PSY100H1 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Notes
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Chapter 14 j treating disorders of mind and body. Psychotherapy is the generic name given to formal psychological treatment eg. cognitive-behavioural therapy. Biological therapies are treatments based on the medical approach to illness and disease eg. psychopharmacologythe use of medications that affect brain and bodily functions; proven to be very effective in treating mental disorders. very effective in the short term; in the long term they require person to continue treatment. Psychotherapy is based on psychological principles aimed at changing patterns of thought and behaviour. Sigmund freud; founding father in development of psych treatments believed that mental disorders are caused by prior experiences eg. traumatic experiences; developed method of psychoanalysis with josef breuer. Many techniques eg. free association: patient says whatever comes to mind; dream analysis: therapists interprets hidden meanings of dreams. General goal of psychoanalysis is to increazy l zlzz zl.
