PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Behaviour Therapy, Systematic Desensitization, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Psychosurgery - last resort brain surgery for depression and ocs, severs parts of the brain. Electroconvulsive therapy [ect] - induced seizure followed by a coma-like state, last resort for depression, drawback-in aftermath, retrograde amnesia can happen. [rtms] - painless, patients are awake, no seizures nor amnesia, tends to energize an inactive frontal lobe [in depression patients] Monoamine oxidase inhibitors [maois] - increase serotonin and norepinephrine levels. Tricyclics - do the same as maois. Ssris - most common cause they"re the most tolerable, allows serotonin to stay longer in the synapse. Psychoanalysis [freud] - pull from unconscious and make it conscious, all insight, techniques include free association, dream analysis, and analysis of transference. Cognitive therapy [beck] - emphasizes recognizing and changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs, used in a broad range of disorders [mainly mood ones] catch check change. Cognitive and behavioral are often combined to make cbt. Behavior therapy [wolpe] - action oriented doesn"t care why, systematic desensitization.
