NSG 6440 PRACTICE TEST /
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BY EXPERTS
k Chapter Overview - - Major types of psychotherapy include psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavior,
cognitive, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy.
Issues in psychotherapy include culture, gender, values, effective factors and types, and the evaluation of
psychotherapy effectiveness.
We'll also look at biomedical therapies such as drugs, brain stimulation, surgery, and lifestyle change.
-Finally, we'll briefly consider the prevention of psychological disorders.
Therapy - Therapy refers to how mental disorders are treated, with the help of the knowledge base of
psychology.
Current Forms of Therapy - Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and changing behavior,
thinking, relationships, and emotions
Combining Therapies - Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of
mental disorders
Combining Therapies - -An eclectic approach uses techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the
client's problems, strengths, and preferences.
Combining Therapies - Medications and psychotherapy can be used together, and may help the each
other achieve better reduction in symptoms
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy
, _ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Humanistic, client-centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Behavior therapy, using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Cognitive thereapy, changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
Psychoanalysis - - The first formal psychotherapy to emerge was psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund
Freud.
- Sigmund Freud's famous couch
Psychoanalysis: Aims - - Since psychological problems originate from childhood repressed impulses and
conflicts, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where the
patient can deal with them.
- When energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts is released, the patient's anxiety lessens
Psychoanalysis - Resistance:
the therapist notices times when the patient seems blocked in speaking about certain subjects
Psychoanalysis - Dreams:
there may be themes or "latent content" behind the plot of a patient's dream
Psychoanalysis - Transference:
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BY EXPERTS
k Chapter Overview - - Major types of psychotherapy include psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavior,
cognitive, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy.
Issues in psychotherapy include culture, gender, values, effective factors and types, and the evaluation of
psychotherapy effectiveness.
We'll also look at biomedical therapies such as drugs, brain stimulation, surgery, and lifestyle change.
-Finally, we'll briefly consider the prevention of psychological disorders.
Therapy - Therapy refers to how mental disorders are treated, with the help of the knowledge base of
psychology.
Current Forms of Therapy - Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and changing behavior,
thinking, relationships, and emotions
Combining Therapies - Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of
mental disorders
Combining Therapies - -An eclectic approach uses techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the
client's problems, strengths, and preferences.
Combining Therapies - Medications and psychotherapy can be used together, and may help the each
other achieve better reduction in symptoms
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy
, _ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Humanistic, client-centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Behavior therapy, using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - - Cognitive thereapy, changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
Psychoanalysis - - The first formal psychotherapy to emerge was psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund
Freud.
- Sigmund Freud's famous couch
Psychoanalysis: Aims - - Since psychological problems originate from childhood repressed impulses and
conflicts, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where the
patient can deal with them.
- When energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts is released, the patient's anxiety lessens
Psychoanalysis - Resistance:
the therapist notices times when the patient seems blocked in speaking about certain subjects
Psychoanalysis - Dreams:
there may be themes or "latent content" behind the plot of a patient's dream
Psychoanalysis - Transference:
