PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Tardive Dyskinesia, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

Treatments: how many types are there: these include discussion, advice, emotional support, persuasion, conditioning, procedures, relaxation training, role playing, drug therapy, biofeedback, and group therapy, approaches to treatment: Behaviour therapy: based on principles of learning. The two most common presenting problems are excessive anxiety and depression. One of the biggest road blocks is the stigma surrounding mental health treatment: therapists: who provides professional treatment. Psychotherapy: refers to professional treatment by someone with special training. Clinical psychologist"s training emphasizes the treatment of full fledged disorders. Counselling psychologists training is slanted towards the treatment of everyday adjustment problems. Psychologists use either insight or behavioural approaches. Psychiatrists are more likely to use behavioural techniques and less likely to use psychoanalytic methods. Psychiatrists: physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. They devote more time to relatively severe disorders like schizophrenia and less time to everyday marital, family job and school problems.