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MD; can prescribe psychoactive drugs and devote more time to relatively severe disorders

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Psychiatrist

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Doctors who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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Psychiatrist

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Work w/ family physicians to t treat full-fledged disorders; doctoral degree

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Clinical psychologist

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Behavior modification

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Behavior analyst

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Treat everyday adjustment problems; doctoral degree

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Counseling psychologist

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Specialize in array of problems; marriage, drug addiction

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Couselor

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Front line in dealing with mental illness; Bachelors and Masters degree

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Social workers

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Hospital in-patient treatment; bachelors and masters degree

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Psychiatric nurses

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The treatment o fmental disorders with medication

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Psychopharmacotherapy

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Used to treat schizophrenia

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Antipsychotic

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Used to gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions

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Antipsychotic

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Decrease activity at dopamine synapse

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Thorazine

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Decrease activity at dopamine synapse

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Mellaril

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Decrease activity at dopamine synapse

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Haldol

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Neurological disorder marked by involuntary writhing and tick like movements of the mouth, tongue, face, hand, or feet; schizo shuffle

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Tarkive dyskinesia

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Produce fewer unpleasant side effects

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Atypical antipsychotics

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Can gradually relieve episodes of depression, but even newer SSRI’s are not free of side effects

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Anti-depressants

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Artificially elevate levels of serotonin and norepinephrine

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Anti-depressants

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Gradually elevate mood and help bring people out of a depression

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Anti-depressants

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Elavil and tofranil - beneficial for 2/3rds depressed patients; fewer side effects

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Tricyclics

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Prozac, paxil, and soloft

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SSRI’s

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Effective in treating anxiety disorders (OCD / panic disorders)

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SSRI’s

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Chemicals used to control mood swings ni patients with bipolar mood disorder

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Mood stabilizers

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Lithium / valproic acid

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Mood stabilizers

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Used to relieve neurosis - effective in short term - potential for abuse, dependence, and addiction
Anti-anxiety drugs
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Valium / Xanex
Anti-anxiety drugs
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Relieve tension, apprehension, and nervousness
Anti-anxiety drugs
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Effects measured in hours, slow impacts, short-lived
Benzodiazepines
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Electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure and convulsions, which are believed to be useful in the treatment of depression
Electro Convulsive Therapy
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Short term side effect of ECT
Memory losses
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Psychosurgery
Lobotomizing
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Today's psychosurgery
Laser surgery
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Did therapy make the problem better or did that passage of time make the problem better?
Placebo effect
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Stop treatment if the patient is getting worse or developing a dependency on the therapist
Ethical considerations
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Freud; all psychological problems can be traced to childhood
Psychoanalytical
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Talk-therapy - altering perception and thought processes
Cognitive
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Changing behaviors and consequences
Behavioral
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Combine psychology and sociology consider the larger context
Sociocultural
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Psychology and philosophy; find meaning in existence; ritual suicide
Existential
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Genetics and physiological rpoocesses
Medical model / biological
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Therapist does whatever treatment works best
Eclectic model - EMDR
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Percentage of the population in a given year seeks help
15%
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Two most commonly presented problems in psychology
Depression and anxiety
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Pioneered by Freud; believed that neuroses are caused by unconscious conflicts regarding sex and aggression leftover from childhood
Psychoanalysis
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Inkblot test
Free association
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Interpret symbolic meaning of dreams
Dream analysis
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Explain inner significance to client
Interpretation
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Unconscious defensive maneuvers to deflect therapy
Resistance
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Treat therapist like someone in their personal life, such as a nagging parent
Transference
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Pioneered by Carl Rogers - neurotic anxiety i due to incongruence between one's self-concept and reality
Client-centered therapy
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Clarification of client's feelings
Key process for client-centered therapy
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Involves simultaneous treatment of several or more clients
Group therapy
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Participants essentially function as psychologists for one another as they share experience, coping strategies and support
Group therapy
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Usually a subtle role, staying in the background and working to promote cohesiveness and supportive interactions
Group therapy
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100's of outcome studies suggest this is superior to placebo treatment
Evaluating Insight Therapies
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Pioneered by Skinner - he and his colleagues assume that even pathological behavior is a product of learning and that what has been learned can be unlearned
Behavior therapies
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Goal is to unlearn maladaptive behavior and learn adaptive behavior modeling or roleplaying
Behavior therapies
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Wolpe - treatment for phobia
Systematic desensitization
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Involves construction of an anxiety hierarchy, relaxation training, and movement through the hierarchy pairing relaxation with each phobic stimui
Systematic desensitization
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Stimulus that elicits an unwanted response is paired with something unpleasant in an effort to eliminate maladaptive response
Aversion therapy
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Pioneered by Beck - asserts that most disorders are caused by irrational thinking, rigid, negative thinking
Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Devised as a treatment for depression, but is now used for a variety of disorders
Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Goal is to help clients learnt o detect and dispute their automatic negative thoughts
Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Designed to improve clients' interpersonal reactions
Social skills training
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Modeling Shaping Behavioral rehersal
Social skills training
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Disenchantment with traditional mental hospitals led to
Community mental health movement
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Transfer of mental health care from impatient institutions to community-based outpatient facilities
Deinstitutionalizatioin
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Underutilize mental health services because of cultural mistrust, language difficulties, and institutional barriers
Ethnic minorities

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