PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Cognitive Therapy, Physical Disorder
22 Nov 2015
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Flooding: has been used for ocd, typically used for gad and phobias. Modeling: used in phobias and ocd, its when the therapist engages in a behaviour that the patient would be too afraid to do. Cognitive therapy: changing the individuals way of thinking of the risks and dangers of engaging in the behaviour they"re afraid of. These treatments are becoming more popular: pharmacological treatments still remain the main treatment for anxiety disorders. Ocd used to be categorized as an anxiety disorder bc it involves anxiety: psychiatric community decided it"s better to be in its own category bc it has diff treatment. All the disorders on this slide were also categorized as an anxiety disorder but they aren"t anymore. Ocd is the most prevalent of all of these categories of disorders. Ex. thinking your nose is too big: not categorized as an anxiety disorder anymore bc its an obsession.
