PSYC 235 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sigmund Freud, Moral Treatment, Pharmacotherapy
5 Apr 2018
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Chapter 2 an integrative approach to psychopathology: one-dimensional or multidimensional model. Mood, a persistent period of emotionality, is evident in many disorders: cultural, social and interpersonal factors. Interpersonal psychotherapy is a form of treatment that focuses on the resolution of social and interpersonal problems, has proven effective for some disorders: life-span development. Important to remember principle of equifinality (reminds us that we must consider the various paths to a particular outcome, not just the result) Increasing incidence amongst youth: learning the difference between suicidal attempts and suicidal ideation. Chapter 5 anxiety, trauma related, and obsessive-compulsive disorders: complexity of anxiety disorders, anxiety = future-oriented state characterized by negative affect in which a person focuses on the possibility of uncontrollable danger or misfortune. Intense or prolonged psychological distress at exposure: avoidance or effort to avoid distressing memories, avoidance or effort to avoid external reminders, negative alterations in cognitions and mood. Individual performs excessive health related behaviours or exhibits maladaptive avoidance.
