PSYC 3930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Internal Validity, Main Source, Bipolar Disorder
11 Nov 2015
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Psychotherapy treatment for problems that arise in mental health. Informed consent prior to treatment and therapy, patients or clients understand what they are getting themselves into and that their information is confidential, there are limits to confidentiality, they understand the payment for these sessions. Need parental consent, helpful if you get their assent. Elderly, make sure they understand what is going to happen. Therapist poses hard questions and is active in treatment. Reflection reflecting what the patient is feeling. Formulate goals (typically within the framework of the style in this case a psychodynamic style) Neutral therapist, allows the patient to guide the sessions. Confrontation is challenging clients to recognize their deficits. Termination of treatment is known (not the typical, lets see where we go from here, in other therapy) Focused on interpersonal problems related to depression onset, maintenance and relapse. 1st meeting to get an idea of what"s going on. Grief dealing with a loss (person, job etc. )
