HOSA Behavioral Health Therapies and Organizations

Talk. They hear you. Campaign

Reduce underage drinking and substance abuse for youth under 21

ICCPUD

Goal: coordinate 15 federal agencies to develop a comprehensive plan

STOP underage drinking

ICCPUD website with research, federal and state resources, funding opportunities to reduce and prevent underage drinking

Nationa. Prevention Week(May)

promote community involvement, resource distribution and partnerships that increase public awareness of substance abuse and other mental disorders

Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol/Drug Misuse

National initiative that provides resources and stipends for community based organizations, higher education institutes, statewide organizations. Focus on advocacy, raising awareness in youth 12-25 years old

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness

Increase public awareness of needs of children with serious mental illness and emotional disturbance, share initiatives that promote positive development, recovery, resilience

Federal Commission on School Safety

Recommend policy and best practices for school violence prevention

National Child Traumatic Stress Initative (NCTSI)

Raise awareness about the impact of trauma on children/youth. Interventions to reduce the impact of traumatic experiences on youth

Psychotherapy

designed to improve symptoms of disorder through convo between therapist and

What was Carl Jung

An Humanstici Pyschologist

• Counseling

humanistic therapy. Focus on personal strengths and development. Now refers to

• Evidence-based Practice

combo of personal experience of clinician, best scientific evidence, and consideration of patient values/expectations. Tailored to individua

Insight Therapy

improves symptoms by building people’s understanding of their situation

Psychoanalysis

developed by Freud, practiced by those who believe in psychodynamic theories, a type of insight therapy

Free association

psychoanalytic technique of encouraging patient to say what comes to mind w/out censorship

Transference

therapist uses responses of the patient to the therapist to understand the patient’s response

Resistance

patient’s reluctance to accept interpretations of the therapist = therapist’s interpretations are correct

Person-centered therapy

humanistic, developed by Carl Rogers. Clients achieve congruence of alignment of the real and ideal selves

Behavioral Therapy

classical + operant conditioning to treat systems of psychological disorder and

adjustment problems

Cognitive Therapy

adjust how we think about situations such that they do not cause abnormal behavior

(Cognitive restructuring

new, rational beliefs replace earlier, irrational beliefs)

Cognitive behavioral therapy

combo of cognitive restructuring with behavioral treatments to reduce symptoms

Biopsychosocial approach

integrated therapeutic approach. Combines biological, personal, and social factors

Medications

preference for medications is stronger in younger patients and women

Electroconvulsive therapy

for severe depression that doesn't respond to other treatments. Patients anesthetized, given a muscle relaxant. Electricity is applied via electrodes on the head to induce general seizures and change the brain chemistry

Psychosurgery

try to improve symptoms by operating on the brain

Deep brain stimulation

electrical stimulation applied via surgically implanted electrodes to treat anxiety and mood disorders

Neurofeedback

biofeedback which teaches patient to keep measures of brain activity within a certain range range, used to treat ADHD and seizures