Flashcards in Exam 5 Mental Health Deck (239)
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Treatment intervention in which a trained leader establishes a group for the purpose of treating pts with psychiatric disorders
Group psychotherapy
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2 or more people who develop an interactive relationship and share at least on common goal or issue
Therapeutic groups
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When members recognize they are not alone, other members have similar thoughts, feelings, & problems
Universality
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When you help others
Altruism
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When you have accurate info shared
Imparting of information
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Corrective recapitulation of the primary family group
Reenact & connect family values
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catharsis
sense of relief
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maintenance group re-enforce or help maintain good behavior
support groups
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name the types of activity groups
recreational
creative
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what do educational groups help with
give pts information about medications, coping skills, social skills etc
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family becomes involved with therapy
family therapy
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what are the goals of family therapy
understanding family dynamics
mobilize family strengths & resources
restructure maladaptive family behavioral styles
help strengthen family problem solving behaviors
assess and treat family and patient
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Freud
father of psychology
first to identify personality development by stages, the first 5 years are the most important, all mental disorders stem from issues from childhood that weren't involved
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Levels of awareness
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
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material within awareness is only a small part of the mind
conscious
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refers to memory that can be recalled to consciousness with some effort
preconscious
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all the memories, conflicts, and experiences that have been repressed and cannot be recalled at will without assistance of a therapist
unconscious
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cannot tolerate frustration, lacks ability to problem solve, "pleasure principle", at birth we are all Id, source of all drives, instincts, needs, genetic inheritance
Id
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rational self, provides logic & reason, problem solver, and reality tester, strives to maintain harmony
"reality principle"
Ego
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represents moral component, last to develop, concerned with right and wrong, opposite of Id
superego or conscience
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what side of the brain is conscious mind, logic, reason, math, reading, writing, language, analysis, Ego
left
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what side of the brain is unconscious mind, imagery, creativity, synthesis, dreams, symbols, emotions, Id
right
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why does the ego develop defense mechanisms?
to deal with anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of threatening feelings, we cant survive without them
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covering us a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable
compensation
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refusing to a acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it
denial
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transfer of feelings to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral
displacement
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an attempt to increase self worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires
identification
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an attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions association with a stressful situation by using the intellectual processes of logic reasoning and analysis
intellectualization
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attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to ones self to another person
projection
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