Therapy 1
What is RET or Rational Emotive Therapy?
focuses on uncovering irrational thoughts that leads to unhealthy emotions and replacing them with logical alternatives; challenge your “have to’s/musts”
what are the 4 type of talk therapies?
Psychoanalysis, humanistic, behavior, cognitive
What is Carl Rogers known for?
finding client centered therapy
What other disorders are antidepressants used for?
Anxiety and OCD
what is Bipolar Disorder?
Marked by extreme mood, energy and behavior changes.
What is cognitive therapy?
teaches people adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
What is biomedical therapy?
The use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorders.
What is Freud known for?
being the founder of psychoanalysis
What neurotransmitters do antidepressants effect?
Seretonin and norepinephrine
what is OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder?
A person is trapped in a pattern of repeated thoughts or behaviors.
what is humanistic therapy?
aim to boost self-fulfillment by helping people grow in self-awareness and self-acceptance
What are the characteristics of Eclectic approach or what is this type of therapy?
Using various techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the clients strengths, weaknesses, and preferences
Who created rational emotive behavior therapy?
Aaron beck
What disorder do mood stabilizing drugs usually treat?
Bipolar
what is Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
A condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event that threatened or caused mental or physical harm.
what is behavior therapy?
on observable behavior, current determinants of behavior, learning experiences that promote change, tailoring treatment strategies to individual clients, and rigorous assessment and evaluation.
What is Psychotherapy?
Treatment involving psychological techniques consist of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties.
what were Carl Jung's assessment treatments in therapy?
1. Word Association
2. Dream Analysis
3. Method of Amplification
What is the name of the salt that is a mood stabilizer?
Lithium
what is Schizophrenia?
Marked by extreme mood, energy and behavior changes.
what is humanistic therapy and what are its characteristics?
therapy that emphasizing the tendency toward healthy growth within each individual. boost self-fulfillment by getting people to focus on conscious feelings, promoting growth, the present and future, conscious thoughts, maximize harmony, self-acceptance and self-awareness
Growth achieved by taking immediate responsibility for feelings and actions.
what is the goal of psychotherapy?
Being insight into the people's repressed feeling and bring them into consciousness
why was Ivan Palov important?
Ivan Pavlov made important contributions to behavior therapy by discovering classical conditioning.
what drugs are used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe disorders?
Thorazine
What is the DIFFERENCE between organic and functional disorders?
Organic: Mental Disorders caused by a physical illness or injury that affects the brain.
Functional: Mental Disorder having a psychological cause and does not involve brain damage.