PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Bipolar Disorder, Antidepressant, Headache
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Psych 101: intro to psych - lecture 44 - treatment of psychological disorders (continued): Social skills training: clients learn new skills by observing and imitating a model. Mindfulness: mental state of awareness, focus, openness, and acppetance of immediate experience. Develop strategies to work toward life commitments. Dialectical behavior therapy (dbt): treatment for borderline personality disorder. Includes elements from many types of therapies. Experience acceptance, support, and a sense of belonging. Gain insight into how they are perceived by others. Patient"s disorder may reflect dysfunctional relationships within the family. Entire family system becomes the focus of therapy. Therapists help the family understand how their interactions contribute to conflicts. Therapist typically works with both partners together. Problems take the form of dysfunctional thinking, conflict, and stress responses. People are capable of expressing feelings (ideas from humanistic) People should take personal responsibility for improvement (ideas from. Psychopharmacology: the study of how drugs affect cognitions, emotions, and behavior.
