5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology, 2014-2015 Edition

CHAPTER

17

Treatment of

Abnormal Behavior

IN THIS CHAPTER

Summary:If a close friend or family member were experiencing severe

anxiety that interfered with his or her everyday life, what credentials would

you want a therapist for him or her to have?

This chapter focuses on mental health practitioners, their theoretical

approaches, and how they deliver their services.

Key Ideas

Mental health practitioners

Brief history of therapy

Insight therapies—psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, humanistic

Behavioral approaches

Cognitive-behavioral approaches

Biological treatments

Modes of therapy

Community and preventive approaches

Mental Health Practitioners

•A psychiatristis a medical doctor (M.D.) and the only mental health professional who

can prescribe medication (in most regions) or perform surgery. Psychiatrists generally

take a biological approach to treating major disorders such as schizophrenia and

depression. Their medical training includes an approved residency in a psychiatric

section of a hospital. Psychiatrists are not required to take courses dealing with insight,

psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, or humanistic therapeutic approaches.

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KEY IDEA

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