Module 53: Evaluating Psychotherapies – Flashcards

Difficult to gauge the effectiveness because of different ways to measure effectiveness, nonetheless, meta-analysis of a number of studies suggests that thousands of patients benefit from therapy, improvements over those who did not get therapy, research is constantly trying to identify the best combination of therapies for each disorder

Although no one type of therapy can be said to be most effective overall, some therapies are particularly well-suited to specific disorders; behavior therapies for phobias and anxiety, person-centered for raising self-esteem, and cognitive-behavior therapy for depression

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Light Exposure Therapy

In EMDR therapy, the therapist attempts to unlock and reprocess previous frozen traumatic memories by waving a finger in front of the eye of the client; has not held up under scientific study

Good for treating seasonal affective disorders (SAD), 60% improvement to morning light, 50% improvement to evening light, 30% placebo

1. hope for demoralized people, 2. a new perspective, 3. an empathic, trusting and a caring relationship

Characteristics of culture, terms, value, norms, globalization

Preventing psychological disorders means removing the factors that affect society; those factors may be poverty, meaningless work, constant criticism, unemployment, racism, and sexism