Health Sciences 2700A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Anxiety Disorder, Youth Detention Center, Group Psychotherapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Could actually divert attention away from the social factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency. Can also foster misconception that mental health interventions are generally beneficial or at worst benign in reality need to weigh severity and degree symptoms impair functioning: side effects of medications can be severe. Need to be careful who is getting prescribed. A lot of (cid:373)edi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s that are pres(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed are(cid:374)"t empirically backed, and have risks such as weight gain and cv events: psych interventions also carry risks. Group therapy (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease youth"s asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith other antisocial peers. Individual psychotherapy can increase dependency and narcissism without increased self-awareness. Need empirically supported short-term interventions: risk of psy(cid:272)hiatri(cid:272) e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374)s o(cid:374) youth"s auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)y, pri(cid:448)a(cid:272)y and legal protection. Case study (6-10: jj has troubling family background, using marijuana at 12, at 13, pattern of truancy, theft, out of home treatment, no in-home interventions, had been beaten and threatened before.