PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Disulfiram, Classical Conditioning, Psychopathology
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Psychological: treat the mind; consider the mind the source of ailment. Biological: consider disease as a brain disorder. Psychotherapy works just as well as drug therapy and at times, better than drug therapy. In general, psychology takes a dualistic, philosophical approach to treatment (e. g. depression) Psychotherapy and drug therapy usually used in conjunction with one another. Very few disorders where the affected has to undergo drug therapy (e. g. schizophrenia) Theory: the problems that you have, you don"t realize you have; subconscious. Free association: talk about whatever you want; eventually say something that comes from the subconscious. Repeat back what was said to make patient think about it; explore it. Can take years to produce genuine results. Comes from idea that psychopathology arises from thinking about things in a faulty manner; think about the world around us in an inaccurate. Everybody else is smarter than me is a faulty thought. Looks at the evidence you present and.
