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What is psychodynamic therapy based on

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Freudian psychoanalysis

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What does psychodynamic therapy try to do

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Tap into UNCONSCIOUS with free association and DREAM analysis

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Is psychodynamic therapy time intensice

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Yes

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What is the purpose of behavior therapy

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Change self defeating or problematic behaviors

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What are the techniques of behavior therapy

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Classical and operant conditioning

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Does behavior therapy address inner thoughts

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No

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What are the examples of behavior therapy

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Systematic DESENSITIZATION, behavioral SELF-MONITORING, SKILLS, AVERSIVE therapy

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What is systematic desensitization

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You are scared to leave the house so you build up working our way out the door. Ex. getting keys, getting ready, opening door, going outside

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What is behavioral self-monitoring

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Diaries

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What is aversive therapy

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Negative consequences to bad behavior

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What is the base of humanistic therapy

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PERSON-centered, FREE will, UNDERSTANDING, unconditional POSTITIVE regard

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What is the goal of cognitive therapy

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Have people identigy and understand MALADAPTIVE thought patterns then CAHNGE them

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What is the most common conjuction of therapies

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

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What is learned helpessness

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Maladaptive thought patterns

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What is retional-emotive behavior therapy

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Therapist actively DISPURES irrational beliefs

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What is eclectiv therapy

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When therapists take from many different therapies

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What is tchnical eclectivcs

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Draw TECHNIQUES from the different approaches (different for EACH pt)

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What is integrative eclectics

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Synthesize and approach that draws on principles of others (used on ALL pts)

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What should you know about group therapy

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CHEAPER, not ALONE, different STAGES, CONFIDENTIALITY, DOMINATE personalities

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What should you know about family therapies

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Does not exist in ISOLATION, DYNAMICS in relationships, SKILLED therapists, lots of EMOTIONS

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What are the commonalities of therapies

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Positive ENVIRONMENT, CONNECTION, working RELATIONSHIP

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What are some ritualistic commonalities

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EXPERT, HELPING, HOPE, something is HAPPENING, sense of CONTROL

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What therapy is best for depression

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Cognitive and behavioral

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What therapy is best for bedweeting and phobias

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Behavior

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What therapy is best for GAD and eating disorders
CBT
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What is important to keep in mind about biological treatments
Treating SYMPTOMS vs. DISORDERS
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Does the placebo effect happen a lot
For some drugs the placebo is EQUALLY as effective as the drug
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What is it the the plabebo effect is equally as effective
Publication bias
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Does publication bias mean the drug doesn't work
No, is just means they may not be actually doing what they claim
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What is off-label prescription
What doctor prescribes a drug for a different reason then intended fro
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Are the side-eddects often worse that the disorder
Yes
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Why do many people relapse and dropout from the use of lithium and antipsychotics
The side effects
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What are some ong-term effects for many drugs
Addiction: anti-anxiety, DIABETES and TARDIVE DYSKINESIA: antipsychotics
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What is tardive dyskinesia
Involuntary muscle movement
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What is psychosurgery
Any surgical procedure that DESTORYS selected areas of the BRAIN
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What should you know baout prefrontal lobotomies
Stops STRONG emotions, INTERFERS with other functions, tool of OPRESSION
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What is the Moniz method
Won a nobel prize
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What is the Freeman method
Ice pick through the eye
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What should you know about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Used for DEPRESSION, CERLETTI, RETROGRADE amnesia (they don't rember it happening), high RELAPSE, tool of CONTROL
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What do antipsychotic drugs do chemically
Block or reduce dopamine receptors, and increase serotonin
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What do antipsychotic drugs do symptomatically
Relieve postive symptoms but make the negative feelings worse
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What are some antipsychotic drugs that are used off label
Seroquel, and abilify
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What are the side effects of antipsychotics
Weight gain, diabetes, involuntary muscle movements
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What are the three types of antidepressants
MAOI, tricyclic, SSRI
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What do monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) do
Increase NREP and serotonin by BLOCKING the enzyme that deactivates them
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Why are MAOIs not prescribed often
Increased drug interactions
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What are some examples of MAOIs
Nardil and parnate
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What do tricyclic antidepressants do
Increase NREP and seotonin by preventing REUPTAKE
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What are some examples of tricyclic antidepressants
Elavil, anafanil
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What do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) do
Inhibit the REUPTAKE of serotonin
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What are some examples of SSRIs
Prozac, zoloft, paxil
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What are the use of tranquilizers
The use of anxiety, they SLOW down the body
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What type of drugs increase levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
tranquilizers for aniexit
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What is GABA
A major inhibitory neurotransmitter
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What time of use are tranquilizers used for
Short-term
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What happens after general physicicans overprescribed tranqulilizers for people with any mood problems
Addiction and high relapse rates
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What are some examples of tranquilizers
Valium, xanax
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What is rebound anxiety
Apprehension of life without anti-anxiety drugs
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Where does most mental care a take place
Community meantal health centers
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What are the issues with community mental health centers
FUNDING, SPACE, INSURANCE
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What is primary prevention
Prevents problems from arising
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What is the raget for primary prevention
General public, at-risk groups
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What is secondary prevention
Targets people with early sign
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What type of prevention will you give to heavy drinkers or problematic children
Secondary prevention
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What is the scientist-practitioner gap
Practitioners DISREGARD scientific evidence which leads to MISDIANOSES and useless or harmful TREATMENT methods

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