Psychological treatments

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Flooding

Answer 1

the condition of becoming filled or covered with a large amount of water

Question 2

Psychoanalysis

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examine a person’s unconscious mind to discover the hidden causes of their mental problems

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Lobotomy

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a medical operation in which cuts are made in or near the front part of the brain, used in the past for the treatment of severe mental problems

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ECT

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ElectroConvulsive Therapy: a treatment for particular mental illnesses that involves sending an electric current through the brain

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CBT

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cognitive behavioural therapy: a treatment that helps people to deal with problems by changing the way they think about them

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Cognition

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the use of conscious mental processes

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Experimental psychology

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the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific investigation of the responses of individuals to stimuli in controlled situations.

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Informed consent

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permission granted in full knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.

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Conflict

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an active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs

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Sublimation

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the act of expressing strong emotions or using energy by doing an activity or creating something

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Alternative therapy

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range of treatments for medical conditions that people use instead of or with western medicine (conditional medicine) : such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and hypnotherapy.

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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

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emotional quotient: a measurement of a person’s emotional intelligence (= their ability to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others):

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Framing/ Frame/ Reframe

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Framing : process people use to define a situation and decide how they are going to deal with it.

Reframing is doing this over again in a different way: (– for example, (or “win-win”) way, rather than a negative (or “win-lose”) way.)

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Course of (treatment)

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undergoing the specified process

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Respond to (a treatment)

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in reply

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To seek out (help, treatment)

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to search for and find

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Remedy

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a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty

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To improve

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make or become better.

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To cure

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relieve of the symptoms of a disease or condition

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To heal

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cause to become healthy again

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To intervene

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take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events

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To be getting nowhere

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to have no success at all in doing something