Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

How does systematic desensitization make use of the principles of classical conditioning to help people with phobias?

Yani has spent the last five years receiving traditional psychoanalysis. How is the concept of "justification of effort" likely to affect his response when his friend asks Yani whether he would recommend this type of therapy?

People suffering from bipolar disorder often are helped by taking ________, but they must be very careful with the dose they take, because too much can be toxic.

Which of the following therapists is associated with cognitive therapy?

Which of the following procedures requires surgery to implant electrodes into the brain and an embedded box under the collarbone?

Which of the behavioural therapy techniques requires clients to keep careful data on the frequency and the consequences of the behaviour to be changed?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires controlled trials that last for a few weeks or, at most, a few months to test the effects of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders. What concerns are raised by the limited time period for these trials?

The proponents of ________ therapies also refer to their methods as "depth" therapies.

A family therapist would be most likely to agree that:

________ is often more effective than medication in the treatment of panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

According to the latest research related to Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) techniques, which of the following statements is correct?

The primary goals of _______ are to find meaning in life and accept inevitable losses.

________ would be most likely to challenge the client's thoughts directly, showing him why certain thoughts are irrational and misguided.

Ralph is a bright student but he procrastinates. He postpones writing term papers and gets incomplete grades from his teachers that eventually become F's. After exploring his early childhood memories with a therapist for almost a year, Ralph comes to the insight that he procrastinates as a way of expressing anger toward his parents. The treatment method used to help Ralph deal with his problem is most likely:

One of Sigmund Freud's patients labelled his therapy "the talking cure." Why? What was Freud's goal and what techniques did he use to achieve it?

Suppose a new drug is developed that increases the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. This drug is most likely to:

Describe the four main classes of drugs used in the treatment of mental and emotional disorders, including the benefits and drawbacks of each. For which disorders would each class be prescribed?

A drug that elevates the levels of norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain by blocking an enzyme that deactivates these neurotransmitters would most likely be used to treat:

Who would likely benefit most from taking lithium carbonate?

What basic assumptions underlie the humanist therapies? What are the goals of humanist therapy, and how does the client-centred (nondirective) approach suggest therapists can help clients reach these goals?