PSYC 3140 Lecture 5: Abnormal Psychology - Week 5
12 Feb 2017
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Psychological approaches: these treatments come from the psychodynamic, behavioural and cognitive schools of thought. Psychodynamic therapy continues to be used for depression even though research did(cid:374)(cid:859)t offe(cid:396) st(cid:396)o(cid:374)g e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e of effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess. Behavioural therapy, effective for mild/moderate depression is practiced less often today. Cognitive and cognitive-behavioural therapies perform well in research and is growing. Psychodynamic therapy: therapists help clients by bringing underlying issues such as unconscious grief to consciousness. E(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:396)age dep(cid:396)essed (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t to asso(cid:272)iate f(cid:396)eel(cid:455), suggests i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)etatio(cid:374)s of the (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s associations, help them review past events/feelings. Therapists expect clients to gain awareness of the underlying issues and to make changes in their functioning. Long term therapy is only occasionally helpful in cases of unipolar depression. Limitations: depressed clients may be too passive and feel weary to join therapy discussions fully, they may become discouraged and end treatment too early when the long- therap(cid:455) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ide (cid:395)ui(cid:272)k (cid:396)elief. Short-term approaches have performed better than traditional approaches.
