Therapies

• Resistance


  In psychoanalysis, the blocking of anxiety-laden material from consciousness
• Insight therapies


  • Aim to boost self-awareness of underlying motives
• Counterconditioning is not used in person centered therapy
• Aversive conditioning


  A type of behavior therapy that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy


  A therapy that emphasizes the promotion of healthier thinking and adaptive behaviors
• Group therapy


  A therapy that provides the benefit of interacting with others
• Antipsychotic drugs


  A category of drug used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia like hallucinations and paranoia
• Antidepressant drugs


  A category of drug that is particularly lethal when used in combination with alcohol because it depresses central nervous system activity
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)


  A therapy technique that involves sending a brief electrical current through the brain of an anesthetized patient
• Lobotomy


  Cutting the nerves that connect the frontal lobes to the emotional centers of the brain
• Psychotherapy involves prescription drugs as treatment; the other two therapies (biomedical therapy and eclectic approach) do not
• Systematic desensitization


  An approach where the client is first asked to write down things that trigger the anxiety, and then trained in relaxation techniques to first overcome imagined scenarios, followed by real scenarios
• Token economy

  A therapy technique where the client is given coupons for discounts at a local ice cream store every time they confront a feared stimulus (e.g. spiders)
• Mood-stabilizing drugs


  A category of prescription drugs that controls the highs and lows of bipolar disorder, such as lithium
• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

  An alternative therapy that involves painless neural stimulation using a wire coil held close to the skull, received over several weeks to treat depression