PSYC 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Xerostomia, Thyroid, Electroconvulsive Therapy
25 Feb 2017
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Insight therapy: talking for insight regarding client"s difficulties and possible solutions. Behavioural therapy: direct efforts to alter problematic responses(through conditioning) Biomedical therapy: interventions into a person"s biological functioning(drug therapy) People seeking professional help for everyday problems or vague feelings of discontent. Psychiatrists: specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders(provide drugs and medicine) Other mental health professionals: clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, counsellors. Verbal interactions to enhance clients" self-knowledge and promote changes in personality/behaviour. Psychoanalysis(freud): recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defences through techniques (free association/transference. Neurotic problems are caused by unconscious conflicts left over from early childhood inner conflicts involve battles among the id, ego, and superego, usually over sexual and aggressive impulses. Defence mechanisms to avoid confronting these conflicts, which remain hidden in the unconscious. Free association: spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as. Dream analysis: interprets the symbolic meaning of the client"s dreams.
