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what % receive psychotherapy at some point?

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20%

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how many North Americans per year re- ceive psychotherapy?

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20 million

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who are the most common providers of treatment?

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psychologists and psychiatrists

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Determinants of psychotherapists

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-warm and direct
-establish working relationships
-select important topics
-match treatment to client’s needs

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three essential features of all therapies

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  1. sufferer who seeks help
  2. a trained, socially accepted healer
  3. a series of contacts with the goal of changing attitudes. emotional states, or behaviors
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free association (psychoanalysis)

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patients express themselves without censorship

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dream interpretation (psychoanalysis)

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dreams express unconscious feelings, the therapist can interpret these

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manifest content

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consciously remembered dream

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latent content

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symbolic meaning of dream

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resistance

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ttempts to avoid confrontation associat- ed with uncovering repressed thoughts, emotions, and impulses

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Transference

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projecting intense, unrealistic feelings and expectations from the past onto the therapist

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Amplification

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expand on dream associations

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prognostic dreams

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dreams that foretell the future

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strengths of psychodynamic therapies

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-demonstrate the value of systemically applying both therapy and techniques to treatment
-suggest the potential of psychological instead of biological treatment
-their ideas have served as a starting point for many other psychological treatments

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Criticism of psychodynamic therapies

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effectiveness not supported by research

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humanists

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we are all born with the tools to fulfill our potential

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existentialists

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accept responsibility for our lives and choices

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What was the goal of Roger’s Client-Centered Therapy?

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to create an environment in which clients can see themselves honestly with ac- ceptance

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client-centered therapy

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supportive environment for clients to feel accepted and to accept self

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unconditional positive regard

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total acceptance of client

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accurate empathy

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skillful listening

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genuineness

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sincere communication

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Strengths of humanistic therapies

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-appealing to clinicians
-emphasize positive human qualities

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criticisms of humanistic therapies

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-difficult to research and little research has been done
-partially supported by research

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individual therapy
one on one with therapist and client
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group therapy
therapists meet with several clients with similar problems simutaneously
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self-help groups
people with similar problems meet for support without guidance from clinician
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guidance
information and advice from members
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identification
models of appropriate behavior
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Cohesiveness
solidarity where risks can be taken and accepting of criticism
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universality
others have similar problems
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altruism
developing feelings of self worth
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Family therapy
whole family meets with therapist, who considers family interactions
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Family Systems Theory
each family has own rules, structure, and communication patterns that shape be- havior
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couple therapy
Two people in a relationship meet togeth- er with therapist to consider relationship structure and communication
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What is the goal of behavioral therapies
to discover specific problem-causing behaviors and replace them with healthy behaviors
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what is behavioral therapy often effective with?
phobias and anxiety issues
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response prevention
critical that therapists prevent patients from performing avoidance behav
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token economy
desirable behaviors are rewarded with tokens that patients can exchange for tangible rewards
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modelling techniques
Therapists exhibit appropriate behaviors so client can imitate, rehearse, and in- corporate the behaviors into their lives
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social skills training
therapists discuss social deficits and role play social situations with the client
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what are behavioral therapy successful for
widely studied in research and strongly supported -effective for numerous problems, includ- ing specific fears, social deficits, and in- tellectual disabilities
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Criticisms of behavioural therapies
-changes sometimes require later thera- pies to sustain -not effective with disorders in which dis- tress is non-specific, such as general- ized anxiety disorder
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Cognitive-behavioral model
behavioral therapies are usually used along with cognitive therapies
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cognitive views of abnormal behavior
disorders are caused or worsened by maladaptive thinking
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what are the three kinds of cognitive-be- havioral therapies?
1. Ellis' rational-emotive behavioral ther- apy 2. Beck's cognitive therapy 3. second-wave cognitive-behavioral therapies
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Ellis' Rational-Emotive Therapy
goal is to identify irrational assumptions that lead to negative emotional and behavioral responses
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Beck's Cognitive Therapy
identifying and modifying distorted thinking and negative core beliefs
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what is Beck's Cognitive therapy widely used for?
depression about as effective as drug therapy for depression (2/3 improve) also used for panic and social anxiety disorder
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Second-wave cognitive-behavioural therapies
recognize problematic thoughts as just thoughts; clients accept thoughts rather than try to eliminate them
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Psychopharmacotherapy (drug therapy)
The treatment of mental disorders with medication.
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therapeutic drugs fall into four main catergories:
1. Antianxiety drugs 2. Antipsychotic drugs 3. Antidepressant drugs 4. Mood stabilizers
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Benzodiazepines
Valium and Xanax fast relief increases GABA = calming effect
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when was the accidental discovery of antipsychotic drugs?
1950s
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positive symptoms of schizophrenia re- sult form what?
overactivity of the dopamine pathway
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Antidepressants
Fluoxetine, Sertraline, and Paroxetine block reabsorption of serotonin from the synapse
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Side effects of antidepressants
weight gain, sleep problems, sexual dys- function
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mood stabilizers
treat shifts in mood between depression and maniac in bipolar disorder Lithium
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
used to treat depression by sending an electrical current through the brain, pro- ducing a brain seizure
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transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression
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how does TMS work?
he electromagnetic coil is placed on the patient's head and sends current into the prefrontal cortex
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Harmful therapies(4)
-spontaneous remission -placebo effect -self-serving bias -regression to the mean -retrospective rewriting of the past

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