1. Chapter 16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders

2. Table of Contents Types of Treatment Analyze This and Analyze That - misconceptions Types of therapies –Insight therapies “talk therapy” –Behavior therapies Changing overt behavior –Biomedical therapies Biological functioning interventions

3. Table of Contents Who Seeks Treatment? 15% of U.S population in a given year Most common presenting problems –Anxiety and Depression –Treatment seeking for various disorders – Figure 15.1 Mood disorders Utilization rates – Figure 15.2 Women more than men Medical insurance Education level Psychological Disorders and professional treatment – Figure 15.3

4. Table of Contents Figure 15-1 – Treatment seeking for various disorders

5. Table of Contents Figure 15-2 – Therapy utilization rates – Olfson et al. (2002)

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7. Table of Contents Who Provides Treatment? Slide 8 Clinical psychologists Counseling psychologists Psychiatrists Clinical social workers Psychiatric nurses Counselors On-line treatment?

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9. Table of Contents Insight Therapies: Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and followers –Goal: discover unresolved unconscious conflicts - Figure 15.4 Free association Dream analysis Interpretation –Resistance and transference Psychodynamic Therapies Figure 15.4 Freud’s view of the roots of disorders

10. Table of Contents Insight Therapies: Client Centered Therapy Carl Rogers –Cause: Figure 15.5 –Goal: restructure self-concept to better correspond to reality –Therapeutic Climate Genuineness Unconditional positive regard Empathy

11. Table of Contents Therapies Inspired by Positive Psychology Martin Seligman Uses theory and research to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence –well-being therapy –positive psychotherapy can be an effective treatment for depression – F 15.6

12. Table of Contents Figure 15.6 Positive psychotherapy for depression

13. Table of Contents Other issues Groups therapy –Group size –Advantages – social dimension of change Effectiveness of Insight therapies – Figure 15.7 –Spontaneous remission Talk therapies or other approaches? –Common factors contribute to progress in those treated

14. Table of Contents Figure 15.7 – Recovery as a function of number of therapy sessions

15. Table of Contents Behavior Therapies B.F. Skinner and colleagues –Goal: unlearning maladaptive behavior and learning adaptive ones –Systematic Desensitization – Joseph Wolpe Classical conditioning – Figure 15.8 Anxiety/Fear hierarchy – Figure 15.9 –Aversion therapy – Figure 15.10 Alcoholism, sexual deviance, smoking, etc. –Social skills training Modeling Behavioral rehearsal –Biofeedback

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18. Table of Contents Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Aaron Beck –Cognitive therapy –Depression and negative thinking – Figure 15.11 Albert Ellis –Rational-emotive therapy Goal: to change the way clients think –Detect and recognize negative thoughts –Reality testing Effectiveness of Behavior Therapies –Efficacy of behavioral interventions for a variety of disorders

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20. Table of Contents Biomedical Therapies Psychopharmacotherapy –Antianxiety - Valium, Xanax, Buspar –Antipsychotic - Thorazine, Mellaril, Haldol Tardive dyskinesia Atypical antipsychotic – reduce motor effects and other neurotransmitters Time course – Figure 15.12 –Antidepressant: - Actions - Figure 15.13 Tricyclics – Elavil, Tofranil Mao inhibitors (MAOIs) - Nardil Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft – side effects – Table 15.1 Risk of suicide – Figure 15.14 –Mood stabilizers Lithium, Valproic acid Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) – pages 642-643 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Deep brain stimulation – Figure 15.15

21. Table of Contents Figure 15.13 Antidepressant drugs’ mechanisms of action

22. Table of Contents Figure 15.15 Deep brain stimulation

23. Table of Contents Current Trends and Issues in Treatment Managed care Empirically validated treatments Blending Approaches to treatment – Figure 15.17 –Conjunctive therapy – Figure 15.16 Multicultural sensitivity Deinstitutionalization –Dorthea Dix - Figure 15.18 –Changes in population – Figure 15.19 Factors – treatments, legal, service delivery model –Revolving door problem – Slide 26 –Homelessness –Increase use of criminal justice system

24. Table of Contents Figure 15.17 The leading approaches to therapy among psychologists

25. Table of Contents Figure 15-16 – Relapse rates in Reynolds et al. (1999) study

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27. Table of Contents Slide 26 – Percentage of psychiatric inpatient admissions that are readmissions

28. Table of Contents Looking for at therapist Factors to consider –Sources of services – Table 15.2 –Profession –Gender –Theoretical approach Comparison of approaches for effectiveness - Figure 15.20

29. Table of Contents Table 15-2, p. 626

30. Table of Contents Figure 15.20 Estimates of the effectiveness of various approaches to psychotherapy.