L33 Psych 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mental Disorder, Biology Of Depression
24 Feb 2019
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Psychotherapy - the use of psychological techniques and the therapist-client. Look up pearson video on history of treating mental disorders - in slides relationship to produce emotional, cognitive, and behavior change. Ideally, the patient would make changes in her life as a result of her increased emotional awareness. Structural (drive) theory: personality is made of id, ego and superego. Developmental theory: personality formed during childhood as a result of experiences during psychosexual stages of development. A normal child would have an uninterrupted progression throughout. Psychosexual stages of development these stages of development. Oral: focus on the mouth; eating, drinking, breastfeeding, teething. Anxiety alerts the ego that there is a threat (internal or external) When the ego is unable to avoid danger through rational means, it resorts to defensive mechanisms. Psychopharmacology - the use of medicines to treat psychological disturbances. Symptom alleviation - reducing the dysfunctional symptoms of a disorder but not eliminating its root cause.
