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| Helps the patient deal develop social skills and are cheaper. they are organized by type of client or type of problem. |
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| an individual is a part of a larger context and any change in individual behavior will affect the whole system - often demonstrated on a family level |
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| a pattern of interactions that includes emotional over-involvement, critical comments, and hostility directed toward a patient by family members. These correspond to relapses in a patient's condition. |
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| Effect of culture on mental therapy |
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| The way mental disorders are express vary based on culture, as do the treatments. SThe region of a patient determines the availability, use, and effectiveness of different tyes of psychotherapy for various cultural and ethnic groups. |
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| drugs that affect mental processes - they are largely responsible for the era of deinstitutionalization, when patients are released from mental institutions after being treated with these drugs |
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a class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of anxiety - sometimes called traquilizer - they are a short-term treatment
They induce drowsiness and are highly addictive |
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| a class of psychotropic medications used to treat depresion |
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| a class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other disorders that involve psychosis - these drugs reduce symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy |
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a procedure used to treat depression; it involves administering a strong electrical current to the patient's brain
common in the 1950s, now it is used sparingly and extreme measures are taken to relax muscles and confine the shock to the brain |
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| transcranial magnetic stimulation |
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| a procedure involving magnets sending electrical currents through the brain disrupting brain activity in specific regions. It is possibly helpful for depression |
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| a new technique for treating severe mental disorders where electrodes are sugically implated deep within the brain then used to mildly stimulate teh brain electrically . It is used to treat Parkinson's disease |
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characterized by the fear and avoidance of particular stimuli
fears are acquired either through experiencing a trauma or by observing similar fear in others |
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| the first step in treating patients with phobias, for systematic desensitization, they make a list of fears in ascending order |
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characterized by muscle tension, difficulty breathing, and difficulty concentrating - it comes on for no reason
it is treated with cognitive behavioral therapy |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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a combination of recurrent intrusive thoughts and behaviors that an individual feels compelled to perform over and over
They must perform the compulsions to prevent anxiety or a dreaded event from occurring
partly genetic |
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| dialectical behavior therapy |
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a form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder
it combines elements of the behavioral, cognitive and psychodynamic appraoches. |
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