Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Diazepam, Social Skills, Intellectual Disability

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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The treatment process: all psychotherapies involve a helping relationship (the treatment) between a professional (the therapist) and another person in need. Psychology 2035 chapter 15: psychotherapy of help (the client). Insight therapies: behavior therapies, biomedical therapies, many are treated with medication only. Clinical psychologists and counseling psychologists: specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems: both require a doctoral degree. Psychologists are more likely to use behavioral methods over psychoanalysis. Psychologists also conduct psychological testing and carry out research. Psychiatrists: physicians who specialize in the treatment of psychological disorders. Psychiatrists focus on more severe disorders (e. g. , schizophrenia). Psychiatrists earn an m. d. and typically emphasize drug therapies (psychologists cannot prescribe medication). Psychiatrists are also more likely to use psychoanalysis. Psychiatric social workers (cid:449)ork as part of a treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)tea(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:449)ith a ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologists or ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hiatrist. The(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e a (cid:373)aster(cid:859)s degree a(cid:374)d usuall(cid:455) help patie(cid:374)ts i(cid:374)tegrate (cid:271)a(cid:272)k i(cid:374)to the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455).