(CH 9) What is a case formulation?
Formulating a hypothesis about a problem involves understanding how the problem developed and what maintains the problem.
(CH 9) What are the four major components of a case formulation?
- Symptoms
- Events/stressors
- Pre-existing vulnerabilities
- Hypothesized mechanism that links the aforementioned to the development and maintenance of the problem.
(CH 9) What are the 6 steps in developing a case formulation?
- Developing a problem list
- Describing the nature of the problems
- Finding patterns among the problems
- Developing a working hypothesis
- Evaluating and refining the hypothesis
- Moving on to treatment and revising the hypothesis if needed
(CH 10) Why were prevention programs initially established?
To prevent physical health problems
(CH 10) What are the three types of interventions with respect to illness?
- Primary (before a disorder has developed)
- Secondary (treatment of disorder)
- Tertiary (rehabilitation and adaptation for chronic disorders)
(CH 10) What are the three preventative interventions?
- Universal (applicable to entire population)
- Selective (at-risk groups with particular disorders)
- Indicated (population meeting subclinical signs of disorder)
(CH 10) What is the risk reduction model?
An approach to prevention that reduces risks and promotes protective factors, relying heavily on research to guide intervention
(CH 10) What are three evidence-based parenting programs?
Home Visiting program, Incredible Years, Triple P
(CH 10) What is the Triple P (Positive Parenting program) designed to do?
- enhance knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents
- promote safe environments for young people
- promote child competence through positive parenting practices
(CH 10) What are the 5 levels of Triple P?
Level 1 - Universal, available to all parents across media platforms
Level 2 - Brief services, parenting seminars in person or telephone
Level 3 - Parents of children with mild to moderate problems, see Doctor over 3-4 sessions
Level 4 - Standard Triple P in group or individual format
Level 5 - Enhanced, parenting skills aimed at mood, coping and partner support
(CH 11) What are four theoretical approaches of intervention therapy?
- Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies
- Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression
- Process-experiential therapies
- Cognitive-behavioral therapies
(CH 11) What is (STPP) short-term psychodynamic therapy?
A treatment approach emphasizing awareness of unconscious processes, particularly interpersonal relationships
(CH 11) What are the three phases of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy?
1: develop positive transference relationship, identify important themes
2: analyze transference relationship, clarify and confront themes
3: terminate therapy, deal with loss, life changes
(CH 11) What is transference?
The unconscious application of expectations and emotional experiences, based on early life relationships to subsequent interpersonal relationships
(CH 11) What is (IPT) Interpersonal psychotherapy?
A treatment approach that emphasizes interpersonal elements in the development, maintenance and alteration of psychological problems (especially grief, role disputes and transitions, interpersonal deficits)
(CH 11) What is (PE) process-experiential therapy?
A treatment approach that emphasizes the importance of the awareness, understanding and expression of emotions - transforming maladaptive emotions to adaptive ones
(CH 11) What is (CBT) Cognitive-behavioral therapy?
A treatment approach that emphasizes the role of thoughts and behavior in psychological problems - focus on altering beliefs, expectations and behaviors to improve functioning
(CH 11) What are some alternative therapy models of treatment intervention?
- Couples therapy
- Family interventions
- Process group approaches
- Structured group approaches
- Self-administered treatment
- Stepped care
(CH 11) What is the stepped care model?
An approach to health care service where lower-cost interventions are offered first
(CH 12) What is a meta-analysis?
- A set of statistical procedures for quantitatively summarizing the results of a research domain
- Efforts to review scientific literature on treatment outcomes
(CH 12) What is the criteria for empirically supported treatment?
- Treatment manual
- Population treatment for specific problems
- Reliable and valid treatment outcome measures
- Appropriate data analysis
(CH 12) Name three examples of evidence-based treatment for adults and couples?
- CBT for depression
- Prolonged Exposure CBT for PTSD
- EFT for Couple Distress
(CH 12) What is the definition of empirically supported treatment?
A psychotherapy found, in a series of randomized controlled trials, to be efficacious in the treatment of a specific condition
(CH 13) What are three examples of evidence-based treatment for disruptive behavior disorders in adolescents?
- (PMT) Parent Management Training
- (MST) Multisystemic Therapy
- (CWDA) Coping with Adolescent Depression
