16.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
What was the most common treatment during the Medieval Times?
Exorcisms 👹
What is Psychotherapy?
A psychological treatment that employs various methods to help someone overcome personal problems, or to attain personal growth.
What is Individual therapy?
Treatment modality in which the client and clinician meet one-on-one.
when a person stops maintaining his or her goal of reducing or avoiding use of alcohol or other drugs and returns to previous levels of use.
Define cultural competence
The understanding and address of issues in race, culture, and ethnicity.
What is the meaning of Involuntary treatment?
Refers to therapy that is not the individual's choice.
What is Biomedical Therapy?
Medication and/or medical procedures used to treat psychological disorders.
What occurs during Group Therapy?
A clinician who meets together with several clients with similar problems.
Define comorbid disorders
Situations in which an individual has two or more diagnoses.
Why do people who belong to ethnic groups least likely to see services for mental illness?
because they view it as an additional stigma, a set of negative and often unfair beliefs linked to a society or group of people.
During which century were asylums introduced and why?
During the 18th century, asylums were introduced for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders.
What is the definition of Play Therapy?
The therapy utilizes play, children's natural medium of expression, to help them express their feelings more easily through toys instead of words.
Define Couples Therapy.
Therapy that involves two people in an intimate relationship who are having difficulties and are trying to resolve them.
About what percentage of individuals relapse?
About 40%-60%
Why do ethnic minorities tend to utilize mental health services less frequently than White, middle-class Americans?
barriers to services including lack of insurance, transportation, and time.
During the 19th century, who led reform efforts for mental health care in the United States?
Dorothea Dix
What are examples of Anti-anxiety agents, and what are they used for?
Xanax, Valium, Ativan, and Buspar, are used to treat Anxiety and agitation that occur in OCD, PTSD, panic disorder, and social phobia.
Define Family Therapy
A special form of group therapy, consisting of one or more families.
What is the goal of substance-related treatment?
To help a person with an addiction stop compulsive drug-seeking behaviors.
Why do many people not seek treatment?
self-sufficiency and not seeing the need for help, not seeing therapy as effective, concerns about confidentiality, and the many effects of stigma and shame.
Who was the French physician that argued for more humane treatment of people with mental illness?
Philippe Pinel
Atypical Antipsychotics are used to treat which type of disorders?
Schizophrenia and other types of severe thought disorders.
Define Structural Family therapy and what occurs during it
The therapist examines and discusses with the family the boundaries and structure of the family: who makes the rules, who sleeps in the bed with whom, how decisions are made, and what are the boundaries within the family.
What is the best way to treat comorbid disorders?
the best treatment is thought to address both (or multiple) disorders simultaneously.
Among which race is bulimia nervosa most prevalent in women?
Hispanic and African American women