Exam 13: Therapies

The trend in psychotherapy is toward more traditional psychoanalytic methods.

Stress-inoculation therapy works by turning a client's ________ into a kind of vaccine against stress-induced anxiety.

Neuroleptics are a class of ________ drugs.

Beck and Ellis are both known for their work in developing ________ therapies.

Traditionally, ________ were the only mental health professionals licensed to offer biological treatments.

Psychostimulants are used to treat ________.

Traditional psychoanalysis can take ________ years or more to affect a recovery.

The method that gradually reduces a client's fears by training the client to remain relaxed and calm in the presence of a fear-producing stimulus is ________.

Gestalt therapy emphasizes ________.

Psychiatrists generally prefer ECT to either drugs or psychotherapy.

The therapist most widely known for his development of rational-emotive therapy is ________.

A technique that aims to eliminate a fear through full-intensity exposure to a feared stimulus for a prolonged period of time is ________.

Most present-day insight-oriented therapists are more ________ and emotionally ________ their clients than traditional orthodox psychoanalysts thought fit.

Women are more likely than men to be in psychotherapy.

The cardinal rule in client-centered therapy is for the therapist to express ________ for the patient.

Aversive conditioning has been successfully used to treat alcoholism, obesity, and smoking.

Halfway houses and other places where ex-patients can find help and support in their efforts to return to normal lives after release from institutions are forms of ________ prevention.

About ________ percent of people suffering from major depression do not respond to antidepressant medication.

Electroconvulsive therapy is most often used to alleviate ________.

Describe the goals, techniques, roles of the therapist, and effectiveness of therapy in at least three types of cognitive therapy.