Chapter 17: Treatment of Mental Disorders
Activities and Animations
Treating Psychopathology
The following activity is designed to give you experience exploring the application of psychotherapy in real-world cases.You should keep in mind that delivering therapy and treatment requires years of training and experience. It is hoped that this exercise will simply help you come to a better understanding of psychopathology and its treatment.
Here is how this activity works:
1. | You should carefully review the two case studies shown on the next few screens. |
2. | Review Chapter 17 of your textbook, noting the different types of psychotherapy. You can get additional information from your library and from your campus counseling center. |
3. | Consider carefully what your diagnosis would be for these case studies. |
4. | Based on your diagnosis and the materials in the chapter, determine what therapy, if any is warranted, you would propose for these cases. |
5. | At the end of this activity we will direct you to other information sources that you may use to confirm or disconfirm your plan for therapy. |
Case 2: Hiro | |
Hiro was arrested for loitering and creating a public nuisance. The following report describes his behavior at the time of his arrest. |
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