Psychodynamic Therapies Flashcards
What do psychodynamic therapies aim to do?
To make unconscious conflicts conscious as the theory states suppressed emotions can cause schizophrenic symptoms
What is the psychodynamic technique
Free association. Transference. Interpretation.
What is free association
Say whatever comes to mind no matter how irrelevant and build a relationship with the therapist so transference can happen
What is transference
Transfer buried feelings onto therapist replaces harsh thoughts with less destructive ones
What is interpretation
Therapist drawers information away and interpret it so patient understands it
What was Freud pessimistic about
Whether it would work in schizophrenics can’t achieve the two way process. Therefore only a handful of places use the therapy
Why is the theory invalid
It’s based on looking at the subconscious mind and so is abstract and hard to test
Which research supports the idea that it can bring on a relapse
People spend longer in hospital due to therapy bringing up damaging suppressed memories but it can also add stress to the disorder
What did Grottdiener find?
Overall psychodynamic therapy is improve patients by 66%. It’s also found to be as effective as CBT
Methodological limitations
Only a small number of studies were conducted on it and so needs more research it also didn’t randomly allocate patience so demand characteristics could have occurred due to bias
Contradictory findings
Research is contradictory as one study found antipsychotics are more effective yet another study found the therapy to be more effective. More research needed
Combination therapy
Considered appropriate when combined with antipsychotics however contradictory findings…
Costs and benefits
On the surface it isn’t appropriate yet it is as less time and money is spent in/on the hospital in the long run however this is contradicted by Terry et al
Doesn’t cure
It doesn’t have to queue could it just be a coping strategy is that improve their quality of life and therefore is appropriate
Subjective opinion
The diagnosis was the patient is entirely subjective to the therapists opinion
