psych unit 13
3 reasons psychologists are skeptical about client testimonials of how effective therapy is
people often enter therapy in crisis, clients may need to believe the therapy was worth the effort, clients generally speak kindly of therapistsl
therapeutic lifestyle change
physical activity and social engagement - 77% had relief from depression by the end of the 12 week program
2 other things that make people think therapy works better than it actually does probably
placebo effect and regression towards the mean (aka things will get less shitty naturally)
biomedical therapy
prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the persons physiology
4 types of talk therapies
psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive
behavior modification
reinforcing desired behaviors and withholding reinforcement for undesired behaviors
ssri
selective serotnonin reuptake inhibitors
psychosurgery
surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
stress inoculation training
teaching people to restructure their thinking in stressful situations
eclectic approach
techniques from various forms of therapy
interpretation
the analysts noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain to treat depression
neurogenesis
the birth of new brain cells
resistance
the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material
transferring
the patients transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
resilience
the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and trauma
psychopharmacology
the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
why are minorities less likley to utilize mental health services
their cultural values dont match up
progressive relaxation
therapist trains you to relax one muscle group after another until you achieve a blissful state of complete relaxation and comfort
client centered therapy
therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine accepting empathetic environment to facilitate clients growth
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
therapists move their hands around the patients face (making their eyes follwo their hands quickly) while making the patient recall traumatic memories
fam therapy
therapy as a fam
psychodynamic therapy
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight
group therapy
therapy in groups
behavior therapy
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
cognitive therapy
therapy that teaches people new more adaptive ways of thinking based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
criticism of antiaxiety drugs
they reduce symptoms without resolving underlying problems
examples of names of antipsychotics
thorazine, risperdal, zyprexa
is therapy effective????????????????/
those not undergoing therapy often improve. but those undergoing therapy are more likley to improve faster and with less risk of relapse
light therapy
timed daily dose of intense light that treats major depressive disorder
why is psychoanalysis not used anymore
underlying theory isnt supported by science..........analysts interpretations objective......takes a lot of time and $$$$
ex names of antianxieties
xanax or ativan
evidence based practice
clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient charactersistivcs and preferences
what happens to people who have a lobotomy
decreases their misery or tension, but also produces a permanantly lethargic, immature, uncreative person
antianxiety drugs
drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
antidepressant drugs
drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, ocd, and ptsd
antipsychotic drugs
drugs used to treat scizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder
active listening
empathetic listening in which the listener echoes restates and clarifies
what does psychoanalysis assume
everything is repressed
psychoanalysis
freud's therapeutic technique that tries to release repressed feelings through free association, resistances, dreams and transferences
how would aaron beck treat depression
he would ask gentle questions to reveal irrational thinking and then persuade ppl to not be as depressd
3 benefits of all forms of therapy
hope for demoralized people, a new perspective, and an empathetic trusting caring relationship
how is pychoanalytic therapy different from humanistic therapy
humanistic more focused on human fulfillment, less focused on subconscious, more focused on growth not curing illness, etc
does aversive conditioning work
in the short run, sometimes in the long run no
which neurotransmitter to antidepressants affect
increase availability of norepinephrin or serotonin
psychotherapy
interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth
how is behavior therapy different from psychodynamic and humanistic therapies?
it doubts the healing power of self awareness
person who created exposure therapy and systematic desensitization
joseph wolpe
what is the name of the salt that is a mood stabilizer
lithium
free association
patient relaxes and says aloud whatever comes to mind
unconditional positive regard
caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which carl rogers believed would help clients to develop self awareness and self acceptance
founder of client centered therapy
carl rogers
electroconvulsive therapy
a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electrical current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
therapeutic alliance
a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and a client
rational emotive behavior therapy
a confrontational cognitive therapy that vigorously challenges peoples illogical self defeating attitudes and assumptions
what test needs to be done when a new drug comes up to make sure it works
a double blind study study with the drug and a placebo
cognitive behavioral therapy
a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)
lobotomy
a psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients
aversive conditioning
a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
systematic desensitization
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli
insight therapies
a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a persons awareness of underlying motives and defenses
what 3 characteristics do therapists have to exhibit
acceptance, genuineness, and empathy
person who created rational emotive behavior therapy
albert ellis
virtual reality exposure therapy
an anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to electronic simulations of their greatest fears
token economy
an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the token for cool stuff
exposure therapy
behavior techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear and avoid
counterconditioning
behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors
what disorder are mood stabilizing drugs used to treat
bipolar disorder