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Unit 13 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Use SQ3R: Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, and Review every section you read.
Introduction (pp. 605-606)
1: Discuss how psychotherapy, biomedical therapy, and an eclectic approach to therapy differ.
The Psychological Therapies (pp. 606-608)
2: Define psychoanalysis, and discuss the aims, methods, and criticisms of this form of therapy.
3: Contrast psychodynamic therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy with traditional psychoanalysis.
4: Identify the basic characteristics of the humanist therapies, and describe the specific goals and
techniques of Carl Rogers’ client-centered therapy
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5: Explain how the basic assumption of behavior therapy differs from those of traditional psychoanalytic
and humanistic therapies, and describe the techniques used in exposure therapies and aversive
conditioning.
6: State the main premise of therapy based on operant conditioning principles, and describe the view of
proponents and critics of behavior modification.
7: Contrast cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and give some examples of cognitive
therapy for depression
8: Discuss the rationale and benefits of group therapy, including family therapy.
Evaluating Psychotherapies (pp. 619-628)
9: Explain why clients and clinicians tend to overestimate the effectiveness of psychotherapy, and
describe two phenomena that contribute to clients’ and clinicians’ misperceptions in this area.
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10: Discuss some of the findings of outcome studies in judging the effectiveness of the psychotherapies,
and describe which psychotherapies are most effective for specific disorders.
11: Evaluate the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and light
exposure therapies.
12: Describe the three benefits attributed to all psychotherapies.
13: Discuss the role of values and cultural differences in the therapeutic process, and identify some
guidelines for selecting a therapist.
The Biomedical Therapies (pp. 628-637)
14: Define psychopharmacology, and explain how double-blind studies help researchers evaluate a drug’s
effectiveness.
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15: Describe the characteristics of antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant, and mood-stabilizing
drugs, and discuss their use in treating psychological disorders.
16: Describe the use of brain stimulation techniques and psychosurgery in treating specific disorders.
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Explain how therapeutic life-style change reflects the idea that humans are integrated
biopsychosocial systems.
Preventing Psychological Disorders (pp. 637-638)
18: Explain the rationale of preventive mental health programs.
Define in 5 words or less:
Eclectic Approach:
Psychotherapy:
Psychoanalysis:
Resistance:
Interpretation:
Transference:
Psychodynamic Therapy:
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Insight Therapies:
Client-centered Therapy:
Active Listening:
Unconditional Positive Regard:
Behavior Therapy:
Counterconditioning:
Exposure Therapies:
Systematic Desensitization:
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy:
Aversive Conditioning:
Token Economy:
Cognitive Therapy:
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy:
Family Therapy:
Regression Toward the Mean:
Meta-analysis:
Evidence-based practice:
Biomedical Therapy:
Psychopharmacology:
Antipsychotic Drugs:
Tardive Dyskinesia:
Antianxiety Drugs:
Antidepressant Drugs:
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT):
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS):
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Psychosurgery
Lobotomy:
Resilience:
Aaron Beck:
Albert Ellis:
Carl Rogers:
Sigmund Freud:
Mary Cover Jones:
Joseph Wolpe:
B.F. Skinner:
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