Unit 13 Treatment (Psychothearpy) Flashcards
insight
talk therapy
biomedical
physicological level (meds)
psychoanalysis
freud’s therapy
free association
say everything that comes to mind, entry into the subconscious
dream analysis
freud’s thing
manifest content
actual images in dream
latent content
meaning of what you see in a dream
resistance
unwillingness of the client
transference
therapist pretends to be someone you have a problem with, confront problem by confronting them (role play)
client-centered therapy (person-centered therapy)
humanist carl rodgers, people need unconditional love to have a healthy self-image
unconditional positive regard
what carl rodgers gives his patients
AGE
Acceptance
Genuineness
Empathy
exposure therapy
behavioral therapist Mary Cover Jones popularized it
counter conditioning
unlearning learned behaviors
systematic desensitization
developed by joseph Wolpe, 3 step process to get over phobias
aversion/aversive therapy
pair something you don’t like with an undesired behavior
flooding
exposure to stimulus (last resort)
token economy
use behavior modifications to change behavior uses intrinsic value
rational-emotive-behavior therapy (REBT)
rational-emotive therapy (RET)
confrontational approach that challenges illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions
albert ellis
ABCD
Aaron-Beck- Cognitive therapist - depression
cognitive- behavioral therapy
mix of cognitive and behavioeal
biomedical therapy
90% psychopharmacology
10% electroconvulsive therapy
psychopharmacology
meds
agonist
raises levels of neurotransmitter
antagonist
lowers levels of neurotransmitter
electroconvulsive therapy
current run through brain to reset it
antidepressants
for depression
affects serotonin (norepinephrine)
agonist
antipsychotics
for schizophrenia
affects dopamine
antagonist
antianxiety
for anxiety disorders
affects GABA
agonist
mood stabilizers
for bipolar depression
lithium
placebo effect
self fulfilling prophecy
spontaneous recovery
recover fast with no intervention
regression towards mean
if high, go low, if low go high
advantages of group therapy
not alone
different perspectives
cheaper
provides a safe place
SSRI
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor