PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Separation Anxiety Disorder, Observational Learning, John Bowlby
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Psychotherapy involves talk based approach with therapist, patient, family. The psychotherapy approach may be preferred over the other. Most frequently used drugs are prozac (mood stabilizers) Social impact of bio approach to therapy. With schizophrenia treatment patients suffer from weight gain and other effects. What are implications of medication maybe not as happy as a person wants to be ( mild. Is there an ease to drugs that allows us to forget other issues? symptoms yet still taking drugs) Therapeutic alliance relationship bn therapist and person seeking help need to establish good relationship to have the patient trust you. Free association imp golden rule of any treatment lie on couch and the patient speaks freely without a specific topic, and without intervention, sense spontaneous thoughts. Resistance key concept as uncomfortable thoughts and feelings start coming to the surface, the patient will shut down completely, and use defense mechanisms to resist. Counter-transference react to unconscious feelings of the patient (in transference)
