HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychosis, Biology Of Depression, Mental Disorder
5 Nov 2016
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Cheap (can be done in 10 sessions) Look at earlier life and how it is shaping your life now: client-centered. Therapist should generally care for client: systems. Suggests that mental illnesses aren"t based on one person but based on a complex relationship. Problem is in the brain and the chemical imbalance will ve solved by drugs: ect. Gone through many types of therapies already and they have. Other techniques: mindfulness, exercise, cam (complimentary alternate medicine), peer support. Psychiatrist: md, can prescribe medication, blood tests, brain scans, ect, often (but not always) favour the medical model. Most see mental illness as a problem with the brain: ability to section. Ability to hospitalize someone against their will: regulated by canadian psychiatric association. Psychologist: phd, psy. d, trained in clinical/abnormal psychology, primarily utilize psychotherapy, psychological testing (e. g. personality tests, scales, ink blots, etc , favour the psychological model, regulated by the canadian psychological association.
