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Biological Therapies
also called biomedical therapies, treatments that reduce or elminate the sympoms of psycholgoical disorders by altering aspects of body functions
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Antianxiety Drugs
commonly known as tranquilizers, drugs that reduce anxiety by making the individual calmer and less excitable
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antidepressant drugs
drugs that regualte mood
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lithium
the lightest of the solid elements in the periodic table of elements, widely used to treat bipolar disorder
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antipsychotic drugs
powerful drugs that diminish agitated behavior, reduce tension, decrease hallucinations, improve social behavior, and produce better sleep patterns in individuals w a severe psychological disorder, especially schizophrenia
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Also called shock therapy, a treatment, commonly used for depression, that sets off a seizure in the brain
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deep brain stimulation
a procedure for treatment-resistant depression that involves the implantation of extrodes in the brain that emit signals to alter the brain's electrical circuity
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psychosurgery
a biological therapy, with irreversible effects, that involves removal or destruction of brain tissue to improve the individual's adjustment
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psychotherapy
a nonmedical process that helps individuals w psycholgical disorders recognize and overcome their problems
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psychodynamic therapies
treatments that stress the importance of the unconscious mind, extensive interpretation by the therapist, and the role of early childhood experiences in the development of an individual's probs
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psychoanalysis
Freud's therapeutic technique for analyzing an individual's unconcsious thoughts
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Free association
a psychoanalytic technique that involves encouraging individuals to say aloud whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing
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Interpretation
A psychoanalyst's search for symbolic, hidden meanings in in what the client says and does during therapy
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Dream Analysis
a psychoanalytic technique for interpreting a person's dreams
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Transference
A client's relating to the psychoanalyst in ways that reproduce or relive important relationships in the individual's life
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Resistance
a clients unconscious defense strategies that interfere w the psychoanalyst's understanding of the individuals probs
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Humanistic Therapies
Treatments, unique in their emphasis on ppls self-healing capacities, that ecourage clients to understand themselves and to grow personality
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Client-Centered Therapy
Also called Rogerian therapy or nodirective therapy, a form of humanistic therapy, developed by Rogers, in which the therapist provides a warm, supportive atmosphereto improve the cients self-concept and to encourage the clients to gain insights into probs
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Reflective Speech
A tech. in which the therapist mirrors the clients own feelings back to the client
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Behavior Therapies
Treatments based on the behavioral and social cognitive theories of learning that use principles of learning to reduce or elminate maladaptive behavior
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Systematic Desensitization
A method of behavior therapy that treats anxiety by teaching the client to associate deep relaxation w increasingly intense anxiety-producing situations
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Cognitive Therapies
Treatments that point to cognitions (thoughts) as the main source of psycholgoical probs and that attempt to change the individual's feelings and behaviors by changing thoughts
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Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy
A therapy based on Ellis's assertion that individual's develop a psychological disorder because of irrational and self-defeating beliefs and whos goals is to get clients to elminate these beiefs by rationally examining them
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Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
a therapy that combines cognitive therapy and behavior therapy w the goal of developing self-efficacy
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Integrative Therapy
a combination of techs. from diff. therapies based on the therapist's judgments of which particular methods will provide the greatest benefit for the client
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Group Therapy
a sociocultural approach to the treatment of psycholgoical disorders that brings together individuals who share a particular psychological disorder in sessions that are typically led by a mental health professional
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Family Therapy
Group therapy w family members
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Couples Therapy
group therapy w married or unmarried couples whose major prob lies within thier relationship
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Therapeutic Alliance
the relationship btwn the therapist and client and important elemnt of successful psychotherapy
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Well-Being Therapy
a short-term prob-focused directive therapy that encourages clients to accentuate the positive
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