5.5 treatments of psychological disorders

1. Active Listening

Back: Fully focusing on the speaker, understanding their message, and responding thoughtfully to build trust and empathy in therapy.

2. Cognitive Triad

Back: Beck’s theory of depression involving negative views of the self, the world, and the future.

3. Antianxiety Medications

Back: Drugs used to reduce anxiety symptoms, such as benzodiazepines and SSRIs.

4. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Back: A therapy combining cognitive and behavioral strategies to change negative thought patterns and behaviors.

5. Antidepressants

Back: Medications used to treat depression, including SSRIs, SNRIs, and tricyclics.

6. Deinstitutionalization

Back: The shift from long-term psychiatric hospitals to community-based treatment settings.

7. Antipsychotic Medications

Back: Drugs that treat psychotic symptoms (e.g., hallucinations, delusions) in disorders like schizophrenia.

8. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Back: A form of CBT focused on acceptance, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance, often for borderline personality disorder.

9. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Back: Behavioral therapy using reinforcement to teach and maintain desired behaviors, especially in autism treatment.

10. Dream Interpretation

Back: A psychoanalytic method to uncover unconscious content through analysis of dreams.

11. Biofeedback

Back: Technique using real-time data to help individuals control physiological processes like heart rate or muscle tension.

12. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Back: A treatment for severe depression involving electrical stimulation to induce brief seizures.

13. Cognitive Restructuring

Back: A cognitive therapy technique for challenging and changing distorted thought patterns.

14. Fidelity

Back: In therapy, it means being trustworthy and committed; in research, it means sticking to the protocol.

15. Free Association

Back: Psychoanalytic technique where a person says whatever comes to mind to explore unconscious thoughts.

16. Group Therapy

Back: Therapy conducted with multiple clients at once, providing mutual support and insight.

17. Hypnosis

Back: A focused state of consciousness that can enhance suggestibility and access to the unconscious.

18. Lithium

Back: A mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder and prevent manic or depressive episodes.

19. Lobotomy

Back: A now-obsolete surgical procedure once used to treat mental illness by cutting brain connections.

20. Maladaptive Thinking

Back: Distorted thought patterns that interfere with healthy functioning and coping.

21. Nonmaleficence

Back: The ethical principle of “do no harm” in healthcare and therapy.

22. Person-Centered Therapy

Back: Carl Rogers’ therapy emphasizing empathy, unconditional positive regard, and authenticity.

23. Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

Back: Albert Ellis’ therapy focused on changing irrational beliefs to reduce emotional distress.

24. Systematic Desensitization

Back: A gradual exposure therapy technique paired with relaxation to treat phobias.

25. Tardive Dyskinesia

Back: A side effect of long-term antipsychotic use involving involuntary facial and body movements.

26. Therapeutic Alliance

Back: The collaborative and trusting relationship between therapist and client.

27. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Back: A noninvasive brain stimulation technique used to treat depression by targeting brain regions with magnetic pulses.