PSYCH 133B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Aversion Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy
3 May 2016
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Frances was depressed and her father (genetic predisposition?: blame biological dysfunction ex. Depression (chemical imbalance) and not frances/family: recommend medication, psychodynamic approach, defensive style, rationalization ex. Frances"s justification of her parents" and husband"s behavior: denial ex. Frances"s refusal to acknowledge the imperfections of her loved ones/their failure to fulfill her needs: projecting ex. Focus on cognitive/behavioral patterns now: cognitive error. Frances"s self-blame her pattern of attributing all of her interpersonal difficulties to herself. Withdrawal from pleasing activities/unassertiveness: more directive in discussing topics than psychodynamic, teach new ways of thinking, acting, and feeling, have patient play an active role in process. Own them: not directly tell patient to act differently patient increased emotional awareness might make herself changes. Took over a century to figure out general paresis/syphilis/antibiotic: pharmacology, the use of medications to treat psychological disturbances, psychotropic medications chemical substances that affect psychological state, used to treat various mental disorders, some fast acting ex.
