PSY BEH 11C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Evidence-Based Practice, Relaxation Technique, Clonazepam
27 Apr 2016
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Treatment recipients: diagnosable mental disorder o. Subsyndromal disorders: day-to-day (no real symptoms): relationships difficulties, confusion about decisions. 40% that meet the criteria for a disorder get treatment. Stigma: having to admit that you have a problem; afraid to get judged. Access to care: no insurance, no money, no access. Research supported psychological treatments: all manualized therapies. Patient is first taught a relaxation technique (muscle relaxation and breathing techniques) For example: token economies in hospital psychiatric wards. When a person engages in a behavior that was encourage, he was awarded with a token. Once they had a certain number of tokens, they could cash the in for something desirable. Ellis - a-->b-->c: a: activating event (seeing the snake) o o. B: belief (believe that snake will kill you) Beck: negative beliefs about themselves, world, future (everybody hates me, my life is ruined, doomed): automatic thoughts.
