treatment (pysch) Flashcards

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pyschotherapy

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

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eclectic approach

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type of pyschotherapy tailored to fit the needs of a specific patient

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resistance

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clients attempt to block or repress anxiety provoking memories from entering concsious awareness

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transferrence

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when a patients feelings redirect onto the therapist

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insight therapies

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talk therapy (pyschotherapy)

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active listening

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echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what the person expresses and acknowledging the expressed feelings.

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behavior therapy

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Applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors.

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exposure therapies

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A technique that treats anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear & avoid. used for OCD, anxiety, and PTSD

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virtual reality exposure therapy

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Progressively exposes people to simulations of their greatest fears.

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cognitive therapy

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Teach people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions. Aaron beck wanted to reverse clients negative beliefs about themselves

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cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

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An integrative therapy that aims not only to alter the way people think, but also to alter the way they act. founded by albert ellis

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meta analysis

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statistical combination of results from two or more seperate studies

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therapeutic alliance

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emotional bond between therapist and client

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antipyschotic drugs

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Drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.
Examples include Thorazine & Haldol

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antidepressant drugs

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Used to treat _depression__ but can also be prescribed for anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.
They work by increasing the _availability____ of norepinephrine or serotonin by partially blocking the reuptake process.
Examples include Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil.

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repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

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Painless application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain through a magnetic coil held close to a person’s skull.

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resilience

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the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.

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biomedical therapy

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Physically changing the brain’s functioning by altering its chemistry with drugs, or affecting its circuiting with electroconvulsive shock, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery.
Only psychiatrists offer biomedical therapies.

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pyschoanalysis

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sigmund freud. By excavating their childhood _past__, patients then work through the buried feelings and take responsibility for their own growth

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interpretation

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efforts by the therapist to connect conscious (or preconscious) feelings, thoughts, and behaviors (e.g., symptoms) to the unconscious materials that gave rise to them.

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pyschodynamic therapy

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focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in the client’s present behavior. The goals of psychodynamic therapy are client self-awareness and understanding of the influence of the past on present behavior.

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client centered therapy

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the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate clients’ growth.

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unconditional positive regard

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involves showing complete support and acceptance of psychotherapy clients.

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counterconditioning

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a procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors. two types; exposure therapy and aversive conditioning

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systematic desensitization

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Associates a pleasant relaxed state with GRADUALLY increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
The trick is to proceed GRADUALLY, constructing a hierarchy of anxiety- triggering events.

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aversive conditioning

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Associates an unpleasant___ state with an __unwanted behavior.

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token economy

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Earning a token for exhibiting desired behavior and late exchanging the token for various privileges or treats.

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rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that aims to help a person challenge unhelpful thoughts to avoid negative emotions or behaviors

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group therapy

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Does not provide the same degree of therapist __involvement____ with each client, but it saves the therapist time and clients money.
It is no less __effective___ than individual therapy.

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family therapy

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a form of talk therapy that focuses on the improvement of relationships among family members

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evidence based practice

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applies research-based treatments that are tailored to meet people’s needs, preferences, and cultural expectations.

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pyschopharmacology

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The study of drug effects on mind and behavior

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antianxiety drugs

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Used to control anxiety and agitation.
Examples include Valium, Ativan, and Xanax.
These drugs depress central nervous system activity.

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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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the wide-wake patient was strapped to a table and jolted with roughly _100__ volts of electricity to the brain.
Many times patients endured broken __bones___________ from the convulsions.

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pyschosurgery

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Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior.
One of the most drastic and least-used biomedical intervention because its effects are _irreversible___.

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lobotomy

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The nerves are cut that connect frontal lobe to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.
The first lobotomies were called prefontol lobotomies.

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post traumatic growth

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the positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event.