Approaches to Psychotherapy
Provides a mix of psychotherapy approaches to provide therapy to a group of people
What is group therapy?
Valium, Xanax, and Ativan are all this kind of drug
What are Anti-anxiety drugs?
A type of psychologist who requires 5 to 7 years of graduate school, and generally works at hospitals, schools, mental health centers, and substance abuse programs.
Who are Clinical Psychologists?
Severe depression, including other symptoms.
What are depressive disorders?
Intense unstable moods, relationships, and self image, impulsivity.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Mix of psychotherapy approaches to give therapy to a family
What is Family Therapy?
Help even out moods, especially manic episodes
What are mood stabilizer drugs?
Requires an MD (Medical Degree), and can prescribe medication to patients.
Who are psychiatrists?
Phobia or panic disorders, and treated with CBT.
What are anxiety disorders?
Electric stimulus sent to the brain from a pulse generator from the collarbone.
What is deep brain stimulation?
A form of therapy that focuses on unconditional positive regard for the patient
What is Humanistic Therapy?
These drugs increase positive mood, reduce emotionality, impulsiveness, and arousal
What are antidepressant drugs?
Treat clients to adjust to life problems but does not treat psychological disorders.
Who are counseling psychologists?
Frequent anxiety-provoking intrusive thoughts and actions performed repeatedly to reduce anxiety.
What is Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders?
Generally treated with Ritalin or Adderall, Children tend to grow out of it
What is ADHD?
Analysis of the psyche with a focus on free association and dreams
What is psychodynamic therapy?
Decrease hyperactivity, distraction, increase attention, concentration
What are Stimulants?
Requires a masters degree, and directs clients to appropriate social and community resources.
Who are Psychiatric Social Workers?
Elevated mood that can range from mild to severe mania, with potential symptoms of depression
What are bipolar disorders?
Drugs that effect mental processes by changing brain neurochemistry.
What are psychotropic medications?
The goal of Cognitive-behavioral therapy
What helps clients change distorted thoughts and maladaptive behavior?
Side effects are tardive dyskinesia, seizures, and lethargy
What are conventional antipsychotics?
Doesn't require an advanced degree, and work under supervision to help those with mental health problems through daily life.
Who are Paraprofessionals?
Psychotic disorder with motor, cognitive, behavioral, and perceptual abnormalities.
What is schizophrenia?
Patient mistreated so badly it prompted law makers to treat patients more humanely.
What did James Norris represent?