PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reuptake, Chlorpromazine, Bipolar Disorder
Document Summary
Research showing that psychological and psychiatric really are the same thing philosophical question: are mind and brain same thing mind: personality, brain: organ in the body that runs on neurotransmitters. A gestalt: something that is greater than the sum of its parts common example: a motion picture. Psychological and biological problems and treatments affect each other (interaction) Depression very effectively treated without antidepressants before their development 30-35 years ago research shows psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy both equally as effective as each other. General approach: psychopathology/abnormal behaviour caused by intra-psychic (subconscious) conflict specific technique: free association (analyst looking for freudian slips) simplest way to test effectiveness of treatment in psychotherapy is to do an experiment with a control (placebo) group. Consumer report survey: no difference between people who receive psychotherapy and placebo. Psychoanalysis largely been abandoned because doesn"t seem as effective as placebo.
