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STUDY GUIDE: UNIT XIII – TREATMENT of ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
Terms & Concepts
559. psychotherapy
560. biomedical therapy
561. eclectic approach
562. psychoanalysis
563. resistance
564. interpretation
565. transference
566. psychodynamic therapy
567. insight therapies
568. client-centered therapies
569. active listening
570. unconditional positive regard
571. behavior therapy
572. counterconditioning
573. exposure therapies
574. systematic desensitization
575. virtual reality exposure therapy
576. aversive conditioning
577. token economy
578. cognitive therapy
579. rational-emotive behavior therapy
580. cognitive-behavioral therapy
581. group therapy
582. family therapy
583. regression toward the mean
584. meta-analysis
585. evidence-based practice
586. therapeutic alliance
587. resilience
588. Psychopharmacology
589. antipsychotic drugs
590. antianxiety drugs
591. antidepressant drugs
592. electroconvulsive therapy
593. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
594. psychosurgery
595. lobotomy
Module 70
70-1: How do psychotherapy, biomedical therapy, and an eclectic approach to therapy differ?
70-2: What are the goals of psychoanalysis, and how have they been adapted in psychodynamic therapy?
Psychoanalysis & Sigmund Freud
70-3: What are the basic themes of humanistic therapy? What are the specific goals and techniques of Rogers’
client-centered approach?
Insight therapies
Active listening, unconditional positive regard
Module 71
71-1: How does the basic assumption of behavior therapy differ from those of psychodynamic and humanistic
therapies? What techniques are used in exposure therapies and aversive conditioning?
Counter-conditioning, exposure therapy, systematic desensitization, virtual reality exposure therapy
Aversive conditioning
71-2: What is the main premise of therapy based on operant conditioning principles, and what are the views of its
proponents and critics?
Operant conditioning
Token economy
71-3: What are the goals and techniques of cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy?
Albert Ellis, rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
Aaron Beck
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
71-4: What are the aims and benefits of group and family therapy?
Module 72
72-1: Does psychotherapy work? Who decides?
Client’s perceptions
Clinician’s perceptions
Outcome research
72-2: Are some therapies more effective than others for specific disorders?
72-3: How do alternative therapies fare under scientific scrutiny?
EMDR
Light-exposure therapy
72-4: What are three elements shared by all forms of psychotherapy?
72-5: How do culture, gender, and values influence the therapist-client relationship?
Clinical psychologists
Clinical or Psychiatric Social Worker
Counselors
Psychiatrists
72-6: What should a person look for when selecting a therapist?
72-7: What is the rationale for preventative mental health programs?
Module 73
73-1: What are the drug therapies? How do double-blind studies help researchers evaluate a drug’s effectiveness?
Anti-psychotic drugs
Antianxiety drugs
Antidepressants
Mood stabilizing medications
73-2: How are brain-stimulation and psychosurgery used in treating specific disorders?
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
Deep-brain stimulation
Psychosurgery, lobotomy
73-3: How, by caring of themselves with a healthy lifestyle, might people find some relief from depression, and
how does this reflect our being biopsychosocial systems?