Psychological Treatment

Question 1

Automatic thoughts

Answer 1

Habitual, instantaneous thoughts that are generated internally and affect our mood and behaviour

Question 2

Cognitive distortions

Answer 2

Self-generated misrepresentations of reality, often representing the underlying assumptions for automatic thoughts, which reinforce maladaptive perceptions of the self

Question 3

Double-blind hypothesis

Answer 3

Proposes that the cause of schizophrenia was a consistent and contradictory pattern of relating from parent to child

Question 4

Effectiveness

Answer 4

The ability of a treatment to produce a desired effect in real-world settings

Question 5

Efficacy

Answer 5

The ability of a treatment to produce a desired effect in highly controlled settings

Question 6

Ego

Answer 6

Bridging the 3 levels of awareness, is responsible for executing the urges of the id in a way that is acceptable

Question 7

Ego dystonic disorders

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Characterized by the symptoms of the disorder being perceived by the individual as UNdesirable

Question 8

Ego syntonic disorders

Answer 8

Characterized by the symptoms of the disorder being perceived by the individual as Desirable

Question 9

Electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 9

Procedure involving the brief passage of electrical current through electrodes, stimulates seizure

Question 10

Empathy

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The therapist makes every effort to understand the client’s feelings and validates them

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Exposure

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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

Question 12

Extratherapeutic factors

Answer 12

Factors that operate outside of the therapy itself

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Free association

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The patient is encouraged to let their mind wander, report content to therapist

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Generalized seizure

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A sudden, widespread alteration in electrical signalling across both hemispheres in brain

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Genuineness

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The therapist is present as a congruent human being in the social relationship

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Id

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Operating at the unconscious level, is motivated to fulfill our innate and primitive instincts

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Licensed psychologist

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Psychologist with specific training + certification in clinical or counselling psychology

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Pharmacotherapy

Answer 18

The treatment of psychological conditions using medication

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Psychiatrists

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Medical doctors with advanced training and certification in psychiatry

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Psychosurgery

Answer 20

The treatment of psychological disorders w brain surgery

Question 21

Reframing

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The therapist provides an alternate viewpoint on a problematic situation with the goal of shifting the interpretation from -ve to +ve

Question 22

Relaxation training

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The therapist instructs the client in skill such as progressive muscle relaxation and abdominal breathing

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Socratic questioning

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The therapist probes the patient with questions designed to illicit logical flaws in their thoughts

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Superego

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Bridges the 3 levels of consciousness, seeks to govern behaviour in such a way that it is MORAL

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Systematic desensitization

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Principles of classical conditioning are used to decouple the fear stimulus-response association

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Transference

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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

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Unconditional positive regard

Answer 27

To demonstrate an unwavering empathy for the feelings, understanding of thoughts, and prizing of the inner experiences the patient as a human being