PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Spontaneous Remission, Operant Conditioning, Alprazolam
Document Summary
Sigmund freud is widely credited with launching modern psychotherapy. Psychotherapy isn"t always curative, and many modern treatments place little emphasis on talking. Psychoanalysis spawned many offspring as freud"s followers developed their own systems of treatment. As varied as therapists" procedures are, approaches to treatment can be classified into three major categories. Insight therapies are types of talk therapies where clients engage in complex verbal interactions with their therapists. Behavior therapies make direct efforts to alter problematic responses (phobias) and maladaptive habits (drug use) Behavior therapists work on changing clients overall behaviors. Biomedical approaches to therapy involve interventions into a person"s biological functioning. The most widely used procedures are drug therapy and electroconvulsive (shock) therapy. The greatest diversity of all is seen among the clients. The two most common presenting problems are excessive anxiety and depression. A client in treatment does not necessarily have to have an identifiable psychological disorder, some people seek help for everyday problems.
