PSYC 1160 Chapter 16: Chapter 16- psycho and bio treatments
7 Oct 2016
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Psychotherapy is used as a psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioural, and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of their lives. 20% of americans have received psychological treatment at some point, and that about 4 percent are currently in psychotherapy. Contending frequently with feelings: helplessness, social isolation, sense of failure. Learn better ways of relating to others. Gender, ethnic, and cultural differences in entering treatment. Women are more likely to seek treatment than men, although both sexes benefit equally from psychotherapy. Members of many racial and ethnic groups. Minority groups less likely to seek mental health services than caucasians. Therapy can be very costly for those without health insurance and whose health plans don"t include mental health coverage. Although ethnic minorities prefer therapists with a similar ethnic background, there"s no consistent evidence that client-therapist ethnic or gender matches enhance therapy outcome.
