PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aaron T. Beck, B. F. Skinner, Cognitive Therapy
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Psychotherapy from a personal perspective (assignment due feb 20: objective. Include when the problem began, when the symptoms were first noticed. A detailed description of the symptoms observed or experienced (paragraph or two, fairly large) The course of the symptoms over time: were getting progressively worse. If/how the symptoms were ameliorated: they seemed to get better after getting antidepressants. If applicable, you can relate the symptoms to a dsm disorder: (cid:862)(cid:271)ased on his low motivation, low mood, interpersonal pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s, a(cid:374)d la(cid:272)k of e(cid:374)erg(cid:455), he appeared to ha(cid:448)e mdd(cid:863) Utilize knowledge from class, the text, and research articles to justify why a specific therapy may be most appropriate for treating the described mental illness (about 2 pages) Principal symptom or disorder: pick on symptom to treat. Describe and cite 3 research articles demonstrating efficacy for the same psychotherapy. Must have a treatment trial: no meta-analyses, case studies, and theoretical papers. Inclusion and exclusion criteria: which treatments were studied, treatment setting.
