PSYC 330 Lecture 5: 5
3 Nov 2016
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Treatment - any intervention designed to alleviate distress, reduce maladaptive behavior, or enhance adaptive functioning. Goals of treatment: reduce or eliminate symptoms, enhance social competence and academic performance, reduce family dysfunction and family stress, increase family support and improve relationships. Cultural considerations: cultural compatibility treatment is more likely to be effective when it is accepted by the culture, customized treatment; one must incorporate ethnic and cultural narratives into therapy to personalize it. Ethical and legal considerations: be cautious about recommending or implementing ineffective or harmful treatment, apa format and guidelines. Apa and aacap set minimum ethical standards. Select treatment goals and procedures in the best interest of the client. Ensuring client participation is active and voluntary. Keep records that document effectiveness of treatment. Determining treatment effectiveness: scientific approach derive guidelines from a review of current research findings, evidence-based treatment, expert-consensus approach. Changes throughout therapy are higher than that of not having any therapy at all.
