psych ch 16

Question 1

clinical psychologists

Answer 1

have PHD (5 years school, 1 yr internship) and are able to diagnose and treat all types of mental health issues

Question 2

counselling psychologists

Answer 2

mental health professionals who work with people who need help with common problems like stress and coping, identity, sexuality, anxiety depression, etc.

Question 3

psychiatrists

Answer 3

medical doctors specializing in mental health and are allowed to diagnose and treat mental disorders through medications

Question 4

deinstitutionalization

Answer 4

the movement of large numbers of psychiatric inpatients from their care facilities back into society (after symptoms alleviated from meds)

Question 5

residential treatment centres

Answer 5

housing facilities where residents receive physiological therapy and life skills training (helps get back on their feet)

Question 6

community psychology

Answer 6

focuses on identifying how ones mental health is influenced by the community where live, creates social programs and support networks to help those

Question 7

empirically supported treatments

Answer 7

treatments that have been tested and evaluated using scientific methods

Question 8

therapeutic alliance

Answer 8

the relationship seen in therapy between the therapist and the patient

Question 9

bibliotherapy

Answer 9

the use of self-help books as a form of therapy

Question 10

psychodynamic therapies

Answer 10

forms of insight therapy that focus on the need to discover and resolve unconscious conflicts

Question 11

insight therapies

Answer 11

general term for therapy that involves dialogue between patient and therapist for the purpose of gaining awareness and understanding of psychological problems

Question 12

free association

Answer 12

where patients are encouraged to talk or write without censoring their thoughts

Question 13

dream analysis

Answer 13

method of examining the details of a dream in order to gain insight into the true meaning of dream, the emotional, unconscious material that is being communicated symbolically

Question 14

transference

Answer 14

patients direct certain patterns or emotional experiences toward the analyst, rather than the og person involved in experience

Question 15

object relations therapy

Answer 15

a variation of psychodyamic therapy that focuses on how childhood experiences and emotional attachments affect later psychological functioning

Question 16

phenomenological approach

Answer 16

the therapist addresses the clients feelings as they unfold in the moment, rather than looking for unconscious motives or dwelling in the past

Question 17

client/person-centred therapy

Answer 17

focuses on ones abilities to solve their own problems and reach full potential with the encouragement of the therapist

Question 18

behavioural therapies

Answer 18

try to directly address problem behaviours and the environmental factors that trigger them

Question 19

systematic desensitization

Answer 19

gradual exposure to a feared stimulus or situation is coupled with relaxation training

Question 20

virtual reality exposure (VRE)

Answer 20

a treatment that uses graphical displays to create an experience where the patient seems to be immersed in an actual environment

Question 21

aversive conditioning

Answer 21

a behavioural technique that involves replacing a positive response to a stimulus with a negative response using punishment

-spraying a dog with water for bad behaviour

Question 22

cognitive-behavourial therapy (CBT)

Answer 22

form of therapy tat consists of procedures like cognitive restricting, stress inoculation training and exposing people to experiences that they avoid

Question 23

mindfulness-baserd cognitive therapy (MBCT)

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a technique that combines mindfulness meditation with standard cognitive-behavourial therapy tools

Question 24

decentring

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occurs when a person is able to step back from their normal consciousness and examine themselves more objectively as an observer

Question 25

systems approach

Answer 25

an orientation that encourages therapists to see an individuals symptoms as being influenced by many interacting systems

Question 26

psychopharamacotherapy

Answer 26

the use of drugs to manage or reduce patients symptoms