II. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditionIII. Factitiousa. Faking physical problems to gain attentionIV. Dissociative disorders:a. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityV. Schizophreniaa. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Positive: Undesirable additions to a person’s mental lifeii. Negative: undesirable subtractions from a person’s mental lifeiii. CognitivePSYC 107 1st Edition Lecture #32 – Treating Psychological DisordersOutline of Last Lecture I. Somatoforma. Psychological conditions that take on a physical form; no physical causei. Appear when stressed ii. Reduce stress by helping avoid situationsII. People show little concern for their physical condition or severe preoccupation w/ physical conditionIII. Factitious a. Faking physical problems to gain attentionIV. Dissociative disorders:a. Sudden, usually temporary disruption in a person’s memory, consciousness, or identityV. Schizophreniaa. Group of disorders marked by severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, & behaviori. Positive: Undesirable additions to a person’s mental lifeii. Negative: undesirable subtractions from a person’s mental lifeiii. CognitiveOutline of Current LectureI. Types of Mental Health ProvidersII. Client Therapist Relationshipi. Two General Treatments for an Individual1. Psychological2. Biological3. Most therapists have a preferred style of treatment but areeclectic overallIII. Evidence-based treatmentIV. Specific vs Non Specific Treatmenta. Generally, psychological therapies are better than no psychological therapies. V. Psychodynamica. FreudVI. Humanistica. People have free will, choice, and the capacity for self-actualizationLecture 32 NotesI. Types of Mental Health Providersa. Psychiatristb. Clinical psychologistc. Counseling psychologist d. Social workere. Licensed professional counselorsf. ParaprofessionalsII. Client Therapist Relationshipa. Probably the most important predictor of therapeutic successb. You do NOT have to keep working with a therapist who is not helping you improve.c. Do you feel respected by the therapist?d. What is a reasonable time frame to see change?e. (Humanistic principles are important in all theraputic relationships.)i. Two General Treatments for an Individual1. Psychologicala. Psychodynamicb. Humanisticc. Cognitive-Behavioral2. Biologicala. Drugsb. Other therapies3. Most therapists have a preferred style of treatment but areeclectic overallIII. Evidence-based treatmenta. “Common sense” is often wrong in determining what a good intervention is.b. It is difficult to conduct carefully-controlled research studies of psychological treatments.c. e.g., people can tell whether they are in group-therapy vs. individual therapyd. Many treatments work (or appear to work) for a few people (i.e., case studies).e. Publication bias for positive results over negative results.IV. Specific vs Non Specific Treatmenta. Generally, psychological therapies are better than no psychological therapies. i. For many people and many disorders, the specific treatment doesn’t matter.b. However, some therapies are particularly good for some disorders.c. Drug therapies only treat symptoms, not underlying problems.i. What happens when the drug is stopped?V. Psychodynamica. Freudi. People driven by sexual and aggressive instinctsii. Goal: to understand the influence of unconscious conflicts on thoughts and behaviors (i.e., gain insight)iii. Therapist role: neutral; help client explore meaning of behaviorsiv. Time frame: emphasis on uncovering unresolved, unconscious conflicts from the past1. Name to know: Sigmund Freuda. Interpretationb. Free associationc. Analysis of transferenceVI. Humanistica. People have free will, choice, and the capacity for self-actualizationi. Goals: self-acceptance, remove things blocking self-awareness andactualizationii. Therapist role: facilitates client’s growth; client and therapist are equalsiii. Time frame: here and now; focus on immediate
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