PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Psychoactive Drug
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3 essential features of all therapies: a sufferer who seeks help, a trained, socially accepted healer, a series of contacts with the goal of changing attitudes, emotional states, or behaviors. Psychotherapies: use words and acts to overcome psychological difficulties. Biological therapies: drugs and physiological interventions such as surgeries. About 20 million north americans per year. More than of them seek help with anxiety or depression. About 2/3 clients are women, 1/3 are men. White individuals more likely to seek treatment than members of other ethnic groups. There has been a significant reduction in the stigma associated with mental illness. Per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s of stig(cid:373)a play a role i(cid:374) people"s de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out whether to a(cid:272)k(cid:374)owledge their mental issues and to seek treatment. Public institutions, such as hospitals and clinics, schools, private offices. Canadians with severe psychological disorders often face a cycle of hospital discharges and readmissions and are often homeless.
