unit 3 Flashcards
What is the reasoning for deeper exploration of mind-body techniques?
Rise in chronic illness
increase costs of treating chronic illness
What is the fundamental tenants of mind-body medicine? (hint there is two)
Treating the whole person
People can be active participants in their own health
What can mind body therapy be used for?
to reduce the severity and frequency of biological symptoms
strengthen the body’s resistance to disease
What can mind body treat?
chronic and difficult to treat illnesses such as pain syndromes and hypertension
What does placebo mean in latin?
I please
What does psychotherapy mean in greek?
healing of the soul
What does psychotherapy aim to treat?
emotional and mental health
What does psychotherapy encompass?
combining medication with discussion
listening to the patients concerns
using active behavioural and emotional approaches
How many and when do most people in the US experience a major psychological episode? What are the most common episodes experienced?
one in five americans every six months
These include depression, anxiety, substance abuse of acute confusion
What increases the rate of psychological episodes in people (IE who are more vulnerable?)
people with a chronic illness and the elderly
how often do primary care physicians recognize cases of depression?
How often for other mental illnesses?
one fourth to one half in patients who experience depression
less than one fourth for other mental illnesses
What are the six categories of psychotherapy
psychodynamic therapy, behavioural therapy, cognitive therapy, systems therapy, supportive therapy and body-oriented therapy
Describe four points of psychodynamic therapy
derived from psychoanalysis and seeks to resolve emotional conflicts that originate in childhood and carry to adult hood
Sessions devoted to exploring current emotional reaction to past experiences
works best if patient goal is to make a fundamental change in personality rather than one specific behaviour
Often called interpretative therapy or expressive therapy
Describe behaviour therapy in four points.
emphasizes changing specific behaviours such as phobias by stopping what reinforces it
Replaces it with a more desirable response
sessions devoted to analyzing the behaviour and devising ways to change it
more effective with focused problems
Describe cognitive therapy in four points
aims to change specific habitual thoughts underlying the habit;
replaces the thought with a more desirable one
sessions devoted to analyzing and devising solutions to change the thoughts
often used with behaviour therapy and works well with depression and self esteem
describe systems therapy in four points
focuses on relationships such as couples, parents and children, or whole family
requires everyone to attend therapy sessions
uses experiences to change problem habits
works well for marriages and parent children where the problem is in the relationship between them
describe supportive therapy in three points
helps people who are in intense emotional crises such as deep depression
may be used in combination with medication
focuses on building tools to handle overwhelming day to day situations
describe body oriented therapy in two points
suggests emotions are encoded in a person and expressed through tension and restrictions in various body parts
uses various methods including breath work, movement and manual pressure to relieve emotion in the tissue
how can psychotherapy help elderly hospital patients with broken hips?
help spend an average of 2 days less in hospital
they return fewer times and spend fewer days in rehab
When is psychotherapy benefits for patients in a hospital?
right after being admitted
What is the most common psychological problems of patients?
reactive anxiety and depression from emotional stress from a recent diagnosis
What types of patients are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease?
patients who feel lonely, depressed and isolated than those with adequate social support
How is psychotherapy cost effective
significantly increases the speed at which a patient recovers from illness
can reduce costs by 10 to 20% after brief psychotherapy
can reduce the length of stay for cardiac patients on the hospital
What can lower your risk of dying at any age?
having many close social relationships