Chapter 13
Treatment and Therapy for the Psychological Disorders


Learning Objectives for Chapter 13:
  1. Trace the history of the treatment of people with psychological disorders, and identify the major people involved.
  2. Discuss later "enlightened" treatment and the people involved in the movement.
  3. Define lobotomy and discuss its use, both past and present.
  4. Describe ECT and its current use.
  5. Discuss treatment with antipsychotic drugs, listing the various drugs and their effects.
  6. Summarize the three classes of antidepressant drugs, including their effects.
  7. Discuss treatment with antianxiety drugs and the dangers of their use.
  8. List and describe the different types of mental health professionals.
  9. Describe Freudian psychoanalysis, and define its major features and techniques.
  10. Explain how psychoanalysis is different today from the way it was practiced by Freud.
  11. Summarize the basic ideas behind humanistic therapy techniques.
  12. Contrast the essential characteristics of client-centered therapy with those of Gestalt therapy.
  13. Identify the underlying assumptions of behavior therapy, and name and describe the techniques used by this orientation.
  14. Summarize the basic idea behind cognitive therapy techniques.
  15. Describe rational-emotive therapy and cognitive restructuring therapy.
  16. Explain group therapy, and discuss its advantages.
  17. List the two assumptions underlying family therapy.
  18. Discuss the general effectiveness of psychotherapy and whether any one type is more effective than others.