Circle: At what point would you seek psychological help?  What would have to happen?  How would you know?

Activity: What do you imagine having depression is like?
What is it like to have depression?

Activity: Organize note cards at table and be prepared to defend you choices.

Slideshow: Psychological Disorder Slide Show

                   Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Disorder Questions:

What are the aims and methods of psychoanalysis, and how have they been adapted in psychodynamic therapy?

What are the basic themes of humanistic therapy, such as Rogers’ client-centered approach?

What are the assumptions and techniques of the behavior therapies?

What are the goals and techniques of the cognitive therapies?

What are the aims and benefits of group and family therapy?

Are some therapies more effective than others?

How do culture and values influence the therapist-client relationship?

What are the drug therapies?  What criticisms have been leveled against drug therapies?

How, by caring for their bodies with a healthy life-style, might people find some relief from depression?

What is the rationale for preventive mental health programs?

Turn and Talk  Why?


Activity: Revised Suicide Quiz

Activity: T or F

Activity: Personality Inventory

Activity: Self-Concealment Scale

Note Cards: Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  These are due on Tuesday.  They will go in the grade book.

• Psychotherapy
• Free association
• Resistance
• Transference
• Insight therapies
• Client-centered therapy
• Active listening
• Exposure therapies
• Systematic desensitization
• Cognitive-behavior therapy
• Family therapy
• Drug therapy
• Anti-anxiety drugs
• Antidepressant drugs
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Psychosurgery