PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Selective Mutism, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Social Anxiety Disorder
1 Dec 2020
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Children"s unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents or other important figured in their lives or that something will happen to themselves if they are taken from their parents. Treatment includes separating parents from children in therapeutic settings that. Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) the intense fear of socializing with others include the parents in the treatment. Bullying, social awkwardness, taunting at an early age. Treatment: role-playing or rehearsing socially phobic situations; drug treatments have also been effective; interpersonal psychotherapy (ipt) Selective mutism a rare childhood disorder characterized by a lack of speech in one or more settings in which speaking is socially excepted. Occurs in some settings, such as home, and no in others, such as school. Trauma and stressor-related disorders a group of formerly disparate disorders that all develop after a relatively stressful life event, often an extremely stressful or traumatic life event. Flashbacks the sudden occurrence of traumatic memories, accompanied by strong emotions.
