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Treatment Of Abnormal Behavior Flashcards

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Psychotherapy

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Treatment involving psychological techniques consists of interactions between a trained therapist & someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

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Biomedical therapy

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Prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the persons physiology

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Eclectic approach

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An approach to psychotherapy that depending on the clients problems , uses techniques from various forms of therapy

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Psychoanalysis

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Freud believed free associates , resistances , dreams , & transference & the therapsids interpretations of them
allowing patient to gain self insight
HELP BRING REPRESSED FEELINGS OUT

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Resistance

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In psychoanalysis

The blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material

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Interpretation

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In psychoanalysis
The analyst noting supposed dream meanings , resistances , & other significant behaviors & events in order to promote insight

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Transference

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In psychoanalysis

The patient transfer to the analyst of emotions linked w other relationships

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Psychodynamic therapy

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Therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences , that seeks to enhance self insight

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Insight therapies

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A variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person awareness of underlying motives & defense

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Client centered therapy

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A humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within accepting empathetic environment

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Active listening

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Empathic listening in which the listener echoes & restates & clarifies

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Unconditional positive regard

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A caring , accepting , non judgmental attitude , which carl rovers beloved would help clients to develop self awareness & self acceptance

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Behavior therapy

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Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
PROBLEM BEHAVIORS ARE THE PROBLEM

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Counterconditioning

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Behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are tripping unwanted behaviors
Exposure therapies
Aversive conditioning

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Exposure therapies

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Behavioral techniques , such as systematic desensitization & virtual reality exposure therapy
That treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear & avoid

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Systematic desensitization

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A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant , related state w gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli
Used to treat phobias

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Virtual reality exposure

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An anxiety treatment that progressively exposed people to electronic simulations of their greatest fears

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Aversive conditioning

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A type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state w an unwanted behaviors
Nausea & drinking

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Token economy

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An operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior & can later exchange the tokens for various treats

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Cognitive therapy

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Therapy that teaches people new & more adaptive ways of thinking
Based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events & our emotional reactions

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Rational emotive behavior

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A confrontational cognitive therapy , developed by Albert Ellis that vigorously challenged people’s illogical self defeating attitudes & assumptions

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Cognitive behavioral therapy

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A popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy w behavior therapy
Self defeating thinking & changing behavior

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Group therapy

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Therapy conducted w groups rather than individuals permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction

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Family therapy

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Therapy that treats the family as a system

Views an individuals unwanted behaviors as influenced by or directed At other members

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Regression toward the mean

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The tendency for extremism or unusual scores to fall back toward their average

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Meta analysis

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A way to combine the results of lots of studies p

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Evidence based practice

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Clinical decision making that integrates the best available research w clinical expertise & patient characteristics & preferences

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Therapeutic alliance

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A bond of trust & mutual understanding between a therapist & a client who work together to over client problem

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Resilience

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The personal strength that helps most people cope w stress & recover from adversity & even trauma

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Psychopharmacology

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The study of the effects of drugs on mind & behavior

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Antipsychotic drugs

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Drugs used to treat schizophrenia & other forms of severe thought disorder

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Antianxiety drugs

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Drugs used to control anxiety & agitation

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Antidepressant drugs

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Drugs used to treat depression , anxiety disorders , OCD , & PTSD

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

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Psychosurgery

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Surgery that removes destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

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Lobotomy

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A psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients
Cut nerves connecting frontal lobes to the emotion controlling centers

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One example of humanistic therapies differ from psychoanalytic therapies

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Humanist therapies focus on promoting growth , not curing illness

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What is a feature of client centered therapy ?

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Active listening

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Dr Welles tries to help her clients by teaching them to modify the things they do when under stress or experiencing symptoms

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Behavior

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Mary cover jones helped a lil boy named peter overcome his fear of rabbits by gradually moving a rabbit closer to him each day while eating his snack

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Exposure therapy

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Token economies are based on

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Operant conditioning

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Benefit of group therapy

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It saves time & money when compared w other forms of therapy

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Which neurotransmitter is affected by antipsychotic medications

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Dopamine

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Which is most effectively treated w ECT

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Depression

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Eye movement desensitization

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Patient closes eye & thinks bout traumatic scene
Therapist moves hand over eyes to cause rapid eye movements
TRAMUA & ANXIETY

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Lithium

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An anti depressant used mainly for bipolar

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Methods used by psychoanalysts

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Free association

Dream interpretations

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According to rogers , what is therapists most important contributions

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Unconditional positive regard

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Does aversive conditioning really work ?

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It may , but it is most effective when combined w other treatments

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What does research show us regarding the effectiveness of therapy !

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It’s effective in treating abnormal behavior

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Negative side effects of antipsychotic drugs

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Sluggish
Tremor
Twitching

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Problems of antianxiety drugs

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Criticized for reducing symptoms without resolving the real problem

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How does SSRI work?

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By blocking the re up take of serotonin

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Correlation between use of Prozac & suicide

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Patients w very severe depression have a substantial advantage from taking Prozac

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RTMS

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Improved depressed moods but without the side effects of seizures & memory loss

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Statistics

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One in six American suffer clinically significant mental disorders
The incidences of mental disorders doubles for people below poverty line
Over 75 percent of all suffers experience their first symptoms by the age 24

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Best treatment for anxiety & OCD

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Behavior

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Cognitive therapy mainly treats

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Depression

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Therapeutic touch

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Push energy fields into balance

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Light exposure therapy is used for ..

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SAD

depression

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Types of antipsychotic drugs

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Thorazine
Clozaril
Haldol

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What do antibpsychotic drugs do ?

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Attach themselves to receptor sites for dopamine , blocking the re up take

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Reup take inhibitors

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Serotonin

Nonrepobphrine

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Types of anti anxiety drugs

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Xanax

Valium

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Types of anti depressant drugs

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Prozac
Paxil
Zoloft

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Criticisms of drug therapy

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Doesn’t address the causes
Addiction
Suicide
May cause other disorders

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