Treatments
for Psychological Disorders
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Biomedical
• Drugs
• Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression
• Prefrontal Lobotomy (5 min)
Schizophrenia Drug Therapy
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Psychology. (5:15)
• How does Augustine’s behavior change
after 4 weeks on medication?
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Shorter version: Effectiveness
of these drugs with a
schizophrenic (2 min)
Electroconvulsive Therapy
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for Psychology. (5:05)
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Psychoanalysis
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Free association
Transference
Projection tests
Dream analysis
Finding conflicts in unconscious mind,
possibly stemming from childhood
• 4-5 days a week, 2 hours at a time
Cognitive
• Change their thinking - direct
• Identify irrational thoughts and replace with
rational ones
• Beck’s - based on illogical thinking
• Rational-Emotive therapy – assume client is a
logical thinker but some assumptions are incorrect
• Read, listen to tapes, experiment with their
assumptions
Behavioral
• Thinking does not matter. Causes do not
matter.
• Shaping with successive approximations
(reinforcement, punishment)
• Counter-conditioning, systematic
desensitization, flooding
• Observational learning
Humanistic
• Help clients reach their full potential by
developing self-awareness and self-acceptance
• Client centered therapy with active listening
• Therapist provides empathy, mirroring what the
client says
• Unconditional positive regard – no judging
• No advice is given – builds client’s self confidence
enough so they can address their own problems