PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Operant Conditioning, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Systematic Desensitization
12 Oct 2016
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Axis 1 emergency response? change environment treat medical condition long term management psychological treatment. Psychological disorders result from a mismatch between a person"s abilities and the demands of an environment. Pretty much just two ways (not mutually exclusive): 1. Change something in the physical and/or social environmental, alter the demands: 2. Try to enhance the person"s abilities (using medications and/or psychotherapy) Observing a change in the symptoms between time #1 and #2 explained by the therapeutic activity(ies) is key to demonstrating the effectiveness of the therapy (therapeutic outcomes) Psychotherapy: an interactive experience with a trained professional: goal: understanding and changing dysfunctional habitual patterns of behaviour, thinking, and emotions. Biomedical therapy: the use of medications and other procedures acting on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorders: goal: address (neuro-physiological changes associated with psychological disorders. Medication (direct: most work by altering a process associated with a specific neurotransmitters.
