PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Ice Pick, Psychoactive Drug, Endocrine System
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Two major types of therapies: biomedical therapy and psychotherapy. Biomedical therapy the use of medical instruments in therapy such as drug, gene therapy. Clinical psychologist: behavioral therapies, are mental health professionals with doctoral degrees who diagnose and treat mental health problems ranging from the everyday to the chronic severe. Psychiatrist: biology, and prescription, are physicians who specialize in mental health and who diagnose and treat mental disorders but mostly prescribing medications that influence brain chemistry. Counseling psychologists: are mental health professionals who typically work with people needing help with common problems such as stress, coping, and mild forms of anxiety, and depression, rather than severe mental disorders. Psychiatric social worker: family and social aspects, master"s or doctoral in social work with specialized training in counseling, helps with social problems like family issues o. Psychoanalyst: training from a psychoanalytic, provides for psychological disorders. Dealing with personal issues: cognitive behavioural therapy. Fixing thought patterns and changing behaviour: drug therapies.
