PSYC 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10, 11, 12, 16: Market Saturation, Carl Jung, Ken Wilber
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A time limited, symptom focused therapy, originally developed by gerald. Klerman and myrna weissman in 1970s to treat unipolar, nonpsychotic depression in adults. Fundamental principle: depression occurs in an interpersonal context. Regardless of causes, the triggers of depressive episodes involve disruptions of significant attachments and social roles. 4 interpersonal problem areas/ depressogenic triggers: grief, interpersonal disputes, role transitions, interpersonal defecits. Clarifying relationship between onset of patients current depressive symptoms and interpersonal problems. Building interpersonal skills to resolve or manage more effectively these interpersonal problems. Established as a manual based approach and established as a major evidence based psychotherapy. Theory of depression or psychotherapy: symptom formation, social functioning, personality factors (most of focus on first 2) Medical model of conceptualizing depression; patient diagnosed and prescribed sick role at beginning of treatment. Can be helpful because takes guilt away from patients, and helps them to know that there is a treatment that could work to treat their known syndrome.
