PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Biopsychosocial Model, Psych, Stress Management
3 Apr 2017
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The lasting impact of the mozart effect: spawn of self-help nooks and media misinterpretation of findings, leaps in logic for practical application, changes in government policy. The 5 stages of grief: a universal path for dealing with death: dab-da. Evidence-based interventions are needed for effective treatment. Psychodynamic model: strong unconscious conflicts within the mind, treatment focuses on stress management for coping with symptoms, therapy is resource intensive, underlying theory cannot be disproved. Behaviourist model: disorders are the external overt behaviours, therapy established through condition and generalization, limitations. Focusing only on behaviour; not deeper mechanisms. Cognitive model: disorders result from maladaptive selection and interpretation of stimuli, therapies focus on positive interpretations of situations. Biological biomedical model: disorders are seen as the result of malfunctions in brain activity, treatment is usually based on medication. Electroconvulsive therapy (ect: in some cases, this works for depression.
