Psychology 1000 Chapter 16: psych 1000 chapter 16

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Nick Skinner

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Some cautions and drug treatments: placebo effect: the apparent success of medication or treatment due to the patients expectations or hopes rather than to the drug or treatment itself, high relapse and dropout rates, dosage problems. Psychosurgery: any surgical procedure that destroys selected areas of the brain believed to be involved in emotional disorders or violent, impulsive behavior. Electroconvulsive therapy (ect): a procedure used in cases of prolonged and severe major depression, in which a brief brain seizure is induced. Primary goal: insight into unconscious motives and feelings that prolong symptoms. Methods: probing unconscious motives, examining the process of transference, exploring childhood experiences: behavior and cognitive therapy. Primary goal: modification of self defeating behaviors and of irrational or invalidated beliefs. Methods: graduated exposure, skill training, behavior records; prompting the client to test beliefs against evidence: humanist and existential therapy. Primary goal: insight on oneself and the world and finding meaning in life and accepting inevitable loss.