PSYC 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Therapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Albert Bandura
20 Mar 2018
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Lecture #2: thursday, jan 11th the biological tradition. Mental illness = physical illness brain surgery, electroconvulsive therapy (1930s) Medications (1950s) consequences of the biological tradition some clinical success treating mental illness in early 20th century. Emil kraepelin (1856-1926) : one of the founders of modern psychiatry; classification psychological disorders approached scientifically. Georgia state lunatic, idiot, and epileptic asylum" accepted their first patient in 1842; 12,000 patients in the 1960s the psychological tradition. Moral emotional" therapy originated with french psychiatrist philippe pinel (1745-1826) encouraged humane, socially facilitative atmosphere for patients. Benjamin rush (1745-1813): father of north america psychiatry asylum reform and the decline of moral therapy. Most aspects haven"t been systematically measured can"t test most of the tenets current relevance: therapeutic alliance: patient-therapist relationship some unconscious mental processes coping styles ( defence mechanisms") humanistic theory. Major theme - people are basically good important concept: humans strive toward self-actualization treatment therapist conveys empathy and unconditional positive regard.
