Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Spontaneous Remission, Psychosurgery, Clozapine

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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Depatterning : change ones personality by shocking one in a drug induced coma. To help people change maladaptive, self defeating thoughts, feelings and behaviour patterns for healthier and better lives. Counseling and clinical psychologists: degree and intensive training for a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques and research. Psychiatrists: medical doctors who specialize in psychotherapy and biomedical treatments. Psychiatric social workers: community agencies, etc. etc. Internal conflict and unconscious factors psychoanalysis as a theory and a mode of treatment by freud. Attempt to try and achieve insight: the conscious awareness of psychodynamics that underlie their problems: with treatment psychic energy that is devoted to keep under control can be used for better ways of living. Constant stream of thoughts, memories, images and feelings in unconscious. Report verbally without censorship any thoughts, feelings, or images that enter awareness. Provides clues to important themes and issues in person"s thought. Thoughts may stop indication of repression. Impulses, fantasies and wishes are under defenses when awake.