Approaches to treating psychological disorders

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Psychotherapy

Biomedical and psychotherapy are two basic approaches to treating psychological disorders. A number of approaches fall under the category of psychotherapy, but they all include the following four essential characteristics:

Systematic interaction between a client and a therapist

Based on psychological theory and research

Influences a client's thoughts, feelings, and behavior

Used in treating disorders, adjustment problems, and to foster personal growth

Explain, in a 200- to 300-word response, the biomedical approach as well as the psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, behavior, and cognitive approaches to psychotherapy listed in your text.

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