Unit 13: Part 2 Flashcards
Cognitive therapy
Therapy that teaches people more adaptive ways of thinking, based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and emotional reactions
Rational-emotive behavior therapy
A confrontational cognitive therapy, developed by Albert Ellis, that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self defeating attitudes and assumptions
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
A popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (change in self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)
Group therapy
Therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, providing benefits from group interaction
Family therapy
Therapy that treats people in context of their family system
Meta-analysis
A procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies
Evidence-based practice
Clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
Eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
Works to have individuals imagine traumatic scenes while trigger eye movements, enabling the individual to unlock and reprocess frozen memories
Light exposure therapy
The idea of having an individual be exposed to bright light to increase mood
Therapeutic alliance
A bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, who work together constructively to overcome the clients problem
Psychopharmacology
The study of effects of drugs on mind and behavior
Antipsychotic drugs
Drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder
Antianxiety drugs
Drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
Antidepressant drugs
Drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
A biomedical treatment that manipulates the brain by shocking it
