PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Person-Centered Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Fritz Perls
1 May 2017
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Chapter 16: treatments & therapies - march 21, 23 - Social & interpersonal therapies (family & friends, support systems, group therapies) Individual differences in responses and efficacy thus, reliance on multimodal (or integrative) treatment regimes. Need to help all of the person, not just part of them. The drugs do not really cure the disorder, they just ease the symptoms. Psychopharmacology the study of the effects of drugs on psychological disorders. Many psychoactive drugs (behaviour-affecting drugs) have an influence on the effects of neurotransmitters. Agonists drugs that facilitate the effects of a particular neurotransmitter can stimulate the production and quantity of n, the release of n, take the place of n (binding to the post- synaptic receptor), prevent the reuptake of n. Antagonists drugs the inhibit the effects of a particular neurotransmitter. Can block the synthesis of n, destroy the n (before release), block the release of n, block the binding of the.
