PSYCH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Doctor Of Psychology, Psychosurgery, Cognitive Dissonance
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Topics: psychological treatment and social psychology. 15. 1 and 15. 2 treatment of psychological disorders. Two major approaches: psychotherapy, biological therapies, psychopharmacology. 699- 703: antidepressants found to be no more effective than a placebo for mild to. Psych 1000 - ludlam moderate depression. Only more effective for severe depression (pp. 678- 679): antipsychotic medications, neurotransmitter typically affected by anti- psychotic medications, side effects, including tardive dyskinesia (pp. 686- 687: mood stabilizers (not an antidepressant): lithium is the primary one. Alternative biological treatments: trepanning, psychosurgery, prefrontal lobotomies (discontinued, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms, deep brain stimulation. Effectiveness of psychological treatments: importance of randomized, clinical trials, problems with self- reporting and regression to mean. 4: placebo effect, evidence- based treatments. Therapies not supported by scientific evidence: debriefing, dare. Types of treatment providers (pp. 687- 688: clinical psychologists (ph. d. or psy. d. , psychiatrists (md, counseling psychologists (ph. d. , psychiatric social workers (msw, psychiatric nurses (bsn, paraprofessionals. 15. 2 effective treatments: anxiety disorders, ocd, depression, bipolar disorder.
