PSYC 1010 Lecture 21: Treatment of Physiological Disorders (1/3) *DETAILED*

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

1: behavioural therapies based on principles of learning. Insight therapies talk therapy direct efforts to alter problem, mostly involves classical conditioning, operant conditioning, or observational learning: biomedical therapies involve interventions into a person"s biological functioning. Who seeks therapy: 15% of u. s. population per year, almost half don"t have a specific disorder, depression and anxiety most common presenting problems, delays: many who need it don"t receive it, because not covered by. Ontario"s health insurance (available in hospitals but most of these were closed by the harris government), stigma. Therapists: who provides prodessional treatment: psychologists, psychiatrists, other mental heath professionals (clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, counsellors, clinician, therapist, provider) Insight therapies involve verbal interactions intended to enhance clients" self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior. Therapeutic procedures to discover the unresolved conflicts causing the client"s neurotic behavior using the following: free association: clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur, with as little censorship as possible.