Treatment of Psychological Disorders Flashcards
Biomedical Therapy
A form of therapy mainly used on patients suffering from disorders more influenced by biology. Involves the use of prescription medications or medical procedures of the nervous system
Eclectic Approach
The use of many therapies and techniques to treat patients
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud’s therapeutic technique of probing patients’ consciousness to draw conclusions of their mental state
Resistance
Blockage of free thought, which are believed to indicate defense against sensitive experiences
Interpretation
Both the therapist and patient must interpret what the thoughts mean, in order to gain insight
Psychodynamic Therapy
A form of therapy involving attempting to understand patients’ current symptoms
Insight Therapy
A variety if therapies aiming to improve psychological functioning by increasing the client’s awareness of underlying motives
Client-Centered Therapy
A humanistic therapy in which the therapist actively listens and returns feedback to the client, in a genuine manner
Unconditional Positive Regard
A caring, accepting, nonjudgemental attitude that promotes free thinking and expression
Behavior Therapy
Therapy based on the belief that problematic actions and behaviors are in and of themselves the problem, rather than a symptom
Counter-Conditioning
A form of classical conditioning in which a trigger stimulus is laired with a response that is intrinsically incompatible with the previous response to the stimulus
Exposure Therapies
Therapy involving exposure to a “negative” stimulus to gradually reduce a negative response
Systematic Desensitization
A type of exposure therapy that associates a plesant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety producing trigger stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
The use of virtual reality for exposure therapy for situations that are too expensive, difficult, or embarrassing to do otherwise
Adverse Conditioning
An application of classical conditioning involving invoking a negative response to harmful stimuli by associating negative unconditional responses
