Therapy - Abnormal Psych

LPHS - Abnormal Psych - Therapy - Mickley

Insight Therapies

give awareness to feelings, motivations, and actions in hope of becoming better adjusted

Psychoanalysis

problems are created by unconscious feelings, usually due to childhood experiences

which name is associated with psychoanalysis

Freud

goal of psychoanalysis

make individuals aware of unconscious thoughts

free association

therapist would say a particular word and clint would respond with first word that comes to mind

transference

projecting feelings

counter transference

therapist projects feelings onto the client

Client-centered therapy

become a fully-functioning person by understanding one’s own thoughts - no therapist insight, client’s own interpretations

which name is associated with client-centered therapy

carl rogers

unconditional positive regard

everybody is a good person no matter what they’ve done

phenomenological vantage point

empathy/putting yourself in someone else’s shoes

behavior therapies

everything has been learned, don’t worry about why the person has become the way he/she has become, focus on change

which name is associated with behavior therapies

skinner

behavior contracting

signed agreement saying if an individual acts a certain way they will get a reward

token economies

token represents something that will be exchanged for something you want ex.) culvers tokens for positive referrals

aversive conditioning

pairing something you don’t like with a certain behavior

counter conditioning

pairing something you are afraid of with something that comforts you

desensitization

“exposure therapy” becoming acustom to something you fear slowly with hierarchy of fears, relaxation techniques, and invivo vs invitro techniques

hierarchy of fears

starting small and working your way up

invivo techniques

living through a situation

invitro

virtual reality or talking through a situation

implosion/flooding

opposite of desensitization, throwing you into a situation

modeling (example)

modeling behavior - fear of snakes: holding one after therapist held one and nothing happened to them

cognitive therapies

focus is on changing perceptions about life which then leads to changes in behavior

rational emotive therapy

(Ellis) problems are caused by irrational ways of thinking, direct therapist, and homework assignments

cognitive-behavioral therapy

engaging in certain actions changes the way you think

becks cognitive therapy

changing the irrational thoughts of depressed people - usually self-negative thoughts

group therapies

clients with similar problems meet for discussion, insight comes from group members

family therapy

if one person in the family has a problem, then the entire family has a problem, goal is better communication

gestalt therapy

encourages face to face confrontations in which people reawaken emotions and see the whole person, self responsibility and role playing

which name is associated with gestalt therapy

fritz perlus

biological treatments

use of shock, surgery, or drugs

electroconvulsive shock therapy

electric current is sent through the brain briefly placing individual in temporary coma, last-resort method in treating severe depression

psychosurgery

brain surgery to treat mental disorder

pre-frontal lobotomy

section of brain is removed or scrambled to prohibit inappropriate behavior

antipsychotic drugs

used to treat people who experience hallucinations and delusions and block dopamine receptors

delusion

false beliefs (thinking you are god)

hallucinations

experiencing something with your senses that is not real (hearing voices)

tardive dyskenesia

muscle tremors

anti-depressant drugs

used to increase the level of serotonin

SSRI

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, allows neurotransmitters to flow properly

NSRI

norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitor, allows neurotransmitters to flow properly

MAO Inhibitors and Tricyclics

increase serotonin and norepinephrine, dated drugs, will only receive in NSRIs and SSRIs do not work

The most effective therapy

combination of therapy and medication

Anti-Anxiety medication

SSRIs and NSRIs

Benzos

(ex. xanax) work quick and do not last very long, a lot of tolerance, make you very tired

_ has a potential side effect on adolescents of suicidal thoughts

Prozac

Institutionalization (Hospitalization)

placing someone in a mental hospital when they are a threat to self or others or can’t function in society

Mental hospital treatments

drug therapy, some group therapy, and very little individual therapy