Week 2: Individual Therapies

What is modeling?

Model behaviors that are expected (monkey see monkey do)

What is operant conditioning?

Rewards and punishments used to shape behavior

What is systematic desensitization?

Safe exposure to a feared topic/experience/object

What is aversion therapy?

Negative stimulus decreases unwanted behavior (ex. speeding ticket for speeding)

What is biofeedback?

Control of the body to help reduce pain

What is interpersonal therapy?

Focuses on interpersonal relationships by improving communication patterns

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Thoughts cause feelings and behaviors, not external things. This therapy changes the way we think to feel/act better to different situations

What is Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)?

Therapy that combines cognitive and behavioral techniques with mindfulness is used to treat chronically suicidal individuals

What are cognitive distortions?

Negative/ not healthy ways of thinking

What is the purpose of a psychiatric mental health nursing assessment?

To establish rapport, assess for safety and risk factors, identify goals, formulate a care plan

What does MSE stand for?

Mental Status Exam

What is affect?

Outward expression of feelings (observable behavior)

What are the two parts of affect?

Range and congruency

What is the range for someone without mental illness?

Full/broad range

What is constricted range (affect)?

Little less emotion than normal

What is blunted range (affect)?

Limited expression

What is flat affect?

Does not demonstrate any emotion

What is congruent/incongruent?

Does the mood and affect match? (Words v. body language)

What is sad range (affect)?

Body language implies sadness; eye contact downcast; stooped posture; facial expression

What is mood?

A person’s emotional state expressed in their own words as well as what you see and observe

What are psychosocial interventions?

Group or individual therapy, music therapy, education, self self-monitoring (journaling), communication skills, healthy relationships

What are psychosocial interventions for pediatric patients?

Play therapy, family consultation, teaching

What are the three levels of conciousness?

Conscious, Preconscious, and Unconscious

What are the three parts of the personality structure?

Id, Ego, and Superego

What is Id?

Things your born with

What is ego?

3yrs and older: test reality and ability to problem solve

What is superego?

Thoughts about morals

What is psychoanalytic therapy?

Therapy used to uncover unconscious conflicts

What tools are used in psychoanalytic therapy?

Dream analysis and defense mechanism recognition

What is the classical conditioning theory?

Shaping behavior by reinforcing the positive behaviors

What is the behavioral theory?

Controlling the environment to control the behavior

What are the types of talk therapies?

1:1, group, telehealth

What is identification of emotion?

Helping identify what their emotion is and where it is coming from (what caused it)

What is expression of emotion?

Helping the person express their emotions in a healthy way

What is dealing with emotional baggage?

Looking at how past relationships affect current relationships

What is all or nothing thinking?

Good or bad/ black and white (no grey area)

What is overgeneralization?

You see a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat by using words as always or never

What is mental filter?

You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively so your vision of reality becomes darkened

What is discounting the positive?

You reject the positive experiences by insisting that they “don’t count”

What is jumping to conclusions?

You interpret things negatively when there are no facts to support your conclusion

What is magnification/minimizing/catastrophizing?

You exaggerate the importance of your problems and shortcomings, or you minimize the importance of your desirable qualities

What is emotional reasoning?

You assume that your negative emotions necessarily reflect the way things really are

What are “should” statements?

You tell yourself that things should be the way you hopes or expected them to be (should have or shouldn’t have done …)

What is labeling?

An extreme form of all or nothing thinking

What is personalization and blame?

When you hold yourself personally responsible for an event that isn’t entirely in your control

What is mindfulness?

Being in the present moment; noticing what is going on now and we accept it