TREATMENT AND THERAPY
TREATMENT AND THERAPY
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MEDICAL TREATMENTS
1. Antipsychotic Drugs (major tranquilizers) - schizophrenia 2. Antidepressants Drugs (stimulants) - mood disorders 3. Surgery - to destroy brain areas believed responsible for emotional disorders 4. Electroconvulsive Therapy - induces seizures used to treat major depression • PSYCHOTHERAPY 1. Psychodynamic (insight) therapies - explore the unconscious dynamics of personality a. Freud: understanding past produces insight i. free association and transference b. Neo-Freudians - use Freud's techniques, usually time limited 2. Behavioral Therapies a. Systematic desensitization - exposure to a hierarchy of stimuli while relaxing to decrease fears b. Aversive conditioning - punishment for unwanted behavior c. Flooding - exposure to the most feared situation 3. Cognitive Therapy - to correct unrealistic thinking 4. Humanistic Therapy a. Client-centered - Carl Rogers i. build self esteem ii. critical qualities of therapist - warm, genuine and honest b. Gestalt - Frederick Perls - self-actualization 5. Family and Group Therapies - theorize that problems develop in social context and must be dealt with in that context • EVALUATING THERAPIES 1. Therapies are less effective with serious disorders 2. Relationship between client and therapist is critical 3. Certain therapies are effective for certain specific problems |
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