
painless

70% of people who don’t respond to other treatments find relief with ECT

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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)

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a pulsating magnetic coil is placed over prefrontal regions of the brain
used to treat depression
not as consistently effective as ECT

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Psychosurgery

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Prefrontal Lobotomy
connections between the prefrontal lobes and the rest of the brain are severed

severe side effects:
incapacitation
impulsivity
excitability
apathy

not utilized anymore

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Psychosurgery - Cingulotomy

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partial destruction of structures in limbic system
focus on areas responsible for integration emotions and feelings
results show some success with fewer side effects

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