PSY 433 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Automobilclub Von Deutschland, Light Therapy, Recreational Therapy
29 Jul 2020
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PSY 433 Psychopharmacology
Lecture 7
Sick-facing TNF
- Cognitivestimulation. General facilitation and thematic of cognitive operations based on
evocation, relationship and processing. Guidance is pursued, within the possibilities of each
patient, and the affective improvement.
- Cognitive training. Learning or reinforcing specific cognitive operations; e.g., association
of names and faces through the development of semantic relationships by the patient himself.
- Cognitive rehabilitation. Learning or reinforcing highly individualized cognitive
operations, aimed at maintaining or recovering functional or social capacities relevant to the sick.
- External aids. Use of material or devices that replace any of the lost cognitive abilities, in
order to recover or maintain any functional or social activity relevant to the patient. E.g., use of
agendas to remember appointments, or use of warnings to take the medication.
- AVD training. Practice guided by the minimum necessary help, offered gradually (verbal,
visual or physical stimulus) of some AVD, in order to maintain as much autonomy as possible in
such activity.
- Reminiscence. Cognitive and affective elaboration from events or experiences of the
remote past (livedeventsor experiences, past facts, ancient songs, etc.). Specific technique:
elaboration of the book of life.
- Validation. Combination of different techniques (reminiscent, orientation, touch, etc.) in
order to empathize in an affective way with thepaciente.
- Music. Use of music actively or passively, aimed at stimulating cognitive abilities, causing
an affective reinforcement and improving physical condition.
- Support and psychotherapy. Learning cognitive behavioral strategies to withstand stress
derived from loss of cognitive abilities.
Document Summary
General facilitation and thematic of cognitive operations based on evocation, relationship and processing. Guidance is pursued, within the possibilities of each patient, and the affective improvement. Learning or reinforcing specific cognitive operations; e. g. , association of names and faces through the development of semantic relationships by the patient himself. Learning or reinforcing highly individualized cognitive operations, aimed at maintaining or recovering functional or social capacities relevant to the sick. Use of material or devices that replace any of the lost cognitive abilities, in order to recover or maintain any functional or social activity relevant to the patient. E. g. , use of agendas to remember appointments, or use of warnings to take the medication. Practice guided by the minimum necessary help, offered gradually (verbal, visual or physical stimulus) of some avd, in order to maintain as much autonomy as possible in such activity. Cognitive and affective elaboration from events or experiences of the remote past (livedeventsor experiences, past facts, ancient songs, etc. ).
