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1
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What is the conviction underlying psychotherapy?

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People with psychological problems can change

2
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5 R’s for MDD

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  1. Response
  2. Relapse
  3. Remission
  4. Recovery
  5. Recurrence
3
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Mental health professionals (3)

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  1. Clinical psychologists
  2. Psychiatrists
  3. Psychiatric social workers
4
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Psychodynamic therapy basic forms (2)

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  1. Classical psychoanalysis

2. Contemporary psychodynamic approaches

5
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Behavior therapy approaches (5)

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  1. Exposure therapy
  2. Aversion therapy
  3. Modeling
  4. Systematic reinforcement approaches
  5. Token economies
6
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Habituation

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Decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it (learning process)

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Behavior therapy characteristics (4)

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  • Relatively brief
  • Directed towards specific symptoms
  • Best used with problems that are not pervasive or vaguely defined
  • Often used with anxiety disorders
8
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Behavioral activation

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New development for treatment of depression, encourages greater engagement with life

9
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CBT

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Change behavior by modifying self-statements, modifying construal of events, cognitive processes influence emotions, motivation, and behavior

10
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

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Dev. by Albert Ellis, “shoulds” “oughts” and “musts” that cause suffering, debate and rational confrontation

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Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy

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Problems result from client’s illogical thinking about themselves and world around them, less confrontational, more hypothesis testing

12
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Dialectical behavior therapy 4 key areas

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  1. Emotion regulation
  2. Interpersonal effectiveness
  3. Mindfulness
  4. Distress tolerance
13
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6 motivational interviewing stages

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  1. Pre-contemplation
  2. Contemplation
  3. Determination
  4. Action
  5. Maintenance
  6. Recurrence
14
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Biological approaches to treatment (3)

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  1. ECT
  2. Neurosurgery
  3. Psychiatric medication
15
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Unipolar depressive disorders

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Only depressive episodes

16
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Bipolar depressive disorders

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Manic and depressive episodes

17
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Anhedonia

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Inability to feel pleasure

18
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How many symptoms do you need to be diagnosed with MDD?

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At least 5, with at least 1 in top 2 criteria

19
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Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

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Mild to moderate version of depression, persistently depressed mood most of the day for at least 2 years

20
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Helplessness theory

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No control over aversive events

21
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Reformulated helplessness theory

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Pessimistic attributional or explanatory style

22
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Bipolar I disorder

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Includes at least one manic or mixed episode

23
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Bipolar II disorder

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Includes hypomanic episodes but not full-blown manic or mixed episodes

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Cyclothymic disorder

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Cyclical mood swings, less severe than those of bipolar disorder, symptoms present for at least 2 years

25
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Agoraphobia

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Avoid situations where panic occurs, or where escape would be difficult

26
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Types of anxiety (5)

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  1. Specific phobia
  2. Social phobia
  3. Panic disorder
  4. Agoraphobia
  5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
27
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High threat likelihood

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“I am going to make a fool of myself”

28
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High threat severity

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“It will be a disaster if I make a fool of myself”

29
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Tripartite Model

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For mood disorders

  1. High negative affect: depression & anxiety
  2. Low positive affect: depression
  3. High anxious arousal: anxiety
30
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How was stress discovered?

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Injecting rats with chemical or saline= ulcers and disrupted immune system

31
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Stress influences (4)

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  1. Gene expression
  2. Brain structure and function
  3. Endocrine system
  4. Immune system
32
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Adjustment disorder

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Extreme response to usual stressor

33
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Acute stress disorder

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Precursor to PTSD

34
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Prolonged exposure therapy

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For PTSD, learn: breathing, talking, exposure, and recall of traumatic events

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Cognitive processing therapy

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For PTSD, getting over “stuck points”

36
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Thought-action fusion

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Think that having thought makes action more probable= increases anxiety