| antianxiety drugs | Drugs that can reduce a person's level of anxiety, essentially by reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being
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| antidepressant drugs | Medication that improves a depressed patient's mood and feeling of well-being
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| antipsychotic drugs | Drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, overactivity, hallucinations, and delusions
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| behavioral treatment approaches | Treatment approaches that build upon the basic processes of learning, such as reinforcement and extinction
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| biomedical therapy | Therapy that relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning biomedical_therapy (155.0K)
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| client-centered therapy | Therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization
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| cognitive-behavioral approach | An approach used by cognitive therapists that attempts to change the way people think through the use of basic principles of learning
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| cognitive treatment approaches | Approaches to treatment that teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions about the world and themselves
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| community psychology | A branch of psychology that focuses on the prevention and minimization of psychological disorders in the community
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| deinstitutionalization | The transfer of former mental patients from institutions into the communitydeinstitutionalization (135.0K)
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| drug therapy | Control of psychological problems through drugs
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| eclectic approach to therapy | An approach to therapy that uses techniques taken from a variety of treatment methods, rather than just one methodeclectic_approach (171.0K)
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| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | A procedure in which an electric current of 70 to 150 volts is briefly administered to a patient's head, causing a loss of consciousness and often seizureselectroconvulsive_therapy (278.0K)
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| family therapy | An approach that focuses on the family and its dynamics
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| gestalt therapy | An approach to therapy that attempts to integrate a client's thoughts, feelings, and behavior into a unified whole
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| group therapy | Therapy in which people discuss problems in a group
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| humanistic therapy | Therapy in which the underlying assumption is that people have control of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems
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| lithium | A mineral salt used to treat bipolar disorderschap07mcw.htm
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| psychoanalysis | Psychodynamic therapy that involves frequent sessions and can last for many yearspsychoanalysis (144.0K)
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| psychodynamic therapy | First suggested by Freud, therapy based on the premise that the primary sources of abnormal behavior are unresolved past conflicts and the possibility that unacceptable unconscious impulses will enter consciousness
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| psychosurgery | Brain surgery once used to reduce symptoms of mental disorder but rarely used todaypsychosurgery (139.0K)
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| psychotherapy | Treatment in which a trained professional-a therapist-uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve problems in living, or bring about personal growthpsychotherapy (278.0K)
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| rational-emotive behavior therapy | A form of therapy that attempts to restructure a person's belief system into a more realistic, rational, and logical set of views
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| spontaneous remission | Recovery without treatment
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| systematic desensitization | A behavioral technique in which gradual exposure to anxiety-producing stimuli is paired with relaxation in order to extinguish the response of anxiety
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