Clinical Psychology Midterm 2: Interventions for Internalizing Disorders

Assessment

Gathering information to support conclusions, answer a question, diagnose

Assessments lead to individualized recommendations for interventions

Assessments seek to measure and describe psychopathology, not to change or treat it

Intervention

Therapy, providing active treatment for a patient

Intervention= therapy

Neuropsychological and other forms of assessment are not interventions

Intervention refers to all forms of therapy provided by a clinical psychologist

Internalizing disorders

Emotional disorders with too much negative emotionality (ex: MDD, GAD, phobia, OCD, EDs, sexual dysfunction, BD— Sexual problems, eating pathology, fear, distress, mania)

Correlate with neuroticism

Very common— anxiety disorders are the most common MH disorders worldwide

Neuroticism

personality tendency towards negative emotions/avoiding threats

Depression: Behavioral Activation

A type of CBT where therapists help patients do more helathy behaviors

• theoretical mdoel of depression: unhealthy behaviors → depression

• Goal: disrupt this cycle by increasing