HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Psychological Association, Mental Disorder, Schizophrenia
18 Oct 2016
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Lecture 2: schizophrenia, psychotic, and delusional disorders l. Cbt (high rates of success & cheap) Psychodynamic (it encourages people to try to understand themselves more; encourages one to look at the scope of their life) Client-centered (trying to build a strong connection between the therapist and the client; therapist should genially strive to care for the client; a client may need to feel loved in some way) Systems (suggests that mental illnesses are not to be treated individually but for more than one person; describe a series of relationships; behaviour is the result of complex web of family; group treatment approach) Psychopharmaceutical drugs (a person"s mental health problem stems from a physical organ) Ect (severe depression; places where not many health resources; don"t know how it works; no science behind it; a punishment but for others it"s a cure) Outpatient v hospitalization (go and see psychologist once every two weeks) Can prescribe medication, blood tests, brain scans, ect.
