Treating psychological disorders (16.1)

Question 1

Clinical psychologists

Answer 1

Have obtained phds and are able to formally diagnose and treat mental health issues ranging from the everyday and mild to chronic and severe

Question 2

Counselling psychologists

Answer 2

Mental health professionals who typically work with people who need help with more common problems such as stress coping. issue concerning identity, sexuality, and relationships, anxiety and depression, and developmental issues such as childhood trauma

Question 3

Psychiatrist

Answer 3

Medical doctors who specialize in mental health and who are allowed to diagnose and treat mental disorders through prescribing medications

Question 4

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 4

The movement of large numbers of psychiatric impatient from their care facilities back into regular society

Question 5

Residential treatment centers

Answer 5

Housing facilities in which residents recieve psychological therapy and life skills training, with the explicit goal of helping residents become re-integrated into society

Question 6

Community psychology

Answer 6

Focuses on identifying how individuals mental health is influenced by the community in which they live and emphasizes community level variables such as social programs support networks and community recourses centers to help those with mental health illnesses adjust to the challenges of everyday life

Question 7

Empirically supported treatments

Answer 7

Treatments that have been tested and evaluated using scientific methods

Question 8

Therapeutic alliance

Answer 8

The relationship that emerges in therapy between the therapist and the patient

Question 9

Bibliotherapy

Answer 9

The use of self help books and other reading materials as a form of therapy