TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS

2 GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THERAPY

1. How effective is therapy?

outcome studies

2. Which therapies work best?

“dodo bird effect”

Some therapies work better for certain disorders

SPECIFIC TYPES OF THERAPY

1. Psychoanalytic, psychodymanic/insight therapy

e.g., transference, resistance, catharsis, interpretations

2. Humanistic or client-centered therapy

e.g., reflections, personal disclosures

3. Behavior therapy (phobias, anxiety disorders, eating disorders)

systematic desensitization, aversive conditioning

4. Cognitive therapy

e.g., rational emotive therapy

5. Family systems therapy

e.g., genograms, demand withdraw cycle

6. Biomedical therapy

give drugs

electroconvulsive shock therapy