PSYCH 2367.02 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Neuroprotection, Mania
19 Aug 2016
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Reintroduce depressed patients to pleasurable events and activities. Behavioral activation can lead to a better mood. Helps people identify and change maladaptive assumptions and ways of thinking that help cause their psychological disorders. Phase 4: changing primary attitudes: sociocultural approaches. Culture sensitive approaches increasingly are being combined with traditional forms. A treatment for unipolar depression that is based on the belief that clarifying and changing one"s interpersonal problems will help lead to recovery. Behavioral marital therapy: help spouse change harmful marital behavior by teaching hem specific communication and problem solving skills: biological approaches. A treatment for depression in which electrodes attached to a patient"s head send an electrical current through the brain, causing a convulsion. Electricity passes through for half second or less. Brain seizure lasts from 25 seconds to a few minutes. 6 12 treatments over 2 4 weeks. An antidepressant drug that prevents the action of the enzyme monoamine oxidase.
