Psych Unit 5

Maladaptiveness

Interferes with daily life

Unconventionality

Bizarre behavior

Irrationality

Illogical thinking and behavior

Observer Discomfort

Discomfort from people around (family, friends, etc.)

Unpredictability

Being unpredictable

Distress

Feel bad like something is wrong with life

Stress

First factor of mental health; body’s reaction to perceived pressures and threats from the environment

Challenge stress

“good stress”= creates kick of adrenaline to help person accomplish something

Threat stress

“bad stress”= body goes into survival mode= shuts down and creates physical symptoms (cause unhealthy coping mechanisms)

Physical impacts of stress

Fatigue, nausea, headaches, hives, etc.

Emotional impacts of stress

Irritable, overwhelmed, impatient, etc.

“New” therapy approaches

art, music, animal

Traditional therapy methods

biomedical, psychotherapy, humanistic, cognitive, behavior, group

Biomedical therapy

Administered by psychiatrist or medical doctor; brain’s functioning altered by a number of approaches.

Kinds of biomedical therapy

• Drug therapies

• Electroconclusive therapy

• Psychosurgery

Psychotherapy

Began with Sigmund Freud’s work; useful when person’s reasoning and thinking processes are relatively intact and when person is motivated to change

Kinds of psychotherapy

• Dream analysis

• Free association

• Interpretation

• Resistance

• Transference

• Psychodynamic therapy

Humanistic therapy

Helps individual develop self-awareness; focus on conscious thoughts, accepting responsibility for one’s emotions and actions, promoting positive mental health rather than “fixing” negative mental health

Kinds of humanistic therapy

• Person-centered therapy

• Gestalt therapy

• Brain, mind, body therapy

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Attempts to make people aware of negative thoughts that create negative feelings about oneself or others

Kinds of Cognitive-behavioral therapy

• Role of thoughts, feelings, and behavior

• Cognitive restructuring

• Rational emotive therapy

Behavioral therapy

Focus on behavior itself rather than workings of the mind; problems are result of unacceptable behaviors learned over the years; thoughts and feelings are important so can base treatments off of classical conditioning

Kinds of behavioral therapy

• Behavior modification

• Systematic desensitization

• Aversive conditioning

• Modeling

• Flooding

• Counterconditioning

Group therapy

Psychotherapy done with more than one person; behaviors are not in isolation from relationships with others

Kinds of group therapy

• Psychodrama

• Family

• Group Awareness training

Somatoform Disorders

• Hypochondria

• Somatization disorder

• Factitious disorder

• Body dysmorphia

• Conversion