1. Ch. 4 Mental Disorders & Suicide
Section 4:
Treating Mental Disorders

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Objectives: -List reasons that might prevent a person from seeking help for a mental disorder. -Identify four types of mental health professionals. -Describe some general types of treatment for mental disorders.

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Locating Community Resources: -Each year, about 20% of Americans experience the symptoms of a mental disorder. -The majority of these people do not seek help. -Sometimes people don’t recognize the signs of a mental disorder or they may have been told that, with will power alone, they can overcome the problem. Or they may not know where to go for help.

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1st step- recognizing the need for help. -do not ignore the warning signs of mental disorders. -treat mental disorders the way you would treat a physical illness -try to show your problems with an adult you trust

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Types of Mental Health Professionals -Mental health professionals are trained to recognize mental disorders and to treat them -The type of treatment the offer depends upon their training: -Psychiatrists -Clinical Psychologists -Social Workers -Mental Health Counselor

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Psychiatrists:
-Medical & Psychology training
-Rules out physical causes for symptoms
-Can prescribe medications
Neurologists:
-a physician who treats physical disorders of the nervous system

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Clinical Psychologists: -trained to recognize and treat behavior that is not normal -Ph.D in Psychology and 2 years of practical training in clinics / hospitals

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Social Workers: -listen to and advise people -act as a link between people who need help and community resources that provide help. Psychiatric Social Worker- help people to accept and adjust to an illness.

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Drug Therapy: -Prescribe drugs to treat mental disorders -Work with Psychotherapy

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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Anger Management
Art Therapy
Bioenergetic Analysis
Biofeedback / Neurofeedback
Body Psychotherapy
Body Talk System
Body-Mind Psychotherapy
Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Collaborative Therapy
Conflict Resolution Therapy
Core Process Psychotherapy
Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
Dance / Movement Therapy
Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Drama Therapy
Dream Analysis
Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT)
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Energy Psychology
Equine & Animal Assisted Psychotherapies
Existential Psychotherapy
Family Therapy
Focusing
Gestalt Therapy
Guided Therapeutic Imagery
Holistic Psychotherapy
Holographic Memory Resolution
Humanistic Psychology
Hypnotherapy
Integral Psychotherapy

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Integrative Body Psychotherapy
Internal Family Systems
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Jungian Psychotherapy
Lifespan Integration
Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Music Therapy
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Neurofeedback
Parent Work
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Person Centered / Rogerian
Play Therapy
Poetry Therapy

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Positive Psychology
Process Oriented Psychology
Psycho-Physical Therapy
Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychomotor
Psychosynthesis
Redecision Therapy
Regression Therapy
Reichian Breathwork
Relational Psychotherapy
Relational Recovery
Schema Therapy

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Self Psychology
Self Relations
Self-Acceptance Training
Sensorimotor Psychology
Sport / Fitness Psychology
Transactional Analysis
Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trauma Relief Unlimited (TRU)
Voice Dialogue
Wilderness Therapy
Yoga Therapy

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Hospitalization: -In-patient care / out-patient care -Constant attention to prevent harm to self or others -Working with patients and family before going home-how to adjust to change.