| Psychosocial treatments, an important
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| | to an individual, family, couple, or
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| form of mental health intervention
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| | group.
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| includes certain forms of psychotherapy
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| | Interpersonal Therapy
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| (often called talk therapy) and social
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| | Interpersonal therapy focuses on the
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| skills training. They are helpful in
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| | relationships a resident has with others.
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| providing support, education, and
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| | The goal of interpersonal therapy is, of
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| guidance to emotionally troubled
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| | course, to improve interpersonal skills.
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| residents and their families. Studies
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| | The therapist actively teaches residents
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| tell us that psychosocial treatments can
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| | to evaluate their interactions with
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| help residents keep their moods more
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| | others and to become aware of
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| stable, stay out of the hospital, and
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| | self-isolation and difficulties getting
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| generally function better.
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| | along with, relating to or understanding
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| A licensed psychologist, social worker,
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| | others. He or she also offers advice and
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| or counselor typically provides these
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| | helps residents make decisions about the
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| therapies. The therapist and a
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| | best way to deal with others.
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| psychiatrist may work together as the
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| | Interpersonal therapy is a relatively new
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| psychiatrist prescribes medications and
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| | psychosocial mental health treatment used
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| the therapist treats the resident and
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| | most frequently to help residents with
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| monitors his/her progress.
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| | bipolar disorder, attention-deficit
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| The number, frequency, and type of
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| | hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
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| psychotherapy sessions a resident has
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| | depression, eating disorders, and
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| should be based on his or her individual
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| | generalized anxiety disorder.
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| needs. As with medication, it is
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| | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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| important to follow the treatment plan
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| | Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps
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| for psychosocial treatments to gain the
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| | residents learn to change inappropriate
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| greatest benefit.
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| | or negative thought patterns and
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| Individual Psychotherapy
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| | behaviors associated with their illness.
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| Individual psychotherapy involves
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| | The goal is to recognize negative
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| regularly scheduled sessions between the
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| | thoughts or mind-sets (mental processes
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| patient and a mental health professional
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| | such as perceiving, remembering,
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| such as a psychologist, psychiatric
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| | reasoning, decision making, and problem
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| social worker, or psychiatric nurse. The
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| | solving) and replace them with positive
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| goal of this treatment is to help
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| | thoughts, which will lead to more
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| residents understand why they are acting
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| | appropriate and beneficial behavior.
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| and thinking in ways that are troubling
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| | For instance, cognitive behavioral
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| or dangerous to themselves or others so
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| | therapy tries to replace thoughts that
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| they have more control over their
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| | lead to low self-esteem (I can't do
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| behaviors and can correct them.
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| | anything right) with positive
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| Talk-therapy sessions may focus on a
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| | expectations (I can do this correctly).
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| residents current or past problems,
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| | Combined with effective medication, CBT
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| experiences, thoughts, feelings, or
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| | can successfully treat residents with
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| relationships. By sharing experiences
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| | schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD,
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| with a trained, knowledgeable, and
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| | depression, eating disorders, generalized
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| understanding person--by talking about
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| | anxiety disorder and panic disorder.
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| his/her world with someone outside
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| | Exposure Therapy
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| it--people with emotional disorders may
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| | A type of behavioral therapy known as
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| gradually understand more about
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| | exposure therapy or exposure and response
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| themselves and their problems.
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| | prevention is very useful for treating
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| Individual psychotherapy is used
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| | obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and
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| successfully to treat emotional,
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| | post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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| behavioral, and social problems in
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| | During exposure therapy, a resident is
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| residents with schizophrenia, bipolar
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| | deliberately exposed to whatever triggers
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| disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity
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| | the obsessive thoughts or reaction to a
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| disorder, depression, eating disorders,
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| | previous traumatic experience under
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| and anxiety disorders among many others.
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| | controlled conditions. S/he is then
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| Psycho-education
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| | taught techniques to avoid performing the
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| Psycho-education involves teaching
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| | compulsive rituals or to work through the
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| residents about their illness, how to
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| | trauma.
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| treat it, and how to recognize signs of
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| | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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| relapse so that they can ask for
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| | Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) was
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| necessary treatment before their symptoms
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| | developed to treat chronically suicidal
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| worsen. Family psycho-education includes
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| | individuals, but it has evolved into a
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| teaching coping strategies and
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| | treatment for multi-disordered residents
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| problem-solving skills to families of
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| | with borderline personality disorder
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| residents with psychiatric dysfunctions
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| | (BPD) as one of their diagnoses. DBT has
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| to help them deal more effectively with
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| | also been adapted for behavioral
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| their troubled family member. Family
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| | disorders involving emotion dysfunction
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| psycho-education reduces distress,
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| | (such as substance dependence in
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| confusion, and anxieties within the
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| | individuals with BPD and binge eating)
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| family, which may help the resident,
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| | and for treating people with severe
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| recover faster.
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| | depression and suicidal thoughts.
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| Psycho-education in combination with
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| | DBT combines the basic strategies of
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| medication has been used successfully to
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| | behavior therapy with a philosophy that
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| treat people with schizophrenia, bipolar
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| | focuses on the idea that opposites may
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| disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity
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| | really not be opposite when looked at
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| disorder (ADHD) and depression as well as
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| | differently.
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| to help their loved ones.
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| | As a comprehensive mental health
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| What are examples of specific
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| | treatment, DBT:improves destructive
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| psychotherapies?
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| | behaviors,improves motivation to change
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| Mental health therapists offer several
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| | (by modifying inhibitions and providing
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| different types of psychotherapy. In
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| | positive reinforcement,ensures that new
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| general no one type of therapy is
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| | capabilities generalize to the natural
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| necessarily better than another type.
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| | environmentprovides a treatment
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| When deciding which therapy (or
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| | environment that emphasizes what patients
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| therapies) will likely be the most
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| | and therapist are best at when working
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| successful treatment option for an
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| | togetherenhances the therapists
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| individual resident, a psychotherapist
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| | motivation and ability to treat patients
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| considers the nature of the problem to be
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| | effectively.
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| treated and the consumer's personality,
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| | In standard DBT, different types of
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| cultural and family background, and
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| | mental health and psychosocial
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| personal experiences. Note that a
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| | therapies--including individual
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| psychiatrist or psychotherapist (or both)
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| | psychotherapy, group skills training, and
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| may offer each of the following therapies
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| | even phone consultations--are used.
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