Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Deinstitutionalisation, Alprazolam, Antipsychotic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychodynamic therapies: focuses on internal conflict and unconscious factors that underlie maladaptive behaviour, psychoanalysis (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s f(cid:396)eud"s theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) and the app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h to t(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that he developed. Psychoanalysis: goal: help clients achieve insight conscious awareness of underlying problems, allows them to realize their behaviour and adjust them. Free association: sit behind client and tell them to say anything that enters conscious awareness without censorship, provide clues to unconscious material. Interpretation: any statement provided by therapist intended to provide the client with insight into his or her behaviour or dynamics. Interpretations should be near the surface of awareness: deep interpretations are bad, cannot be informative, client must eventually arrive at the insight themselves. Brief psychodynamic therapies: classic psychoanalysis therapy takes years, but studies show most improvements happen within. Long term therapies usually more effective: 15-20 sessions max, focus on marital conflict, loss, or social skills - find solutions to these problems, effective therapy for depression and somatic system disorder.