Psych 8 Flashcards

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1
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Any treatment used by therapists to help troubled individuals overcome problems is called

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Psychotherapy

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2
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Combining different types of therapies

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Eclectic Approach

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3
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This effect might influence a person’s hopes and expectations on their therapies

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Placebo Effect

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4
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The capacity for warmth and understanding

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Empathy

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Type of therapy that may have multiple people with similar issues at the same time

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Group Therapy

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6
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Freud’s approach to therapy which may includes unconscious motives

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Psychoanalysis

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7
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This therapy focuses on value, dignity, and worth

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Humanistic

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This surgery destroys part of the frontal lobe

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Lobotomy

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Reduces agitation, delusions, and hallucinations by blocking the activity of the dopamine in the brain.

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Anti-Psychotic Drugs

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10
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This is taken to help bi-polar disorder

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Lithium Carbonate

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11
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This is taken to treat major depression

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Anti-depressants

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12
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This type of therapy uses medication to help the patient

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Drug Therapy

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The methods where the patient discusses their fear, learns relaxation, then is slowly exposed to the fear-producing situation

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Systematic Desensitization

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Therapy that concentrates on determining what is specifically troubling with a patient’s life and taking steps to change it.

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Behavioral

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15
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This therapy tries to use thoughts to control emotions and behaviors.

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Cognitive

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16
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In the humanistic approach the therapist’s consistent expression of acceptance is called

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Unconditional Positive Regard