Application - Non-Biological Treatment of Mental Illness

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Application - Behaviourist Treatment

  • Systematic Desensitisation → being caught relaxation techniques and pairing the techniques with their illness
    • E.g. McGrath et al found 10 year old girl was scared of loud noises and using systematic desensitisation fear went from 9/10 to 3/10
  • Aversion & Flooding 
    • Aversion = adding substances to create the feeling of nausea
    • Flooding = putting someone in contact with their phobia

Paul & Lentz - found that patients with schizophrenia who were given theraphy based on SLT were twice as likely to be discharged

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Application - Cognitive Treatment

  • Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy
    • Uses therapist challenging a patietn's irrational beliefs through talking therapy through encouraging people to have more rational thoughts 
    • Can teach patients cognitive and emotional regulation skills 
    • Founded the 'ABC' system - Action, Beliefs, Consquences 
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Application - Psychodynamic Treatment

  • Dream Anaylsis - one way to someone's unconscious thoughts is through their dreams
    • Freud claims dreams are in 2 sections; 1) manifest content and 2) latent contect
  • Free Association - Patients talk aloud continously about everything that comes to mind
    • Freud argues 90% of behaviour is determined by unconscious
    • Can be through verbal or written methods
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