PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reality Therapy, Relationship Counseling, Fritz Perls

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Chris Motz

Document Summary

Treatments & therapies: biological treatments (drugs, ect, psychosurgery), psychological therapies (talking, listening, rationalization, rewards, modelling) Social & interpersonal therapies (family & friends, support systems, group therapies) Individual differences in responses and efficacy thus, reliance on multimodal (or integrative) treatment regimes. Psychopharmacology the study of the effects of drugs on psychological disorders: many psychoactive drugs (behaviour-affecting drugs) have an influence on the effects of neurotransmitters. Drugs: two main classes of effects: agonists drugs that facilitate the effects of a particular neurotransmitter. Can block the synthesis of n, destroy the n (before release), block the release of n, block the binding of the n with the post-synaptic receptor. Receptor blockers bind to the post-synaptic receptors without activating them (thereby blocking the n). For example, prozac prevents the reuptake of serotonin (and low serotonin has been associated with depression) A group of drugs that can be used to treat psychosis (impaired thoughts and perceptions), schizophrenia, mania and delusional disorder.