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Anti-anxiety drugs: Xanax and Ativan
Works By: depressing the central nervous system
neurotransmitter involved: elevate the levels of gamma-amnimutyric acis (GABA) neurotransmitter.
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Anti-depressants: prozac, Zoloft (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors [SSRI])
neurotransmitter involved: improve mood by increasing levels of serotonin by preventing their re-uptake
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Atypical antipsychotic drugs: (clozapine (corazil)) removes negative symptoms.
can cause blood disease
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Aversive conditioning: Ex: a drug you take that makes you nauseous when paired with alcohol. Supposed to dissuade alcoholics from drinking.
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Behavior Therapy: therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
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Brain stimulation: Electro-compulsive therapy (ECT) - delivered to depressed patients who don't respond to drugs
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Classical antipsychotic drugs: Chlorpromazine: remove a number of positive symptoms associated with schizophrenia. However, they don't get rid of that many negative symptoms.
Side effects: Parkinson's disease, Tadive Dyskinesia
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Commonalities Among Psychotherapies: Hope for demoralized people
A new perspective
Empathetic, trusting and caring relationship
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Drug Therapies: Psychopharmacology is the study of drug effect
with the advent of drugs, hospitalization in mental institutions has rapidly decreased
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Eclectic Approach: Combines different psychotherapy techniques to suit the client.
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Ellis Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: Activating Event
Irrational Belief
Emotional Consequence
Dispute Belief
Replace With Effective Belief
Feel Better
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Exposure Therapy: exposes patients to things the fear and avoid. Through repeated exposures, anxiety lessens.
aka systematic desensitization
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: *in EMDR therapy, the therapist attempts to unlock and reprocess previous frozen traumatic memories by waving a finger in front of the eyes of a client
*EMDR has not held up under scientific testing
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Family Therapy: Treats family as a system. Therapy guides family members toward positive relationships and improved communication
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Flooding: a behavioral therapy technique in which the patient is saturated with a fear provoking stimulus until the anxiety is extinguished.
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Group Therapy: 6 to 9 people
Help more than one person at a time
Helps by showing that other people have similar problems
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Humanistic Approach: Client-Centered therapy methods: Unconditional positive regard- therapist supports you no matter what
Active listening
Reflection
Gestalt Therapy (Empty chair dialogue)
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Humanistic Theories: Focus on the present and future: how do you feel now?
Conscious thought
Taking responsibility for feelings and actions
Promoting growth
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Light Exposure Therapy: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)=In darker environments (winter) people might feel levels of depression
Light helps people not feel depressed.
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Mood-stabilizing: ex: lithium carbonate
use: stabilizes people in manic episodes
can become toxic when used in excess
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Operant Conditioning as behavior modification: plan that people make with a therapist to help them do something like get rid of a phobia
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Psychoanalysis: Aims: Catharsis
Insight or Understanding
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Psychoanalysis: Criticisms: Can't be proved of disproved
Takes a long time and is expensive
Best for people who are articulate
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Psychoanalytic Methods: Free association
Resistance
Transference: patients displace intense feeling for one person on to the therapist
Dream Analysis
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Psychosurgery: treat extreme mental disorders ex:Lobotomies
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Psychotherapy: Emotionally charged confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers psychological difficulties
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which technique is more effective?: no evidence that one method is better than other, but some types of therapies might better for treating certain problems
behavior therapies: phobias, anxiety
person centered: raising self-esteem
cognitive-behavior: depression
