HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hearing Voices Network, Delusional Disorder, Canadian Psychological Association

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1CC3
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

Psychotherapy: cbt, psychodynamic, client centred, systems. Somatic therapies: drug treatment, ect/shock therapy. Psychiatrist: md, can prescribe medication, blood tests, brain scans, ect, often but not always favour the medical model, ability to section, regulated by canadian psychiatric association. D trained in clinical/abnormal psychology: primarily utilize psychotherapy, psychological testing (eg personality tests, scales, ink blots etc, regulated by canadian psychological association, tend to follow psychosocial or behavior model. Others (social workers, psychiatric nurses, addictions counselors, life coaches, etc) Mental state characterized by profound disturbances in thought. Examples include schizophrenia, md w/ psychotic features, certain types bd, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, etc. (cid:272)hizophre(cid:374)ia o(cid:272)iet(cid:455) of o(cid:374)tario: (cid:862)s(cid:272)hizophre(cid:374)ia is a disease of the (cid:271)rai(cid:374). It is a psychotic disorder, which involves a loss of contact with reality, making it very hard for a perso(cid:374) to disti(cid:374)guish (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)hat is real a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot(cid:863)