PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Personal Development, Bipolar Disorder, Active Listening

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Christine Mountney

Document Summary

Maltreatment of the insane throughout the ages was the result of irrational views. Many patients were subjected to strange, debilitating, and downright dangerous treatments. Philippe pinel in france and dorthea dix in america founded humane movements to care for the mentally sick. Psychotherapy involves an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and a mental patient. Biomedical therapy uses drugs or other procedures that act on the patient"s nervous system, treating his or her psychological disorders. An eclectic approach uses various forms of healing techniques depending upon the client"s unique problems. We will look at four major forms of psychotherapies based on different theories of human nature: psychoanalytic theory, humanistic theory, behavioral theory, cognitive theory. The first formal psychotherapy to emerge was psychoanalysis, developed by. Since psychological problems originate from childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where the patient can deal with them.