PSYC 107 1st Edition Lecture #34 – Other Treatments and Helpful Treatment MethodsOutline of Last Lecture I. 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-actualizationOutline of Current LectureI. Client Centered Therapy Methodsa. Name to know: Carl RogersII. Cognitive and Behavioral Principlesa. People’s actions are based on social learning, conditioning, past experience, and the thought patterns that these create.III. Behavior Therapya. Based on operant conditioning IV. Cognitive-Behavior Therapya. Name to know: Aaron Beckb. Change the way clients thinkV. Psychotropic Drugsa. Anxiolytics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Mood stabilizersVI. Other Treatment Optionsa. Psychosurgeryb. Electroconvulsive therapy c. Deep brain stimulationd. Transcranial magnetic stimulationLecture 34 NotesVII. Client Centered Therapy Methodsa. Name to know: Carl Rogersi. Empathyii. Unconditional positive regardiii. Congruenceiv. Reflective listeningb. Client-centered methods are common practices within other psychotherapeutic approaches.VIII. Cognitive and Behavioral Principlesa. People’s actions are based on social learning, conditioning, past experience, and the thought patterns that these create.i. Goals: changes in thinking and behaving in particular classes of situationsii. Therapist role: teacher/trainer who helps client replace undesirable thoughts/behaviorsiii. Time frame: current behavior/thoughts; may not need to know origins of behaviorb. Generally very useful in treating anxiety disorders.IX. Behavior Therapya. Based on operant conditioning i. Reward desirable behaviorii. Ignore or punish undesirable behaviorb. Based on classical conditioningi. Disrupt the relationship between the CS and the CR1. Modeling2. Exposure (e.g., systematic desensitization)a. Over exposing to something so that there is no longer a fear response to it. X. Cognitive-Behavior Therapya. Name to know: Aaron Becki. Psychological disorders can be traced to cognitive distortions1. Distortions become ingrained patterns of thinking2. Thinking patterns lead to negative behaviorsb. Change the way clients thinki. Cognitive restructuringii. In addition to anxiety disorders, also tends to be useful for mood disorders.XI. Psychotropic Drugsa. Anxiolytics i. Tranquilizers, anti-anxiety drugsb. Antidepressantsi. MAO-Is, tricyclics, SSRIsc. Antipsychoticsi. Neurolepticsd. Mood stabilizersi. Lithiumii. Good treatment for people with bipolar disorder. XII. Other Treatment Optionsa. Psychosurgeryi. Prefrontal lobotomies1. Has died down recently due to risk factors and bad results, but is making a comeback with the help of microsurgery. b. Electroconvulsive therapy i. Basically electroshock. c. Deep brain stimulationd. Transcranial magnetic stimulationi. The use of magnets to alter brain activity and or chemistry. Is getting more popular due to lack of expense compared to avlifetime of drugs or a brain
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