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NSG 6440 Practice Test
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PsychoTherapeutics Exam Questions
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, Chapter Overview - ANS - 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.
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Therapy - ANS Therapy refers to how mental disorders are treated, with the help of the
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knowledge base of psychology.
Current Forms of Therapy - ANS Psychotherapy:
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an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and
changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
Combining Therapies - ANS Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the
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symptoms of mental disorders
Combining Therapies - ANS -An eclectic approach uses techniques from various forms
of therapy to fit the client's problems, strengths, and preferences.
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Combining Therapies - ANS Medications and psychotherapy can be used together,
and may help the each other achieve better reduction in symptoms
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Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANS Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy
_ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
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Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANS - Humanistic, client-centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANS - Behavior therapy, using classical
operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANS - Cognitive thereapy, changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress