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Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders. Unit 9 Lesson 2. Objectives. Define treatment. Compare treatment approaches. Warm Up. How can we define abnormality? Deviation from norm Maladaptive behavior Distress. Review – Hand Up, Stand Up, Pair Up. How does each school define abnormality?

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Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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  1. Treatment of Psychological Disorders Unit 9 Lesson 2

  2. Objectives • Define treatment. • Compare treatment approaches.

  3. Warm Up • How can we define abnormality? • Deviation from norm • Maladaptive behavior • Distress

  4. Review – Hand Up, Stand Up, Pair Up • How does each school define abnormality? • Psychoanalytic? Behavioral? Cognitive? Psychosocial? Neurobiology? • What is the medical model of abnormal psychology? • What is the DSM and how does it work? • Why is it important to study abnormal psychology?

  5. Treatment • Inpatient vs Outpatient • Biomedical Therapies • Psychotherapies • Combined Treatments • Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker or Nurse, Counselor

  6. Biomedical Therapies • Treat by altering way brain functions. • Medical Procedures • Psychosurgery • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) • TMS • Medications • Antipsychotic • Antidepressant • Antianxiety • Lithium & Anticonvulsants

  7. Psychotherapy • Confidential interaction b/t psychotherapist and patient. • Individual – Couples – Family - Group • Insight Therapy • Many different techniques… • Psychoanalysis • Humanistic • Behavioral • Cognitive

  8. Psychoanalysis - • Uncover unconscious motives, conflicts, and defenses • Techniques • Free association • Dream analysis • Interpretation • Concepts • Transference • Resistance • Catharsis • “Psychodynamic Therapy”

  9. Humanistic- • Increased self-awareness of present feelings & conscious thoughts. • Client-centered therapy • Active listening • UPR • Natural tendency towards healthy personal growth

  10. Behavioral • Uses learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors • Therapies / Behavior Modification • Counterconditioning • Systematic desensitization • Aversive conditioning • Token Economy

  11. Cognitive- • Identify & change maladaptive thinking patterns. • Techniques • Rational-emotive therapy • Cognitive behavior theory

  12. Treatment Issues • Barriers • Cost, Insurance, Stigma • Ethnic & Cultural Barriers • Ethical Issues • Relations, Prejudice, Coercion, Experimentation, Pseudomemories

  13. Closure • Why are combined treatments most effective? • Med’s treat symptoms, therapy helps resolve underlying issues!

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