PSYC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Active Listening, Sigmund Freud, Benzodiazepine
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Biopsychosocial approach: acknowledges the interacting roles of biological, psychological & sociocultural factors in the origins of psychopathology. Psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, psychiatric nurses, gps, case workers. Psychological disorders are extreme manifestations of normal processes. Psychological treatment is not only something that happens in mental institutions: distress results from intrapsychic conflict. Interpretation (the therapist attempts to explain the inner significance of the (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour: resistance (defensive manoeuvres intended to hinder the progress of therapy. Cause: relationship factors predispose and perpetuate distress. Focuses on helping to improve relationships and expectations about them. 1940-80s clients play a major role in determining the pace and direction of therapy the client as expert distress results from an incongruent self-concept. Creating a supportive therapeutic climate: unconditional positive regard (acceptance) Cause: distress results fro(cid:373) (cid:373)aladapti(cid:448)e respo(cid:374)ses to the (cid:858)gi(cid:448)e(cid:374)s(cid:859) of e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Shared journey leading to awareness and acceptance of meaninglessness; ultimate freedom, isolation and death.
