| behavioral treatment approaches | Treatment approaches that build upon the basic processes of learning, such as reinforcement and extinction (Module 40)
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| cognitive treatment approaches | Appro-aches to treatment that teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions about the world and themselves (Module 40)
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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 (Module 40)
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| psychoanalysis | Psychodynamic therapy that involves frequent sessions and often lasts for many years (Module 40)
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| psychodynamic therapy | First suggested by Freud, therapy that is 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 (Module 40)
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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 growth (Module 40)
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| rational-emotive behavior therapy | Aform of therapy that attempts to restructure a person's belief system into a more realistic, rational, and logical set of views (Module 40)
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| systematic desensitization | A behavioral technique in which gradual exposure to anxiety-producing stimulus is paired with relaxation in order to extinguish the response of anxiety (Module 40)
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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 (Module 41)
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| family therapy | An approach that focuses on the family and its dynamics (Module 41)
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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 (Module 41)
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| group therapy | Therapy in which people discuss problems in a group (Module 41)
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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 (Module 41)
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| person-centered therapy | Therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization (Module 41)
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| spontaneous remission | Recovery without treatment (Module 41)
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| antianxiety drugs | Drugs that reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences, essentially by reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being (Module 42)
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| antidepressant drugs | Medication that improves a depressed patient's mood and feeling of well-being (Module 42)
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| antipsychotic drugs | Drugs that temporarily reduce psychotic symptoms such as agitation, overactivity, hallucinations, and delusions (Module 42)
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| community psychology | A branch of psychology that focuses on the prevention and minimization of psychological disorders in the community (Module 42)
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| deinstitutionalization | The transfer of former mental patients from institutions into the community (Module 42)
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| drug therapy | Control of psychological problems through drugs (Module 42)
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| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | A branch of psychology that focuses on the prevention and minimization of psychological disorders in the community (Module 42)
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| lithium | A drug comprised of mineral salts used to treat bipolar disorders (Module 42)
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| psychosurgery | Brain surgery once used to reduce symptoms of mental disorder but rarely used today (Module 42)
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