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PSYCH 205 - Abnormal Psychology
VIDEO: Deinstitutionalization Movement of the 60s [and its effects] and Other Mental Health Issues
Current Trends
Short-term hospitalization
institutionalization is needed)
Current Trends
Short-term hospitalization
institutionalization is needed)
At least 100,000 individuals with severe mental disturbances are homeless on any given day; 135,000 or more are inmates of jails and prisons
( Kooyman & Walsh, 2011; Althouse, 2010).
Current Trends
Before the 1950s Instituitonalized, or referred to ... Outpatient care = private psychotherapy, An individual directly pays a psychotherapist for counseling services. Since the 1950s Health insurance coverage expanded (including psychotherapy) Outpatient care = Dominant Offered in a number of less expensive settings community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers, and other social service agencies. Programs devoted exclusively to one kind of psychological problem. suicide prevention centers, substance abuse programs, eating disorder programs, and sexual dysfunction programs
Current Trends -
Intervention
Goal = preventing or decreasing the symptoms or side-effects of an existing psychological disorder Increase a persons ability to function in society. Suicide Hotlines Schizophrenia Autism Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Current Trends -
Today the dominant form of coverage is the managed care program a program in which the insurance company determines such key issues as
which therapists its clients may choose, the cost of sessions, and the number of sessions for which a client may be reimbursed
( Domino, 2012; Glasser, 2010).
Subjective Evidence
Are problems caused by what the patient or therapist say?
Negative Correlation
Correlation Co-efficient - number term used to express strength and direction. + 1.00 = perfect positive correlation - 1.00 = perfect negative correlation +/- = direction number = magnitude/strength
Control Group
Participants who are not exposed to the independent variable.
Dependent variable
The variable in an experiment that is expected to change as the independent variable is manipulated.
Experimental Group
Participants who are exposed to the independent variable under investigation.
control group random assignment participants are randomly placed in the control group OR the experimental group. blind (double-blind) design participants do not know whether they are in the experimental or the control
Perspectives
Behavioral
Cognitive
Sociocultural
Humanistic-Existential
Perspectives
Psychiatrist (M.D.)
- Mental health medical doctor; counsels patients, and can prescribe medication.
counsels patients without prescribing medications.
Psychologists (Ph.D/Psy.D) - Engage in academic, research and clinical settings; Clinical Social Workers (M.S.W./D.S.W) - Practice in both counseling AND
social work
Psychiatric nurses (RN) - Extensive practice in treating patients with mental illness
The End
What Are Todays Leading Theories and Professions?