This particular study approximated the outcome differences between light therapy and CBT-SAD in an extensive, more definite test, and its results discredit the notion that light therapy is the best treatment. To measure the conditions and remission status of the patients, two measures were used: the Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-SAD Version (SIGH-SAD) and the Beck Depression Inventory: 2nd Edition (BDI-II) (a self-reported measure). After the six-week period…
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use Cognitive Group Therapy or (CBT) above other treatments for Social Phobia including other psychotherapy treatments (including individual treatments) and medications. Even though medications are one of the most widely used methods to treat Social Phobia, findings have suggested that over time group therapy and the skills gained have more long lasting effects for coping and overcoming Social Phobia in the future (Friedberg & McClure, 2003; Acarturk, Cuijpars, Straten & De Graaf, 2009). CBT is…
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Sherrill J.T., . . . Kendall P.C. (2008). Cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, or a combination in childhood anxiety. The New England Journal of Medicine, 359(26), 2753- 2766. Rational/Prior Findings AD are common in children Effective treatment are CBT and SSRIs (Sertraline) approx. 40% -50% of children w/ AD do not have response for short term treatment with just CBT or SSRI alone Lacks clinical trial control and results for CBT, SSRI, or Subjects/ Participants Children…
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders Anxiety vs. Fear vs. Panic Anxiety- sustained movement or affects Fear- immediate alarm Panic- abrupt and intense experience of fear; accompanied by acute physiological discomfort; basically a false alarm; body has intense response that usually occurs in minutes Adaptive anxiety: planning, thinking about future; can help us prepare for situations such as studying for a test Adaptive vs. maladaptive anxiety Anxiety often occurs in situations that are not threating…
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MDT core therapy is mindfulness, but it also utilizes the best of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP). MDT was introduced by DrJack Apsche, using the therapeutic relationship as the foundation while incorporating the family system (Bayles, Blossom, & Apsche, 2014). Mindfulness as the center of this therapy teaches the adolescent to be calm and present in the…
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addressed in any therapeutic modality used. Narrative therapy attends early on to the development of motivation in the individual by empowering them to control their story outside of the addiction. Many older aged individuals hold their personal story as an important part of who they are. Statements about having “done something” or “learned something” or “created something” are lifelines to people in the generative period of life. Narrative therapy uses the personal story as the primary tool. Maintaining…
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Panic Disorder and Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy T. Wragg Counselling Methodologies: Behavioural and Cognitive Modalities Panic Disorder and Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Anxiety disorders (AD) are the most prevalent of mental health illnesses in contemporary Canadian society, and currently affect approximately one in ten individuals (Health Canada, 2009). In 2006, panic disorder (PD) was listed by the World Health Organization as a major cause of “years of life lived with disability”…
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Abstract Exposure Therapy: Who is it intended to treat? Exposure therapy, considered a form of behavior therapy, is implemented to treat individuals suffering from a range of anxiety and trauma-induced disorders. This technique involves “exposing” the patient in a safe environment, to the feared situations or objects which evoke an irrational amount of fear and avoidance. Eventually through exposure and over time, the association between fear or anxiety and the objectively benign…
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their bed and left to lie in their own waste or wander about unassisted. Some asylums charged admission to the public so they could observe the antics of the inmates. f. Treatment reforms – important names and how they were influential Moral Therapy: based on the belief that providing humane treatment in a relaxed and decent environment could restore functioning. Jean-Baptiste Pussin & Phillipe Pinel: (Late 18th & 19th Centuries) they argued that people who behaved abnormally suffered from…
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Psychology 130—Spring 2015 Outline May 6, 8 & 11, Chapter 15, Therapies I. Therapy in general A. Definition 1. Treatment of emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems B. Specific types of therapies: 1. Psychotherapy—based on the idea that problems stem from psychological factors a. treatment focuses on psychological intervention 2. Biomedical—based on the idea that problems stem from physiological imbalances a. treatment focuses on medication b. psychiatrists…
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