1. Do Now
What element of psychotherapy do you find the most helpful for patients?
How can substance abuse interfere with an accurate diagnosis?

2. Unit 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Evaluating Psychotherapies

3. Is Psychotherapy Effective?
Regression toward the mean (top of pg. 621)
Client’s perceptions
not enough to measure whether or not psychotherapy is effective why?
people often enter therapy in crisis
clients may need to believe the therapy was worth the effort ..and money
clients generally speak kindly of their therapists
Clinician’s perceptions
same reasons
people usually enter extremely unhappy and leave a little better
Outcome research
Therapy helps
Meta-analysis
Placebo treatments
the sympathy and friendly counsel of paraprofessionals also tend to produce more improvement than no treatment at all

4. The Relative Effectiveness of Different Therapies
No one type of psychotherapy is generally superior to all others
Therapy is most effective for those with clear-cut, specific problems
Some therapies are more effective for specific disorders
behavioral conditioning for treating phobias and compulsions
Evidence – Based Practice

5. Evidence – Based Practice
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6. Evaluating Alternative Therapies
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
Light exposure therapy
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
What did book say about these two things? How effecting are they?

7. Commonalities Hope for demoralized people A new perspective
typically those who seek therapy are anxious/depressed and after the therapy leave somewhat improved
A new perspective
every therapy offers a plausible explanation for their symptoms which can in turn give the seeker a new perspective
An empathic, trusting, caring relationship
between the therapist and patient

8. Culture & Values in Psychotherapy
All therapies offer hope
All therapists want their client to get better
Differences arise
Individualism
Religion
Language
Communication style
Personal background
training

9. Types of Therapists

10. Today Quiz your knowledge Qs #1-10 Begin HW
HW = Qs # (biomedical therapy - you can do 15 if you don’t want to deal with it on exam study night)