Treatment Of Psychopathology Flashcards
Describe a psychiatrist
Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
What is case conceptualization?
It describes the process of taking interview data from a patient to create a model describing the patient’s symptoms and determine a plan of action for treatment. Multiple forms of case conceptualization exist, each using different models to describe how information from the patient is organized and interpreted.
What is psychodynamic therapies?
Freudian
Uses psychoanalysis, intense and prolong technique for exploring unconscious motivation conflicts
Free association and dreams
Describe clinical psychologist?
Specialize in diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and behavior problems
What is the problem and goal in behavioral therapy?
Problem – – problematic learning experiences, contingencies that maintain dysfunctional behavior
Goal – – create more of adaptive contingencies
What is exposure?
Repeated presentation of stimulus, Lees to extinction of a conditional emotional response
What is response prevention?
The goal is to allow an individual to experience their anxiety without enacting an avoidance behavior or a compulsion
This “rewires” the nervous system and ultimately reduces reliance on superstitious or compulsive behaviors to cope with anxiety
What is contingency management?
- )Associated unwanted behavior with an unpleasant consequence
- )Adaptive behaviors are reinforced
- )Non-adaptive behaviors are not reinforced
What is relaxation?
Learn relaxing techniques to lower baseline levels of arousal
Progressive muscle relaxations
What is behavioral activation?
Making a schedule to engage in physical active in value driven behaviors (especially for depression)
What is cognitive therapy? Problem and goals?
Problem – – problematic thinking, cognitive distortions
Goal – – clarify distortion cognition and learn appropriate ways coping with distorted thoughts
Cognitive therapies are based on the notion that the way we think about her circumstances is essential to our health and adjustment
What is CBT?
Combines behavioral therapy and cognitive therapy’s into a coherent therapy approach the targets with cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that maintain mental disorder.
Most common approach used by clinical psychologist documented effectiveness
What is cognitive reconstructing?
Replacing to stored patterns of thinking with more adaptive patterns get to the bottom of a worry, estimate real odds, develop a coping plan
What is third wave therapy?
A new approach to CBT
Mindfulness, present focused attention to physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
What is mindfulness?
Present focus attention to physical sensations emotions and thoughts
Used distance and individual from thoughts and feelings I may contribute to disorder behaviors. More than just relaxation; it changes the no patterns of the brain.
