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1
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what is psychoanalysis?

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bringing unconscious feelings into awareness
goal = change through insight

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techniques of psychoanalysis?

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free association, transference

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what is free association?

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saying whatever comes to mind

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what is transference?

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bringing past experiences into present and future ones

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what is psychodynamic treatment?

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focus on the relationship - how people act in the social world

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what is humanistic treatment?

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all humans have the potential for self-fulfillment

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Carl Rogers founded …. therapy?

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client-centered therapy

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what is client-centered therapy?

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empathy - accept clients feelings, validate their feelings

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what is behavioral treatment?

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classical conditioning, exposure, operant conditioning

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what is counterconditioning?

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we can’t experience relaxation and fear at the same time

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what is systematic desensitization in exposure ?

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working through the anxiety hierarchy

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what is flooding in exposure?

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activate full anxiety and wait until it decreases

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what is operant conditioning?

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use of reinforcement, punishment, or extinction to change behavior (token system)

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what is assumption?

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thoughts intervene between events and our emotional interactions

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example of an assumption?

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get bad grade, think you aren’t smart enough, don’t deserve to be in school, stop studying

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what is Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Thereapy?

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dysfunctional or maladaptive thoughts leads to depression
aims at testing our assumptions

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people prone to depression have cognitive _?

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distortions

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what is selective abstraction?

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selective something bad from a mixture of good, and letting that define you

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what is cognitive-behavioral therapy?

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behavioral activation in addition to cognitive changes

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what is couples and family therapy?

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focus on family as a system with communication patterns

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what is group therapy?

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normalizes our problems, explore social behavior and develop social skills

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what is psychopharmacology therapy?

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drug therapy

23
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what are examples of anti-psychotic drugs?

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Risperdal, Thorazine

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what do anti-psychotic drugs do?

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useful for controlling positive symptoms of psychosis

25
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side effects of anti-psychotics?

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tardive dyskinesia - loss of fine motor control in face and tongue
weight gain

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what are some anti-anxiety drugs?

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xanax, ativan

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what do anti-anxiety drugs do?

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central nervous system depressant

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never mix anti-anxiety drugs with … ?

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alcohol

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what are some anti-depressants?

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prozac, zoloft

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anti-depressants are most effective for _ depression?

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severe

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anti-depressants are often known as

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SSRI’s (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)

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what is an example of a mood stabilizer?

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lithium

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what do mood stabilizers do?

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reduce manic symptoms of bipolar disorders

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what is the process for electroconvulsive therapy?

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used for severely depressed patients who do not respond to medication, patient is anesthetized and given a muscle relaxant

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side effects for electroconvulsive therapy?

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temporary amnesia, feeling “cloudy”

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what is the process for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)?

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sit in chair and have magnetic pulses in left prefrontal cortex

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therapeutic lifestyle changes are _ effective for treating _ depression

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equally effective, moderate depression

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therapeutic lifestyle changes examples?

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exercise, sleep, nutrition, time in nature

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