Psychololigal Therapies Flashcards
What is interpersonal therapy?
What is it used for?
Focus is on “here and now” emphasis on patients life and relationships at home, work, and in the social realm
Used for: Communication, role relationships, and bereavement
What is psychoanalysis?
Concepts?
Focuses on unconscious thoughts and feelings from the patients past
Concepts of TRANSFERENCE and COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
Use of DEFENSE MECHANISMS
Costly and lengthy
What is cognitive therapy?
Who is it used on most?
Focus on individuals thoughts and behaviors. Based on the way a person perceives an event, rather than the event it’s self.
Patients with depression
-Helps patients understand the construction of their world and experience with new ways to respond to situations
What does COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING help with?
Priority identification
biggest problem
What does ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING help with?
Learning to express feelings
What are the 3 behavioral theories?
- Positive reinforcement increases the frequency of behavior
- Removal of negative reinforcers increases the frequency of behavior
- Continuous reinforcement is the fastest way to change behavior
What is the goal of cognitive behavioral therapy?
Who does it work well on?
Replace negative patterns of thought that lead to negative emotions
Patients with anxiety empty depression
USED MOST
What is therapeutic milieu?
Purposeful manipulation of an environment to create a therapeutic atmosphere
- nurses are responsible for managing the treatment environment
What is the role of the psych nurse?
Foster a patient’s positive change through teaching and encouraging coping strategies and communication skills that support healthy lifestyles and self-determination
What is bright light therapy used for?
Seasonal affective disorder
What is most influential and determining patient’s response to therapy?
Their feelings and perceptions
