PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Tricyclic Antidepressant
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No instant cures for mental disorders, need to be managed over time through treatment that alleviate symptoms so people can function in their daily lives. Most can be treated in more than one way but often one particular method is most successful for a specific disorder. Success may need client to continue treatment long-term. Recent focus on pairing with non-biological treatments: psychopharmacology: the use of medications that affect brain or body functions. Knowing cause of a disorder doesn"t really mean you know how to treat it autism is biological but non-biological treatment is most affective. One factor know to affect the outcome of therapy is the relationship between the therapist and the patient (a good relationship can foster an expectation of receiving help) Freud believed mental disorders were caused by past experiences: psychoanalysis (had patient lie on couch while he say behind them so they gel t less inhibited by his presence)
