unit 8b: treatment of psychological disorders

Question 1

two categories of therapy

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psychotherapy and biomedical therapy

Question 2

psychotherapy

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a trained therapist uses psychological techniques to assist someone to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

Question 3

biomedical therapy

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prescribed medications or procedures that act on the person’s physiology

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eclectic therapy

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a combination of psychotherapy and biomedical therapy

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psychodynamic therapy

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therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces & childhood experiences

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free association

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patients say whatever thoughts, memories, or images that come to mind

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analyzing resistance

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the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden materials

Question 8

transference

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patients transfer to the therapist emotions linked with other relationships

Question 9

insight therapies

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humanistic and psychodynamic therapies. aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses

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client-centered therapy

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popular humanistic therapy developed by carl rogers. focuses on the client’s self-perceptions. therapist is caring, accepting, and non-judgmental

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behavior therapy

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applies learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors

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counterconditioning

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uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors

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mary cover jones

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psychologist with an experiment of a 3 year old child who fear rabbits. she associated rabbits with eating and then the fear went away

Question 14

2 types of counterconditioning techniques

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exposure therapy and aversive conditioning

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exposure therapy

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treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear

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aversive conditioning

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associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior (ex. nausea and drinking)

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systematic desensitization

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a type of exposure therapy that associated a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. commonly used to treat phobias

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behavior modification

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treatments that use operant conditioning principles. reinforces desired behaviors and withholds reinforcement for undesired behaviors

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cognitive therapy

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therapy that reaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking. based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and out emotional reactions

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rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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a confrontational cognitive theory that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions. developed by albert ellis

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aaron beck

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tries to treat patients by reversing client’s false beliefs or errors in logic or thoughts that minimize the value of one’s accomplishments

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cognitive-behavioral therapy

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integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behaviors)

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group therapy

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therapy conducted with groups

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family therapy

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therapy that treats the family as a system and views unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, family members

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psychopharmacology

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the study of drug effects on mind and behavior

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drug therapies

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antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant drugs, mood-stabilizing medications

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antipsychotic drugs

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drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of sever thought disorders

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antianxiety drugs

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drugs used to control anxiety and agitation

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antidepressant drugs

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drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD

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mood-stabilizing medications

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lithium can be effective for treating bipolar disorder

Question 31

electroconvulsive therapy

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patient’s brain is electrically shocked 30-60 seconds. used primarily to treat depression

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repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (RTMS)

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the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity. used to treat sever depression

Question 33

psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in order to change behavior. used only as a last resort in modern times