Chapter 13

Tuesday, April 13

Aim: Mental Illness

4rth Edition - New Edition pp. 257-260

3rd Edition - pp. 207-212 (Early Treatments)

As we learn about the field psychopathology we will review the methods of treatment for these illnesses

1. Describe some of the early treatments of mental illness.

2. How did treatment begin to change by the 19th century?

3. What factors contributed to deinstitutionalism in the 1950s?

4. Describe preventive efforts; primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention

5. What is the primary tool of treatment for behavioral therapists?

6. How does psychotherapy differ from psychoanalysis?

Wednesday, April 14

Aim: Mental Illness - Depression4rth Edition

New Edition pp. 264--265

3rd Edition - 213-214 - Somatic Approach

1.The biological aproach to mental illness has the view of psychological disorder as organic. The approach to treatment is called a somatic therapy technique

2. Identify organic causes of mental illness. How does this impact on the therapy chosen?

3. What is psychopharmocology?

4. How is schizophrenia treated? What receptor site do these drugs target?

5. What is tardive dyskinesia?

6. How are mood disorders treated? What are the three most common types of drugs used to treat unipolar depression?

7. What neurotransmitter is affected by these drugs?

8. What chemotherapy is used for anxiety based disorders?

Thursday, April 15

Guest Lecture - Mental Illness

Depression

4rth Edition New Edition pp. 261--263

3rd Edit: Read pp. 211- 212 - Behavioral Approach

1. Describe counterconditioning developed by Mary Cover Jones.

2. Joseph Volpe developed systematic desensitization to treat people with anxiety disorders. How does in vivo and covert desnsitization differ?

Describe the steps that are used to treat this illness. Be sure to use the terms in this process

3. What is flooding?

4. How does modeling work in behavioral therapy?

5. How does aversive therapy work in behavioral therapy?

6. Describe a token economy using classical conditioning in therapy.

Friday, April 16

Aim: Mental Illness

4rth Edition New Edition pp. 259-260

HW: Read pp. 209-210 - Psychoanalytical Approach

1. How do Freudian psychoanalysts view therapy?

2. What is symptom substitution? Why does this happen?

3. Describe the different approaches Psychoanalysts would use to unlock the unconscious

4. Why is resistance an important step in therapy?

5. Describe transference in therapy.

6. How do psychodynamic therapists view therapy different than psychoanalysts?

Test on Chapters 12 and 13 - Abnormal Psychology and Treatment will be Tuesday, April 20

Monday, April 19

Aim:Mental Illness

1. Describe cognitive therapy.

2. What is an attributional style? How can one's attributional style be detrimental?

3. Describe Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy using the cognitive triad. How is this connected to Bandura's Triadic reciprocality?

4. What is CBT and REBT?

5. What is the purpose of group therapy?

Test on Tuesday - Chapter 12 and 13