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Treatment of Psycholgical Disorders
Chapter 16
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2013

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psychotherapy
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psychological techniques used to treat emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems.talking treatment-talk about it to change the way you are acting
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Biomedical Therapies
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medication to change behavior-medication and/or other medical treatments used to treat symptoms associated with psychological disorders. changing brain chemistry tends to fix you faster but has a lot of drawbacks like side effects
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Clinical Psychologist
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In most states cannot prescribe medication. everyday life stuff,moderate to severe disorders that interfere with everyday function treatment of mental illness. has a phd.
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psychiatrist
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can wright meds, is a medical dr.treat the most severe psychological disordes
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counselors
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work in social settings and help people adjust to normal work-and family related difficulties. focus on present not past. often trained in educational departments and receive a doctrine or masters
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social worker
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has a masters degree and also trained in a clinical practice.once they pace the licensing exam,they are a licensed clinical social workers
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marriage and family therapists
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receive a masters degree in clinical psychology they have many hours of supervised training and pass the license exam. there specialty in helping couples and families deal with conflict or difficulties
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psychiatric nurse
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RN degree who also has training in psychology
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ethical standards(psychotherapy)
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Effectiveness of tx must be evaluated, rules and laws of confidentiality(substitute or supervisor can take over case if you are on vacation. no abuse of therapist-client relationship. therapist must treat all humans with dignity respecting all genders, race, sexual orientation, and other social culture factors.If they are going to hurt themselves or someone else they have a mandate to say something
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therapies-psychoanalysis(founded by freud)
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root of all problems is in the unconscious conflicts, imbalance in the id, ego, and super ego,conscious insight can resolve conflict, special therapies may be used
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psychoanalysis-free association
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the client recounts the dream and then tries to take one image or idea and say whatever comes to mind, regardless of how threatening, disgusting, or troubling it might be
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psychoanalysis-interpretation of resistance
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sign of defense
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dream interpretation
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road to the unconscious
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ID
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inner 2 yr. old (angel on one side of shoulder fighting with the supper ego which is on the other shoulder who is the devil) the ego is in the middle who has to decide what to do good or bad
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superego
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devil
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ego
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middle of the road
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psychoanalysis-transference
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therapist-client relationship takes form of clients relationship with own parents and other authority figures. the relationship you have with your therapist is going to be very similar to a relationship you have with an authority figure. so if you have a rocky relationship with your dad,you might start treating your therapist in the same way.a form of generalization.
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catharsis
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emotional experience or temporary relieve from discomfort.finally reveal something. relieve. a step on the road to recovery. could be something in the unconscious.finally dealing with,because you have not had the time to deal with or think about.
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psychoanalysis
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can be very long tx, might be in it for years, or decades. at least until your insurance runs out.long term because trying to figure out what the problem is and fix it but we don't know what the problem is because it is in the unconscious. let you talk to try and figure out what is going on.
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other therapies such as depression
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don't want to spend decades in therapy to fix it. get in get out. short term therapies. these types of therapies last one-two sessions maybe a couple months. identify the right away like depression you know what the problem is fix it and move on.what do we want to do to help u through this
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interpersonal psychotherapy for depression
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emerged from the psychoanalytical tradition,identifies sources of depression and goals for therapy, 4 kinds of problems that can cause depression.
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4 kinds of problems that can cause depression
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unresolved grief- loss of a person or relationship that you haven't dealt with it yet. role dispute-social role( my role as a women or wife)maybe the role they are playing is not desired by some one else, maybe you have a mom who wants to be a working mom they want to work out side the home, but the kids and husband doesn't want that.mom not getting support
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2 kinds of problems that cause depression
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role transition-when we are changing- maybe the mom used to be a stay at home mom and transitioning to be a working mom, or a teenager used to be a kid under the control of mom and dad, now he is becoming more independent. transitioning out of the role of childhood, becoming his own person.interpersonal deficits- don't know how to interact with others
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humanistic
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Carl Rodgers- people not born with unconscious mind.seek to help client reach his or her greatest potential.
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Carl Rodgers
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who developed client-centered therapy that people have mental health problems because there is a gap between who they are and who they would ideally like to be.
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client-centered therapy
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The therapist must show unconditional positive regard- this is genuine acceptance and empathy for the client.person-centered . emphasis on client a ability to help self
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reflection
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Therapist makes statements to clarify client's feelings and emotions
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therapist necessary qualities
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genuineness- face to face, unconditional positive regard- like a mothers love, always be respectful of patient genuine and have empathy for
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therapist necessary qualities
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empathetic understanding- feel what you are expressing to them, acting as a mirror to help them see what they are acting like, to understand what they are going through. Paraphrase back to them what they had just shared with you. Invite clarification.
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therapist necessary qualities
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motivational interviewing-helping people overcome marital problems
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Gestalt therapy
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everything is connected, confrontational talking therapy
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Gestalt therapies
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humanistic psychotherapy approach,meaning of sensation organized into whole perceptions
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Gestalt therapy
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Goal: create therapeutic experience helping client achieve greater self- awareness
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Gestalt therapies
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Emotional atmosphere: therapists often deal in confrontive, challenging manner necessary to loosen denied feelings
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behavior therapy-to fix behaviors
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classic conditioning- change behavior with association
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behavior therapies-classic conditioning
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counter conditioning-break cycle for fear of white rat with a loud noise. replace noise with something positive, every time he see a white rat replace with a hug
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systematic desensitization
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treating of simple phobias,systematic desensitization pairs relaxation with gradual exposure to a phobic object. systemic desensitization slowly gets you used to your fear.
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bell and pad treatment
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wetting bed-pad is associated with alarm clock, to wake the child up
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aversion conditioning
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associate something bad
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phobias
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unrealistic fears
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behavior therapy
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operant conditioning-get people to do what we want by giving them rewards and by giving them punishment
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ucs (drug)produces the automatic reaction to the ucr(nausea) the cs is associated with the ucs. the cs is what we eventually learned(cs)the (Cs)eventually produces the cr
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shaping
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steps closer to the goal-method of success of approximation where we are reinforcing steps closer to goal when you stop reinforcing you get father from the goal eventually they know what you want, just reinforce the final product.
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extinction
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not rewarding, or punishing a behavior. doesn't change what happen before.
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baseline rate
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refers to the amount of whatever is going on before conditioning started.example: If you have a kid throwing temper tantrums all the time and you are trying to fix the problem, you take a baseline rate for how many temper tantrums before tx starts. before you use operant conditioning to help him not have so many tantrums
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token economy
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encourage behavior- if you are good u get a toy. if bad no reward- collect good rewards and get enough tokens to get an award
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cognitive therapies
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behavioral often together,rational-emotive therapy(RET)-Albert Ellis-getting rid of irrational thought,interested in ABC how you interpret an event. if something happens to you how you think about that event can change how feel about it.i got a bad test therefore im angry. some one hit my car therefore im having a bad day. the thing that caused you to be angry or to have a bad day wasn't because u had a bad test or someone hit your car, it was how u interpreted it.
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psychological problems explained by ABC-Albert Ellis
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A- activating event
B-beliefs about the event
C-consequences of those beliefs
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