NURS 526 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 NEW UPDATE 100% A GRADE (28pages)

Group Therapy – 21 (Highlight)The primary purpose of group therapyis to facilitate changes bythe patient to addressidentified problems. Examples: A technique for dealing with an overtalkative clientand silence from other participantsin a group during therapy is to make an observation about the group’s silence and invite the others to comment. During group members sharing methods they personally use for dealing with problems areusing the technique of “Information Giver”. Cognitive/Cognitive Behavioral/DBT – 16 (Highlights) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy consists of active questioning, homework assignments, and dream survey. The therapist helps the patient consider personal ideas and beliefs in order to increase the patient's realization about how thoughts influence behaviors. Attachment – 2 (Highlights) Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one primarycaregiver. Milieu – 2 (Highlight) Milieu therapyrequiresconsideration of the client’ssocial, economic,and culturalstatus. Complementary Alternative Medicine – 9 (Highlight) The major difference between Western medicine and complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) is Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses onmind-body interactions. Know thefollowingTheorists and basicassumptions: • Beck: a. Beckassumption: Distortedthinkingcontributes toand maintains behavior(symptoms) b. Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept that cognitiveprocessing distortions underlie psychologicaldisorders ACTIVE,TIME-LIMITED APPROACH c. depressioncan beunderstoodviaschemas: Beck;cognitive errors,andthe cognitive triad i. negative views of self ii. tendency towardinterpretingexperiences inanegative manner iii. holding negative views of the future • Ellis: