Module 15.1: Intro.
And Biomedical Therapies
Learning Objectives
Treating the Body:
Biomedical Therapies
1. Discuss how drug therapies can
be used to treat psychological disorders.
2. Discuss and evaluate
electroconvulsive shock therapy.
3. Discuss how psychosurgery can be
used to treat psychological disorders.
Module 15.2: Insight
Therapies
Learning Objectives
Treating the Mind:
Insight Therapies
1. Describe and evaluate
psychoanalysis as a form of insight therapy.
2. Describe and evaluate cognitive
therapies.
3. Describe and evaluate humanistic
therapies.
4. Discuss group and family
therapy.
Module 15.3:
Behavioral Therapies and Therapeutic Outcomes
Learning Objectives
Treating the Environment: Behavioral
Therapies
1. Discuss the general purpose of
behavioral therapies.
2. Describe systematic
desensitization.
3. Discuss how punishment and token
economies can be used in therapy.
Evaluating and
Choosing Psychotherapy
4. Discuss the major findings of
clinical evaluation research.
5. Describe the factors that are
common across psychotherapies.
6. Discuss the important personal and
cultural factors that should be considered when choosing a therapist.
