1. Treatment of Psychological Disorders Unit 9 Lesson 2

2. Objectives Define treatment. Compare treatment approaches.

3. Warm Up How can we define abnormality? ◦ Deviation from norm ◦ Maladaptive behavior ◦ Distress

4. Review – Hand Up, Stand Up, Pair Up How does each school define abnormality? ◦ Psychoanalytic? Behavioral? Cognitive? Psychosocial? Neurobiology? What is the medical model of abnormal psychology? What is the DSM and how does it work? Why is it important to study abnormal psychology?

5. Treatment Inpatient vs Outpatient Biomedical Therapies Psychotherapies Combined Treatments Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker or Nurse, Counselor

6. Biomedical Therapies Treat by altering way brain functions. Medical Procedures ◦ Psychosurgery ◦ Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) ◦ TMS Medications ◦ Antipsychotic ◦ Antidepressant ◦ Antianxiety ◦ Lithium & Anticonvulsants

7. Psychotherapy Confidential interaction b/t psychotherapist and patient. ◦ Individual – Couples – Family - Group Insight Therapy Many different techniques… ◦ Psychoanalysis ◦ Humanistic ◦ Behavioral ◦ Cognitive

8. Psychoanalysis - Uncover unconscious motives, conflicts, and defenses Techniques ◦ Free association ◦ Dream analysis ◦ Interpretation Concepts ◦ Transference ◦ Resistance ◦ Catharsis “Psychodynamic Therapy”

9. Humanistic- Increased self- awareness of present feelings & conscious thoughts. Client-centered therapy ◦ Active listening  UPR ◦ Natural tendency towards healthy personal growth

10. Behavioral Uses learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors Therapies / Behavior Modification ◦ Counterconditioning ◦ Systematic desensitization ◦ Aversive conditioning ◦ Token Economy

11. Cognitive- Identify & change maladaptive thinking patterns. Techniques ◦ Rational-emotive therapy ◦ Cognitive behavior theory

12. Treatment Issues Barriers ◦ Cost, Insurance, Stigma Ethnic & Cultural Barriers Ethical Issues ◦ Relations, Prejudice, Coercion, Experimentation, Pseudomemories

13. Closure Why are combined treatments most effective? Med’s treat symptoms, therapy helps resolve underlying issues!