PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Puberty, Reuptake, Sertraline
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Tell them they can have one marshmallow now, but have to wait to have the next. One now, or two later? : one marshmallow: Higher risk adhd: two (able to wait): What is add/adhd goes untreated: problems increase with age. 2 major types of therapy (specific to children) Psychotherapy: use of psychological techniques to treat cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal (ability to deal with others) problems. Biomedical: use of medications and other medical therapies to treat the symptoms associated with psychological disorders. Assumes problems are due to maladaptive patterns of thinking: (meta-cog: thoughts about feelings, etc. ) Use puppet therapy- easier for kids to talk to. Focus is on recognition and alteration of unhealthy thinking patterns: talk to child alone/and or with parents, insights into feelings. With family or parents: interactive patterns, usually better/easier with girls. Without feeling the need or pressure to put into words. Avoid limits of transductive thinking: 3.
