Treatment Terms Flashcards

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Psychotherapy

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form of treatment in which a trained professional employs psychological techniques to help people in need
- insight therapy
-behavior therapy
-eclectic

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Humanistic Therapies

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Attempt to reduce the inner conflicts that interfere with natural development and growth. grows self awareness and acceptance

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Sigmund Freud

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Neurologist who invented and developed the technique of psychoanalysis

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Carl Rogers

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Developed humanistic therapy

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Aaron Beck

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Created Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Albert Ellis

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Developed Rational Emotive Therapy

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Cognitive Therapies

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Teaches new, more adaptive ways of thinking

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Rational Emotive Therapy

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Focus on resolving emotional and behavioral problems

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Drug Therapies

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Helps alleviate symptoms and alters brain chemistry.
SSRI- Elevates arousal and mood by blocking reuptake of serotonin
MAOI- Breaks down seratonin and dopamine to lower stress levels

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Electroshock

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Delivers shock to brain and treats severe depression

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Psychosurgery

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Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue to change behavior

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