Psychotherapies

Question 1

Best tx of specific phobias

Answer 1

Systematic desensitization
- part of Behavioral Tx
3 steps:
-Relaxation
-Hierarchical Construction (think about phoia, see phobia, experience phobia - taper up to triggers)
- Desensitization in a gradually increasing manner

Question 2

Insight-oriented PyschoTx Requirments

Answer 2

Good for strongly motivated pt
need to be able to tolerate a great deal of frustration, and a good capacity for insight
require GOOD impulse control
- talk out their feelings
Low IQ pt DO NOT BENEFIT

Question 3

splitting in factitious d/o

Answer 3

requires reg inter-team meetings

Question 4

features of supportive psychoTx

Answer 4

maintain positive transferance at all time
nurture/care etc,
e-ment manipulation, reality testing, consolation and advice are common features

Question 5

Psychoanalysis

Answer 5

understandof the patient
recreation of the past through clarification
confront frequently (>1x/week)
lies on couch facing away from therapist

Question 6

Projective Identification

Answer 6

Occurs in borderline PD
3 steps:
- aspect of self is projected onto someone else
- projector tries to coerce the person to Identify with whats been projected
- recipient of projection and the projector feel a sense of oneness/union