PSY100Y5 : dealing with psychological disorders
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joseph beruer around 1880 started to treat a young woman by the name of anna o. her symptoms of headaches, coughing and loss of feeling in and movement in her right arm started to clear up when he convinced her to talk about them. There is a great variety among the type of clients. A full range of problems including: anxiety, depression, unsatisfactory interpersonal relations, troublesome habits, poor self-control, low self-esteem, marital conflicts and/or self doubt. There is an intense delay in seeking treatment: 6 years for bipolar disease,8 years for depression, 9 years for generalized anxiety and 10 years for panic disorder. Psychologist norman edner was encouraged not to seek psychological treatment in his hometown because people will find out. counseling psychologists training is slanted towards the problems of everyday life. need a phd to practice clinical psychology. more likely to use behavioral techniques and less likely to use psychoanalytical techniques.
