PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Tricyclic Antidepressant, Monoamine Oxidase, Randomized Controlled Trial
15 Jun 2013
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Stressful current life circumstances: experiencing sudden and highly stressful situations. People with long standing problems: seek psychological assistance out of dissatisfaction and despair. Reluctant clients: entering therapy through indirect route. Males are more reluctant to enter therapy than females. People who seek personal growth: not lived up to own expectation. Clinical psychologist, psychiatrists and clinical social workers. Psychiatrist differ from psychologist in their predilection for treating mental disorders with a biological approach whereas psychologists treat patients" psychopathology by examining and changing patients" behaviour and thought patterns. The therapeutic alliance: how well clients do in treatment is related to strength of the alliance they have with their therapists. Men are less able than women to recognize and label feelings of distress. Develop treatment that"s based on theories of how men are socialized and that provide a better fit for men constrained by gender-role expectations. Therapist"s impression of changes that have occurred. Reports from the client"s family or friends.
