Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

One of the disorders discussed in Chapter 15 is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Define obsessions and compulsions. According to your textbook, which brain abnormality may be associated with OCD? Because OCD appears to involve a biological abnormality, is a biological treatment most appropriate? Support your answer with information from the PET-scan studies of people taking Prozac or receiving cognitive-behaviour therapy with no medication.

Many people respond positively to a new drug just because of the enthusiasm surrounding it and their own expectations that the drug will make them feel better. This phenomenon is called the:

The therapeutic approach developed by Albert Ellis, known as ________, is a form of cognitive therapy.

Dr. Feldman is a cognitive-behavioural therapist whose approach to helping clients has been greatly influenced by Buddhism. It is likely that his therapeutic approach is based on the concepts of:

In a recent study (mentioned in your textbook) regarding people with aggressive outbursts, the group that received ___________ improved the most.

Researchers are now looking for new ways to stimulate the brains of severely depressed individuals. One method, called __________, involves the use of a pulsing coil held to a person's skull at the left prefrontal cortex.

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

A form of therapy that applies principles of classical and operant conditioning to help people change self-defeating or problematic behaviours is called __________ therapy.

A neurological disorder called tardive dyskinesia is a serious side effect associated with the use of:

Psychologists who practise behavioural therapy focus on the client's:

________ is usually the most effective treatment for phobias, such as fear of dogs or of public speaking.

________ are highly successful in helping people cope with pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, headaches, or irritable bowel syndrome.

A person may have short-term success with antipsychotic or antidepressant drugs, but at least half of patients stop taking them, often because of the ________ of the medication.

Isaac is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and gets incomplete grades which eventually become F's. Issac's ________ therapist assumes that Issac's procrastination masks his low self-regard, and that he is out of touch with his real feelings.

A therapist's goal is to delve into the unconscious processes of his patients. He is most likely to consider himself a practitioner of:

Which symptoms of schizophrenia are reduced by antipsychotic medications? Which symptoms are resistant to antipsychotic medication?

The ________ school of therapy has, as one of its primary goals, self-acceptance and self-fulfillment for a client.

Which of the following therapists developed rational emotive behaviour therapy?

________ would be most likely to encourage a client to test her beliefs against the evidence, because depression is often caused by misinformation and unproductive beliefs.

Therapeutic influence, and sometimes coercion, is believed to be responsible for the huge number of people diagnosed in the 1980s and 1990s with: