Abnormality can be portrayed as a misbehavior, disorder, depression, and dysfunction. With the different types of abnormality models can very well describe what the individual is going through and help that individual overcome the abnormality. With the correct treatment or therapy, the abnormality can be cured for the moment or, it can be correctly cured for the rest of their lives. In treatment or therapy there does not necessarily need to be medicine to treat the patient for many reasons because, with the medicine it can have harmful effects on the person’s body. My abnormality model uses three different types of models to help cure patients of it abnormality function such as biological, psychodynamic, and human existential. With these …show more content…
Psychodynamic therapy will include the individual using free association and therapist’s interpretation. In free association it allows the patient or individual to start and end the conservation by allowing to express themselves. In result this technique allows the patient to share information to why and how this abnormal behavior may have occurred. Second technique that will be used is the therapist’s interpretations where they can draw a conclusion from their observation of the patient’s free association. Next, we use the human-existential model this allows the patient to use self-actualization this allows the patient to reach their full potential such as dealing with their problems by owning up to responsibility for their abnormal behavior and trying to overcome it. Now we go into a humanistic therapy to stop symptoms and abnormal behavior by using unconditional positive regard, accurate empathy, and genuineness. First, therapists use unconditional positive regard where they portray a warm welcome or acceptance feeling to patient. This allows the patient open their unconscious mind and express without feeling rejected or judged. Second, accurate empathy this allows the therapists to listen and give accurate feedback to the patient without any type of negative emotion from the patient. Last, therapists use genuineness where open communication …show more content…
The models are biological, psychodynamic, and human existential model all three have key components that contributes but have to be in order. For example, I have an individual that is sixteen years old named Mark and he is struggling with depression. First as a, therapists I would use the biological model because it will help me find a starting point to the reason why it may have occurred in this individual. Biological will help the therapist find maybe genetic connection to why this abnormal behavior has been obtained. Second, the therapist should use the psychodynamic model to look for the past experiences or interactions with such individuals such as mother or farther. Psychodynamic will focus more on the forces such as the id, ego, and superego. Most likely it will show that individual is having conflicts called fixation. Fixation is basically described as an error between all three of the forces that causes the individual to struggle with great personality. Most likely the id will show the therapists why individual is depressed this where the find that individual may have been neglected by maybe the mother or farther. Third, the individual most go through the first type of therapy in the psychodynamic known as free association and therapist interaction. Free association will help the patient speak freely of thing that comes to mind and most likely them to
The medical model focuses on the molecular structure of drugs and indicators of mental or emotional disorders. However, the medical model is not effective treating mental and emotional disorders. The medical model indicts the notion that abnormal behavior is the product of physical problems and be treated medically. The medical model depends upon independent tests to demonstrate or contradict if a patient is ill. The psychological model uses tests to demonstrate or contradict whether a patient is ill. It is at this point of agreement that the two models separate. A restriction to the psychological model is if a patient that is unconscious, or their communication ability is compromised to the degree that they are
"even our negative emotions help us survive. for example, aren't our suspicious often justified?" most likely someone with a ______ theoretical perspective made this statement "I knew right after we got home from the hospital that our kid had a problem," the parents said. unless the parent is using 20-20 hindsight, the child's diagnosis most likely is "i'm concerned about Ritalin use; its possible effects on children's growth, and its increasing heart-attack risk in hypertensive adults" an acquaintance worries. your best reply, based on the most recent research is "it is obvious that this case of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder arises from an early childhood fixation." which type of psychologist
Among these therapeutic approaches are the psychodynamic approach and the existential approach. An example of existential approach psychotherapy is the person-centred therapy that was introduced by Carl Rogers in the 1940s. Person-centred therapy (PCT) focuses on the quality of the person-to-person therapeutic relationship; it places faith and gives responsibility to the client in dealing with problems and concerns (Corey, 2009, p. 30). On the other hand, for the psychodynamic approach, Sigmund Freud, the core founder of this approach developed psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis is a therapy aimed to treat mental disorder. It is a set of techniques for treating the unconscious causes of mental disorders; as well as to explain the underlying factors of how human personality and abnormality develop from childhood (Corey, 2009, p. 30). This paper examines the similarities and differences between psychoanalytic therapy and
The studies of Abnormal Psychology are not only important but very helpful; one example is the researches that have been done on many life threatening disorders in order to find good medication for the people with these disorders. However, even though it is used as a form of treatment
According to Mathers et al., (1996) “Schizophrenia ranks among the top ten causes of disability worldwide and affects one in one hundred people at some point in their lives.” (Cardwell and Flanagan, 2012). Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder which is commonly diagnosed in 15-30 year old individuals. It disrupts a person’s cognition, perceptions and emotions, making it extremely difficult to diagnose. Bleuler (1911) introduced the term schizophrenia, which translates as ‘split-mind’ or ‘divided self’ and accounts for the earlier interpretations of the disease. These misunderstandings and the ongoing misrepresentations, especially within the media, has stigmatised the illness. This raises the need for better understanding and
This approach has shown different ways in treating mental disorders, and in doing so have shown inadequacies and ethical implications that are both positive and negative in their therapeutic perspectives. The psychodynamic model also suggests that the individuals are not really responsible for their own mental disorders, this is because these disorders depend on unconscious processes which individuals have no control. However with both of these approaches suggesting that the individual has no responsibility may carry the
Psychotherapy itself comes in many forms, and is based on many different psychological models. Adlerian therapy on the growth model, Gestalt therapy integrates the body and mind, psychoanalytic therapy focuses on the first six years of life, Reality therapy teaches people to control the world around them, and Rational and Cognitive therapy, deals with the cognitive and moral state of the patient. Any one of these could be chosen as a treatment option, but for the purpose of this paper, I will focus on a form of Humanistic Therapy.
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In a humanistic therapy approach or a person-centered psychoanalysis, the therapist’s center of attention is on the conscious of the client to show their awareness. In this environment, such as the therapist displays realism, acceptance and kindness, as an effort in helping the client to openly convey their feelings. These types of sessions allows for information to flow between the client and the therapist in a humanistic genuineness, realness, professional and no façade way. The idea is for the client to freely express their thought and feelings to the psychotherapists so that in return kindness and acceptance is
Theories within psychotherapy guide interactions between the therapist and client, providing a process by which the client can come to understand and resolve their problems. However, these theories can often be conflicting with opposing techniques and goals. Existential therapy is best considered as a philosophical approach to the therapeutic process, which gives prominences to the themes of freedom, self-determination, self-awareness and anxiety (Yalom & Josselson, 2011, p. 310). It emphasises the individual’s capacity to make free choices regarding the person they become, and focuses less on the use of techniques. In contrast, Freudian psychoanalytic therapy considers ways to change problematic behaviours or thoughts by examining their concealed unconscious motivations and meanings (Corey, 2013, p. 63). Past experiences are significant in determining the distinctive behaviour of the individual, which is analysed by the therapist through techniques such as dream analysis and free association. Whilst both theories view the individual and their difficulties as unique, existential and psychoanalytic therapy have opposing views of human nature and therapeutic goals.
Compare and contrast the various models of abnormal functioning using evidence from current psychological research.
There are several models of abnormality in use today (Comer, 2009) lists “The Biological Model…”, “The Psychodynamic Model…”, The Behavioral Model…”, The Cognitive Model…”, The Humanistic-Existential Model…”, The Sociocultural Model…” (p.33). The biggest contrasts would be the Biological model, and the other models. Comparing the biological model, and the cognitive model will highlight those differences.
I chose this term due to the fact that psychosomatic illnesses refer to illnesses that affect the mind and the body. So I think choosing the term Mind & Body simplifies/clarifies, and also makes the definition more easily for people to understand. Every disease comes with some sort of mental aspect attached to it, and then with some mental disorders that manifest physical system such as anorexia. So when treating psychosomatic diseases the health workers or mental health workers must look at a patient overall status when treating diseases. For example if a patient has been diagnosed with cancer the health provider might prescribe drugs that ease stress and anxiety for the
In the management of patients, it is essential ambulance clinicians understand and adhere to the proficiency ethics set out by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC, 2014). Furthermore, as a student ambulance clinician I now recognise the relevance of possessing non-technical skills as well as an in-depth knowledge of theoretical subjects such as ethics and law, professionalism and abnormal psychology is equally essential for efficient patient care.
Two of the possible diagnoses for Ruth are generalised anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder which is also known as dysthymia.