How it started
People used to drill holes in people's skulls to "let the bad spirits out."
treaphination
This therapy helps you fix negative thinking.
cognitive therapy
Just you and a therapist talking it out.
individual therapy
These meds help people with schizophrenia.
antipsychotics
Therapists need this skill to understand people from different backgrounds.
cultural competence
Back in the day, people thought mental illness was caused by this spooky thing.
demonic possession
Carl Rogers came up with this type of therapy where the therapist is really supportive.
client-centered therapy
A bunch of people with the same problems talk together.
group therapy
This treatment sends electric shocks to the brain to help with serious depression.
electroconvulsive therapy
This model says culture and society affect our mental health.
sociocultural model
This guy helped make mental hospitals in France less cruel in the 1700s.
Philippe Pinel
This therapy works by changing bad behaviors using learning tricks.
behavior therapy
Two people in a relationship go to therapy together.
couples therapy
These meds are for when someone’s feeling super anxious.
anti-anxiety medications
Negative beliefs about mental illness that lead to judging others.
stigma
This movement helped get people out of big institutions and into community care.
Deinstitutionalization
This therapy is a mix of fixing thoughts and behaviors.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Therapy where your whole family talks things out.
family therapy
These are used to help with the ups and downs of bipolar disorder.
mood stabilizers
Things like cost or no transportation that keep people from getting help.
barriers to treatment
She worked super hard to get better treatment for mentally ill people in the U.S.
Dorothea Dix
This old-school therapy looks at your dreams and childhood drama.
psychoanalysis
The first meeting with a therapist to get all the info.
intake session
When someone takes medicine and goes to therapy.
integrative therapy
Thinking your own culture is the best and judging others based on it.
ethnocentrism