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| "talk therapy" -talk to the therapist to try and resolve their problem |
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| learning -direct efforts to alter problematic responses and habits |
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| drug therapy -involve interventions into a person's physiological functioning |
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| specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psycholigical disorders and everyday behavioral problems |
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| treatment of fullfleged disorders |
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| treatment of everyday adjustment problems in normal ppl |
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| physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorder |
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| insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference |
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clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur with as little consorship as possible
-analyst looks for clues about what is goin on in the unconscious |
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therapists interprets the symbolic meaning of clients dreams
(unconscious |
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refers to largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy
-clients dont except interpretation given |
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| cliets start relating to their therapists in ways that mimic critical relationships in their lives |
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| an insight therapy that emphasizes providing a supportive emotional climate for clients, who play a major role in determining the pace and direction ot their therapy |
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-critical for the therapist to provide a warm, supportive climate
-helps the client open up |
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they work on clarifying the clients emotions by repeating what the client says in a ?
-helps the clients better understand their interpersonal relationships and become more comfortable w/ their genuine selves |
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simultaneous treatment of several clients in a group
-participants function as therapists for one another |
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| How effective are insight therapies |
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-hard to tell b/c some ppl experience spontaneous remission and they can't tell if treatment had anything to do with it
-but they do tend to produce a positve effect |
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| how do insight therapies work |
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-development of a therapeutic allience w/proffesional
-provision of emotional support and empathic understanding by the therapist
-cultivation of hope and positive expectations in the client
-provision of a rational for the clients problems and a plausible method for resolving them
-opportunity to express feelings, confront problems, gain new insights, and learn new patterns of behavior |
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involve the application of the principles of learning and conditioning to direct efferts to change clients maladaptive behaviors
-what has been learned can be unlearned |
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| systematic desensitization |
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used to reduce clients phobic responses
-acquired through classical conditioning |
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| systematic desensitization steps |
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-therapists help the client build on anxiety hierarchy
-training client in deep muscle relaxation
-client tries to work through the hierarchy learning to remain relaxed while imagining each stimulus |
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| classical conditioning to create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited problematic behavior |
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| designed to improve interpersonal skills that emphasizes modeling,behavioral rehersal, and shaping |
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| clients are gradually asked to handle more complicated and delicate social situtions |
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| cognitive behavioral treatments |
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| use combinations of verbal interventions and behavior modification techneques to help clients change maladaptive paterns of thinking |
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| specific strategies to correct habitual thinking errors that underlie various types of disorders |
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| physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms associated with psychological disorders |
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| physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms associated with psychological disorders |
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| reduce tension, a prehension, and nervousness (valium) |
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used to gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions
-reduces dopamine
-may experience tardive dyskinesia (tic) |
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| elevate mood and help bring ppl out of a depression |
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a chemical to control mood swings in patients with bipolar mood disorders
-prevent future episodes of mania and depression |
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| electroconvulsive therapy |
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| electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure accompanied by convulsions |
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| only charged for what they had to do |
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| ppl enroll in prepaid plans with small co-payments for services (HMO) |
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| medical institution specializing in providing inpatient care for psychological disorders |
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