Chapter 15 - Treatment Flashcards
(20 cards)
History overall theme
Reflected beliefs of the current time period
Trephaning
Possessed by a spirit; released by drilling a hole in the head
Beginning of medical therapy
Greek and Roman with the four humors
Supernaturalism
Witch hunts
Pinel and Dix
Stopped asylums in favor of treatment
Difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist
Both diagnose and treat disorders however a psychiatrist prescribes medicine
Deinstitutionalization
Patients need to be treated quickly and efficiently
Psychoanalysis goals
Resolve unconscious conflicts and strengthen the ego
Psychoanalysis four techniques
Free association (things that come to mind), dream interpretation, interpret resistance, interpret defense mechanisms
Transference
Patients project problems onto therapist
Psychoanalysis therapist characteristics
Directive (in control of therapy) and opaque (patient learns nothing of the therapist)
Client centered therapy (Carl Rogers) therapist characterisitcs
Transparent (open with clients), no furniture between therapist and client, non-directive
Client centered therapy overall priority
The here and now rather than childhood
Cognitive therapy
Corrects habitual thinking errors that underlie disorders
Behavior therapy
Uses learning and conditioning to change maladaptive behavior
Behavior therapy techniques
Systematic desensitization (reduces phobic responses), aversion therapy (negative response to a stimulus), and social skills training
Antianxiety drugs
Reduce anxiety; lasts for a couple hours and can cause troublesome side effects
Antipsychotic drugs
Reduces effects of severe mood disorders; work gradually; bad side effects and patients often relapse without the drugs; can cause tardive dyskinesia which causes tics
Antidepressant drugs
Elevates mood; works gradually
Mood stabilizers
Controls mood swings in people with bipolar disorder; side effects can be lethal if not watched carefully
