PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Intelligence Quotient, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Psychodynamic therapy (freud): psychoanalysis, free association, dream analysis. Feel free and run with their thoughts find unconscious conflict. = increase patient"s understanding of their own psychological processes: costy, takes a lot of time. *client-centered therapy (rogers): safe & comfortable setting, empathy, reflective listening (repeat what they said: encouragement of personal growth through self-understanding. Cognitive therapy: modify maladaptive thought patterns cognitive restructuring. Ocd: exposing them to triggers and preventing them from engaging in the obsessive behavior. Panic attack: when people have panic attacks they feel like they are going to die: mood disorder, depression: no best way; under-activity in the left pre-frontal side of the brain. [specific]; helpful for people with ocd: bipolar disorder. Lithium (mania): what it does to the brain is not known; people feel good when they are in the manic state so getting them to take medication can be challenging. Combination more effective: schizophrenia: pharmacological treatments are most effective.
