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Therapies
• Treatment History • Mental Hospitals– • Moral Therapy– • Phenothiazines- • Deinstitutionalization –
Cultural Diversity
• Evil spirits possess one yielding extreme moods
• Healers used – smoke, herbs, doll effigies, ceremonies –
Later Interventions
• Community Mental Health Centers
• Medicaid funding for prescriptions & some counseling
• ~ 40% w/ problems don’t seek help
Therapists
• PsychiatristsPsychiatrists –
• Clinical PsychologistsClinical Psychologists–
• Counseling PsychologistsCounseling Psychologists –
• Social WorkersSocial Workers -
• NursesNurses –
• Homeopathic Practitioners - Specialists
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Identify feelings
• Breakdown defenses / resistance
• Interpret behaviors
• Work through transference
• Shortened time frame
– Improvement over control groups
– Short-term -> 25-30 sessions
Client-centered therapy
• Potential for self-actualization• Reflecting – • Positive regard – • Empathy – • Genuine –
Cognitive Therapy
• Addressing automatic thoughts
• Overgeneralization–• Polarized thinking – • Selective attention –
Behavior Therapy
• Using classical & operant conditioning
• Systematic Desensitization• Relaxation • Stimulus Hierarchy- • Exposure –
• Example: Insomnia, Fears
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
• Addresses thoughts & behaviors• Intrusive thoughts• Self-monitoring– • Thought stopping –
Examples:
Common factors in therapies
• Basic set of procedures
• Supportive & trusting relationship
• Accepting atmosphere
• Attention to the issues
Psychoanalysis – Freud: 1800-1900
• Assumptions• repressed
thoughts, conflict, leading to emotional problems
• Techniques• Free
association, dream interpretation, psychoanalysis
Client-centered Therapy: Rogers 40’s & 50’s
• Assumptions
• Clients have potential for self-actualization
• Techniques• Reflecting,
empathy, positive regard, supportive relationship
Cognitive Therapy– Beck 60’s & 70’s
• Assumptions• Automatic,
irrational, negative thoughts affect feelings, actions and distort perceptions
• Techniques • Self-monitoring,
Thought-stopping, thought substitution
Behavior Therapy – 50’s various
• Assumptions• Emotional
reactions and behaviors are conditioned and can be unconditioned
• Techniques• Systematic
Desensitization, reward / punishment, cognitive- behavior therapy
Other Imperatives
• Music – positive themes• * Survival collection*
• Laughter / Humor – enjoyment leads to increase in mental health functioning
• (Psychoneuroimmunology)