PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Sertraline, Diazepam, Antipsychotic

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

Aaron beck: cognitive therapy, correct habitual thinking errors that underlie various disorders, e. g. , rejection by a romantic partner i"m not good enough nobody will ever love me. Donald meichenbaum: goal: to change the way clients think through self-instructional training, therapist teaches client to detect and recognize negative thoughts, reality testing, used for anxiety/stress disorders, not really md. Both cognitive aspects of therapy and behavioural methods. Mindfulness based on cognitive therapy: attention regulation and accepting approach to experience, preventing relapse of past depression sufferers, focus and accept troubling thoughts without elaborating, ruminating, stepping back from maladaptive automatic reactions. Computerized therapy: repeated exposure to stimuli in training people to respond in positive, rather than anxiety provoking manners, e. g. , changing focus on pictures, or vignettes. Promising for people who don"t seek formal therapy. Physical interventions to reduce symptoms of psychological disorders, which target and alter biological functions of people.