psychotherapies

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split treatment

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describes the arrangement where a psychiatrist prescribes medication adn someone else provides therapy;

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psychoanalysis is not inidicated for patients who

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have problems with reality– psychosis and manic pt.

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____ proposed that behaviros or sxs result from unconscious mental processes inclduing defense mechanisms

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Freud

*** conflicts between one’s ego, id, superego and external reality

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normal development: Id is present at ____, ego develops ____ and superego development ______

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Id is present at birth, ego develops after birth and superego development is completed by age 6

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according to Freud, _____ is the aspect of one’s psyche that represents “morality, society and parental teaching “

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superego

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The Freudian ________ represents internalization of cultural rules

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superego

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freud’d theories of the mind– topographic theory

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1. unconscious
2. preconscoius
3. conscious

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involves current thoughts and secondary process thinking

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conscious

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includes repressed thoughts that are out of one’s awareness

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unconscious

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contains memories that are easy to bring into awareness but not unless consciously retireved

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preconscious

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unconscious, involves instictual sexual/aggressive urges and primary process thinking

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Id

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moral sonscience and ego ideal– inner image of oneself that one wants to become

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Superego

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serves as a mediator between Id, suprerego and external environment and seeks to develop satisfying interpersonal relationships – uses defense mechanisms to control instictual urges and distinguishes fantasy from reality using reality testing

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Ego

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used by the ego to protect oneself and relieves anxiety by keeping conflicts out of awareness

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defense mechanisms

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mature defense mechanisms

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healthy and adaptive, and they are seen in normal adults

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Neurotic defenses

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encountered in OCD patients, pts with other anxiety disorders and adults under stress

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immature defenses

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seen inchildren, adolescent psychotic pt… primitive defense mechanisms

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defense mechanism: a former street thug becomes a social worker to help reform kids in gangs

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sublimation– channeling of destructive impulses to create something constructive

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performing acts that benefit others in order to vicariously experience pleasure

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altruism

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expressing usually unpleasant or uncomfortable feelings without causing discomfort to self or others

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Humor

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satisfying socially objectionable impulses in an acceptable manner

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sublimation

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purposely ignoring an unacceptable impulse or emotion in order to diminish discomfort and accomplish a task

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suppression

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suppression is a conscious process

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yep–involves avoiding paying attention to a particular emotion

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mature defenses (4)

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1. altruism
2. humor
3. sublimantion
4. suppression

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A man buys himself an expensive new watch and tells his friends that he needed it b/c his old one was not reliable enough and he needs to make sure to get his appointments on time

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rationalization

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regulating situiations and events of external environment to relieve anxiety

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controlling

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shifting emotions from an undesirable situation to one that is personally tolerable

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Displacement

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avoiding negative feelings by excessive use of intelectual functions and by focusing on irrelevant details

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intellectualization

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unconsciously limiting the experience of feelings or emotions associated with a stressful life event in order to avoid anxiety

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isolation of affect

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explanations of an event in order to justify outcomesor behaviors and to make them acceptable

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rationalization

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doing the opposite of an unacceptable impulse

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reaction formation

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preventing a thought or feeling from entering consciousness

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repression

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neurotic defenses (7)

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1. controlling 2. Displacement 3. intellectualization 4. isolation effect 5. rationalization 6. reaction formation 7. repression

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student who is angry with his mother talks back to his teacher the next day and refuses to obey her instructions

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Displacement

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Physician dying from colon cancer describes te pathophysiology of his disease in detail to his 12 year old son

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intellectualization

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woman describes the recent death of her beloved husband

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isolation of affect

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my boss fired me today b/s she's not meeting her quotas, not b/s I haven't done a good job

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rationalization

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man who is in love with his married coworker insults her

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reaction formation

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a man who accusses his wife of cheating on him while involved in numerous affairs

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projection

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giving in to an impulse even is socially inappropriate in order to avoid anxiety of suppressing that impulse

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acting out

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not accepting reality that is too painful

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denial

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performing behaviors from an earlier stage of development in order to avoid tension associated with current phase of development

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regression

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attributing objectionable thoughts or emotions to others

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projection

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immature defenses (4)

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1. acting out 2. denial 3. regression 4. projection

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man who has been told his therapist is going on vacation "forgets" his last appointment and skips it

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acting out

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woman who has been shceduled for a breast mass biopsy cancels her appointment b/c she believes she is healthy

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Denial

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woman brings her childhood teddy bear to the hospital when she has to spend the night

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regression

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Husband who is attracted to other women believes his wife is having an affair

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projection

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labeling people as all good or all bad

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splitting

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splitting is seen in which personality disorder

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borderline perosonality disorder

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attempting to reverse a situation by adopting a new behavior

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undoing

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man who has had a brief fantasy of killing his wfe by sabotaging her car takes the car in for a complete check-up

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undoing

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goal of psychoanalysis

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resolve unconscious conflicts by bringing repressed experiences and feelings into awareness and intergrating them into the patient's conscious experience

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Insight oriented

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psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalysis can be useful in the treatment of (5)

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1. cluster B + C personality disorders 2. anxiety disorders 3. problems with coping 4. sexual disorders 5. persistent depressive disorder

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the patient is asked to say whatever comes into his or her mind during therapy session

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free association-- to bring forth thoughts and feelings from the unconscious so that the therapist may interpret them

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dreams are seen to represent conflict between urges and fears

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Dream interpretation

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bond between the therapist and the patients who work together toward a therapeutic goal

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therapeutic alliance

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projection of unconscious feelings regarding important figure in the patients life into the therapist.

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transference

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projection of unsconcsious feelings about important figures in the therapist's life onto the patients

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countertransference

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givinga reward for a desired behavior

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positive reinforcement

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encouraging a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus

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negative reinforcement

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aversive response to a behavior

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punishment

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learning theory which states that behaviors are learned by conditioning and can similarly be unlearned by deconsitioning

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behavioral therapy

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stimulust that evokes a conditioned response

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classical conditioning

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behaviors can be learned when followed by a positive or negative reinforcement

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operant conditioning

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patient performs relaxation techniques while being exposed to increasing doses of an anxiety provoking stimulus

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systematic desensitization

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through habituation, the patient is confronted with a real or imagined anxiety provoking stimulus and not allowed to withdraw from it until he or she feels calm and in control

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flooding and implosions

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negative stimulus is repeatedly paired witha specific behavior to create an unpleasant response

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aversion therapy

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rewards are given afte rspecific behaviors to positively reinforce them

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token economy

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physiological data are given to patients as they try to mentally control physiological states

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biofeedback

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If I were smart, I would do well on tests. I must not be smart since I received average grades thsi semester

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cognitive distortions-- faulty assumptions

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I am stupid. I will never amount ot anything wothwhile. Nobody likesa worthless person

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negative thoughts

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focuse son a patients current sxs and problems by examining the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors

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CBT

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it incortportates cognitive and supportive techniques along with the mindfulness derived from traditional Budhist practive

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DBT

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DBT has demonstrated effectiveness in patients with

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borderline personality disorders

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_____________ is especially useful in the treatment of substance use disorder, adjustment disorder and personality disorder

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Group therapy

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Family therapy is especially useful in treating

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schizophrenia and anorexia in adolescents

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______ useful in the treatment of conflicts, sexual problems, and communication problems within the context of an intimate relationship

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couples therapy