Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for the treatment of mental illness in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have … Read More
Psychological Disorders Knowledge Organizer
Here’s a knowledge organizer I’ve created of the most essential terms for psychological disorders in an introductory psychology course. These knowledge organizers are designed to help you identify the most important factual knowledge you need to have in order to … Read More
Comparing Effectiveness & Lifestyle Factors
In this video I discuss comparing effectiveness of treatments as well as comparison with placebo, wait-list, and no treatment conditions. I also describe how lifestyle factors may play a role in mental illness and how positive lifestyle changes can help … Read More
Effectiveness of Treatment
In this video I discuss the difficulties of assessing the effectiveness of treatment. These include spontaneous remission, regression to the mean, nonspecific treatment effects, and biases which can influence patient and clinician perspectives on improvement. Disclaimer: This channel is for … Read More
Evaluating Medications & Other Biomedical Interventions
In this video I consider the questions that are raised when evaluating pharmaceutical interventions and what they mean for our understanding of mental illness. Next I describe other biomedical interventions for psychological disorders which are not as commonly used and … Read More
Biomedical Approaches: Psychopharmacology
In this video I begin describing biomedical approaches to mental illness in more detail and focus on psychopharmacology. I describe some of the main mechanisms of antipsychotic, anti-anxiety, and antidepressant medications, along with the uses and potential side effects of … Read More
Cognitive Therapy, CBT, & Group Approaches
In this video I describe cognitive therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and group approaches to treatment. I describe the general principles of these approaches and some of the key terms associated with each, along with examples of how these might be applied … Read More
Types of Treatment: Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, & Behavioral
In this video I describe how treatments can broadly be categorized into biomedical treatments and psychotherapy. Next I explain three approaches to psychotherapy: psychoanalytic, humanistic, and behavioral. I describe the general principles of these approaches and some of the key … Read More
Treatment of Mental Illness
In this video I provide a brief overview of some of the general issues surrounding the treatment of mental illness. These include the goal of treatment, who provides treatment, who receives treatment, and ethical considerations related to treatment. Disclaimer: This … Read More
Personality Disorders, Psychopathy, & Sociopathy
In this video I describe the symptoms and prevalence of several disorders in the DSM-5 category of Personality Disorders. I also briefly discuss differences between antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy, and sociopathy and the Psychopathy Checklist created by Robert Hare. The … Read More