Transcript Chapter 26

Chapter 26:
Therapies: Theory and
Clinical Practice
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Hildegard Peplau
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Pioneer/educator in psychiatry and mental
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Nurse-client relationship; central framework
for therapeutic interventions
Nurse assists patient to identify difficulties;
express feelings and thoughts; explore
options; and reinforce healthy coping
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Theoretic Perspectives
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Humanistic Approach
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Emphasis on human potential and inherent worth
Behavioral Approach
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Behavior is a learned response to a stimulus in
the environment
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Humanistic Approach
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Abraham Maslow
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Humans are motivated by basic needs
Carl Rogers
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Person-centered approach
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Classical Conditioning
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Classical Conditioning
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Behaviorism
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Ivan Pavlov
John B. Watson
Operant Conditioning
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B.F. Skinner
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Reinforcement
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Continuous
Intermittent
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Underlying Principles of
Behavioral Therapy
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Modeling
Premack Principle
Shaping
Counterconditioning
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Aaron T. Beck
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Distorted thinking causes psychological
disturbances in mood and behavior
 Goal of therapy is to help clients begin to identify
automatic thoughts and their connection to
feelings
 Cognitive appraisal
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Dialectic Behavioral Therapy
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Marsha Lineham
Difficulty regulating emotions is related to an
inborn temperament that is unable to regulate
emotions or emotional vulnerability
High sensitivity to emotional stimuli with
emotional intensity
Experiences difficulty returning to neutral
emotional baseline
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Individual Therapy
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Focus on particular problematic behaviors
Chain analysis of events
Validation
Alternative behavioral responses
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Group Skills Training
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Core mindfulness skills
Interpersonal effectiveness skills
Emotion modulation skills
Distress tolerance skills
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Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic
Approach
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Gallop & O’Brien
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Provides deep understanding of how early
childhood relationships and experiences heavily
influence the client’s present symptoms and
interpersonal difficulties
Sigmund Freud
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Founder of psychoanalytic theory; proposed the
structure of id, ego, and superego
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Defense Mechanisms
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Conflict occurs between the ego and the id or
superego
Serve as protector to the ego
Channels overwhelming anxiety
Operate unconsciously or consciously
Adaptive and maladaptive
Psychopathology is reflective of ineffective
use of defense mechanisms
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Therapeutic Milieu
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Environment specifically created to promote,
maintain, or restore optimal psychologic
health
Maxwell Jones: Social psychiatrist developed
the concept of therapeutic community in the
1950s
Nightingale: Organizing the environment
allows the mind and body to heal
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Group Types
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Content
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Process
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Tasks, activities and procedures
Interpersonal relationships among members
Mid-range
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Combine functions of task and process
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Group Dynamics
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Leadership
Norms
Cohesiveness
Roles
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Group Dynamics, cont’d.
Leader:
 Emotional stimulation
 Caring
 Meaning attribution
Members:
 Get information about how they present to others
 Assess whether fixed patterns are realistic to continue
 Discover previously unknown parts of selves
 Try new behaviors within safety of group
 Accept responsibility for the way they live
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Safety and Trust in Group
Nurse:
 Shows personal acceptance and valuing of
members, respect, empathy
 Reinforces strengths
 Encourages higher level behavior
 Discourages self-defeating behavior
 Acknowledges contributions of members
 Intervenes in verbal attacks
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Phases of Group Development
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Orientation
Conflict
Cohesion
Working
Termination
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Phases of Group Development,
cont’d.
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Orientation
Conflict
Cohesion
Working
Termination
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Family Therapy
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Relieve pain, promote functional nurturing
Foster greater self-worth in members
Promote clear, direct, honest communication
Create flexible, humane, need-responsive
rules
Link with society in open, hopeful ways
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Activity Therapy
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With advent of managed care, nurses colead
OT, RT, art, music, movement/dance,
psychodrama
Provide encouragement, support, role
modeling, teaching, discussion, reality testing
Foster independence, problem-solving,
interactive skills
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
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Useful treatment for pharmacotherapyresistant clients with major psychotic disorder
Informed consent required
Pretreatment routine similar to preop routine
Posttreatment routine similar to recovery
room
Side effects: headache, temporary loss of
recent memory
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