PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dream Interpretation, Psychological Intervention, Operant Conditioning
12 Apr 2017
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Lecture 8: chapter 16 psychological and biological treatments. Psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioural, and interpersonal problems, and improve their quality of their lives. Includes traditional talk therapy" but also art, music, dance & other non- traditional approaches. 20% of americans have received psychotherapy at some point in their lives. Females utilize more psychotherapy more than males. Caucasians utilize more psychotherapy than hispanic and asians-americans. Stigma around mental illness, socioeconomic factors, perceived (& real) cultural insensitivity. Effectiveness depends on a number of factors: Client motivation and coping skills prior to therapy. Average effects of psychotherapy are significant & large (chorpita et al. , 2011; Effects of psychotherapy are constant across most diagnostic conditions. Variations in effectiveness influenced more by patient characteristics (e. g. , chronicity, complexity, social support), and by clinician, than by particular diagnoses or specific treatment brands (beutler, 2009). Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and social workers are the most common practitioners.
