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trephining

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a process from ancient Greece; was an early form of treatment to allow the harmful spirits to escape

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Why did deinstitutionalization fail?

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The goal was to save money by releasing patients from mental institutions, and place them on medications. However, it f ailed because many became homeless and delusional, unable to secure financial or psychological aid

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primary prevention

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efforts to attempt to reduce the incidence of social problems, such as joblessness or homelessness as these can contribute to mental health issues.

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secondary prevention

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involves working with people at-risk for developing specific problems after a serious event

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tertiary prevention

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efforts aim to keep people’s mental health issues from becoming more severe

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somatic treatments

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the usage of drugs

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symptom substitution

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after a person is successfully treated for one psychological disorder, a person begins to experience a new psychological problem

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hypnosis

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altered state of consciousness; people are less likely to repress troubling thoughts in this stage

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free association

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to say whatever comes to mind without thinking, without constantly censoring our thoughts

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dream analysis

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asking patients to describe their dream. The ego’s defenses are relaxed during sleep and can reveal the root of patient’s problems

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resistance

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people try to protect their thoughts through this

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transference

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patients begin to have strong feelings toward therapists; reveals patient’s problems

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determinism

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people have no influence over what happens to them and that their choices are predetermined by forces outside of their control

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non-directive

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therapists do not tell clients what to do, but they encourage clients to talk a lot about how they feel and the therapist mirrors back those feelings to help clarify even further

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existential therapy

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humanistic therapies that focus on helping clients achieve a meaning towards their lives

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counterconditioning

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kind of classical conditioning in which an unpleasant conditioned response is replaced with a pleasant one

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systematic desensitization

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first, the client is said to relax and remove feelings of anxiety. Then, the client is asked to form an anxiety hierarchy, a list of what the client fears from the least to the most.

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in vivo desensitization

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the client confronts the actual feared objects or situations

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covert desensitization

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the client imagines the fear-inducing stimuli

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flooding

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involves having the client address the most frightening scenario first

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What is the rational emotive behavior therapy and who was it developed by?

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It was developed by Albert Ellis. It exposes and confronts the dysfunctional thoughts of clients to show that one’s fears are not such a big deal.

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family therapy

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type of group therapy used in treating families to find helpful patterns of interaction

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self-help groups

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group therapy involving in meeting a number of people experiencing the same difficulties

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What are antipsychotic drugs and what are some examples?

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used to treat schizphrenia; examples include Thorazine or Haldol. They block the receptor sites of dopamine.

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What is used to treat depression?

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Prozac, which increases the activity of serotonin in brain

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What is used to treat bipolar disorder?

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Lithium

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electroconvulsive therapy

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an electric current is passed through either one or both hemispheres of the brain, and causes patient to have a brief seizure. It may help one with severe depression, but is usually a last resort solution.

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psychosurgery

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the purposeful destruction of part of the brain to alter a person’s behavior

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prefrontal lobotomy

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cutting the main neurons leading to the frontal lobe of the brain; reduces level of functioning and awareness