PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Freudian Slip
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Abnormal behaviour is dysfunction you cannot interact with people; hold down a job, etc. There are alternative ways of seeing what causes etiology/progression of abnormal behaviour. Psychoanalysis is neo-freudian; it is psychodynamic while psychotherapy covers all of the approaches. Axon button releases neurotransmitters to postsynaptic neuron (axon to dendrites) Norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine are involved in mood disorders. Gene-environment correlations, interactions between genes and environmental. Diathesis-stress model: psychological theory that attempts to explain behaviour as a predispositional vulnerability together with stress from life experiences. Psychosurgery: take out part of brain that is not functioning properly, most useful in children (their brain is very plastic so they can compensate for lack of function in that part of the brain) Electroconvulsive therapy (ect) works very well for depression; unclear why it works so well. Prescription privileges for psychologists there are some states where they can prescribe medication.
