PSY341H1 Lecture Notes - American Medical Association, Bulimia Nervosa, Speech Disorder
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Current approach: biomedical: pharmacotherapy & envt"al. Changing the person"s envt & the way they think: individual psychotherapies aka talk therapy (medium is talk, often referred to as verbal psychotherapy aka. 1st time we looked at ppl"s thoughts. Does not work w children since not as verbal not as articulate, hard to have convo. Free association let them talk about whatever they want to. Slips of tongue at some pts your subconscious will appear he"ll ask you to repeat what you just said (reflecting is back to you) you might respond in dif ways. Interested in thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations: play therapy, 1st proposed by freud"s daughter anna famous psychotherapist. Added benefit of rapport btwn child & therapist. Therapeutic for child, and you get assessment info. Child purging thoughts (analytical & therapeutic & same time: how they interact w toys, what they play w, how they interact w peers.
