L1 Abnormal Psychology - Treatment of Mental Illness

What is statistically abnormal?

Departure from social norms?

Unusual experiences

Personal Distress/Discomfort

What are the two ways that you can treat someone that is considered abnormal?

Who is the Bio-medical treatment usually conducted by?

Who looks at the Psychological treatment?

What is the bio-medical treatment and what is its main focus?

What are the different types of therapy under Psychological treatment?

What is Psychodymanic/Psychoanalytic treatment and who invented it?

What is the goal for the therapist and patient in this situation?

What is behavioural treatment?

How does the treatment for behavioural therapy work?

What is the goal of the behavioural treatment?

What is the focus of cognitive treatment?

What is the main goal of cognitive treatment?

What is the focus of humanistic treatment?

What is the focus of the Eclectic treatment?

What is the goal of the Eclectic treatment?

What are the different forms of therapy?

What is individual therapy?

What is family therapy?

What are the benefits of group therapy?

It is important that therapies have evidence base behind them supporting it. What does this mean?

Why are therapies administered?