Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
Chapter 14
Treatment of Psychological Disorders
(notes based on Weiten book, but modified
and added to by instructor
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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The Elements of the Treatment Process
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Types of treatment professionals
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Clinical Social Workers
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
Guidance Counselors and others
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
Chapter 14
The Elements of the Treatment Process
•  Types of treatment
–  Insight therapies
•  “talk therapy”
–  Behavior therapies
•  Changing overt behavior
–  Biomedical therapies
•  Biological functioning interventions
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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Who Provides Treatment?
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Clinical psychologists
Counseling psychologists
Psychiatrists
Psychiatric social workers
Psychiatric nurses
Counselors
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
Chapter 14
Insight Therapies: Psychoanalysis
•  Sigmund Freud and followers
–  Goal: discover unresolved unconscious
conflicts
•  Free association
•  Dream analysis
•  Interpretation of
–  Resistance and transference
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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Insight Therapies: Client Centered and GroupTherapy
•  Carl Rogers
–  Goal: restructure self-concept to better
correspond to reality
–  Therapeutic Climate
•  Genuineness
•  Unconditional positive regard
•  Empathy
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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Behavior Therapies
•  B.F. Skinner and colleagues
–  Goal: unlearning maladaptive behavior and learning
adaptive ones
–  Systematic Desensitization – Joseph Wolpe
•  Classical conditioning
•  Anxiety hierarchy
–  Aversion therapy
•  Alcoholism, sexual deviance, smoking, etc.
–  Social skills training
•  Modeling
•  Behavioral rehearsal
–  Cognitive-behavioral treatments
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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Biomedical Therapies
•  Drug Therapy
–  Antianxiety
–  Antipsychotic
•  Tardive dyskinesia
•  Atypical antipsychotics
–  Antidepressant
•  Tricyclics
•  Mao inhibitors (MAOIs)
•  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
–  Mood stabilizers
•  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Psychology: Themes and Variations, Sixth Edition, Briefer Version, Wayne Weiten
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Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
•  Modeling
•  Social Skills Training
•  CBT approaches to Treating Depression