Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Logotherapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Drug therapy: pharmacological revolution: antipsychotic drugs chlorpromazine unpleasant side effects. Tricyclics (tofranil)- inhibit reuptake of serotonin and: 3 types of antidepressants: Nor, blocks the postsynaptic elevates activity in synapses. Mao inhibitors (nardil) - work by disabling enzymes that would normally metabolize & inactivate neurotransmitters at the synapses. (so, > levels of se, ne, & da) Serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors ssris (prozac)- slow reuptake at serotonin synapses, so increased activity: mood stabilizing drugs lithium for bipolar. Evens out mood swings, not sure why. Addiction to the feared stimulus, habituation eventually occurs. Masks symptoms, person doesn"t effectively deal with. *can use virtual reality too: 1. Flooding reduce anxiety through extinction complete exposure: 3. Behavior modification therapy positive reinforcement to change behavior ignore behaviors you don"t want to reinforce, positively reinforce behvaiors you want operant: 4. Aversive conditioning pair an aversive stimulus with an. Substance abuse antabuse violently ill when combined with. Sexual offenders shock therapy undesired behavior conditioning alcohol.