Psychological Treatment Flashcards
Automatic thoughts
Habitual, instantaneous thoughts that are generated internally and affect our mood and behaviour
Cognitive distortions
Self-generated misrepresentations of reality, often representing the underlying assumptions for automatic thoughts, which reinforce maladaptive perceptions of the self
Double-blind hypothesis
Proposes that the cause of schizophrenia was a consistent and contradictory pattern of relating from parent to child
Effectiveness
The ability of a treatment to produce a desired effect in real-world settings
Efficacy
The ability of a treatment to produce a desired effect in highly controlled settings
Ego
Bridging the 3 levels of awareness, is responsible for executing the urges of the id in a way that is acceptable
Ego dystonic disorders
Characterized by the symptoms of the disorder being perceived by the individual as UNdesirable
Ego syntonic disorders
Characterized by the symptoms of the disorder being perceived by the individual as Desirable
Electroconvulsive therapy
Procedure involving the brief passage of electrical current through electrodes, stimulates seizure
Empathy
The therapist makes every effort to understand the client’s feelings and validates them
Exposure
The therapist guides the patient in putting themselves into a state of deep relaxation using practiced techniques, then guides them to imagine themselves in a feared situation
Extratherapeutic factors
Factors that operate outside of the therapy itself
Free association
The patient is encouraged to let their mind wander, report content to therapist
Generalized seizure
A sudden, widespread alteration in electrical signalling across both hemispheres in brain
Genuineness
The therapist is present as a congruent human being in the social relationship
Id
Operating at the unconscious level, is motivated to fulfill our innate and primitive instincts
Licensed psychologist
Psychologist with specific training + certification in clinical or counselling psychology
Pharmacotherapy
The treatment of psychological conditions using medication
Psychiatrists
Medical doctors with advanced training and certification in psychiatry
Psychosurgery
The treatment of psychological disorders w brain surgery
Reframing
The therapist provides an alternate viewpoint on a problematic situation with the goal of shifting the interpretation from -ve to +ve
Relaxation training
The therapist instructs the client in skill such as progressive muscle relaxation and abdominal breathing
Socratic questioning
The therapist probes the patient with questions designed to illicit logical flaws in their thoughts
Superego
Bridges the 3 levels of consciousness, seeks to govern behaviour in such a way that it is MORAL
Systematic desensitization
Principles of classical conditioning are used to decouple the fear stimulus-response association
Transference
The process by which a patients’ thoughts/feelings/drives developed in childhood and experience in significant relationships are re-expressed or transferred onto the relationship with the analyst
Unconditional positive regard
To demonstrate an unwavering empathy for the feelings, understanding of thoughts, and prizing of the inner experiences the patient as a human being