Exam 14: Therapies

Not all psychodynamic theories focus on repressed sexual and aggressive conflicts. For example, ____________ is a type of psychodynamic therapy that focuses primarily on how early childhood experiences and emotional attachments influence later psychological functioning.

After a brief early commitment to hypnosis as a method of uncovering unconscious material, Freud later developed his psychoanalytic method of:

Ativan, Valium, and Xanax are _______________ drugs.

The social movement against keeping the mentally ill in asylums is known as _____.

The major goal of insight therapies is to give people:

Which of the following, according to Rogers, is MOST likely to become a fully functioning person?

The _______ approach to treatment is NOT an example of biological therapy for mental disorders.

Carl Rogers believed that _____________ was the cause of psychological health issues, and therefore ____________ was the key to helping clients get over them.

Which of the following has been fairly effective in treating bipolar disorders?

Balthazar's depression is being treated through a procedure in which electrodes are placed on both sides of his head and a brief current is turned on. The current triggers a seizure that lasts about a minute, causing his body to convulse. His treatment is known as _______.

Jenny was been bitten by several dogs when she was younger. As an adult, Jenny has an extreme phobia for dogs, and begins to shake if she even sees a dog. Using the language of classical conditioning, dogs have become a ____________.

SSRIs have been shown to increase _______________, the growth of brand-new neurons, in the hippocampus.

In the psychoanalytic technique of _______, the patient is encouraged to say whatever thoughts come to mind, regardless of their order or appropriateness.

Electroshock treatment is mainly effective in treating _______.

Physicians who specialize in mental health and diagnose and treat mental disorders primarily through prescribing medications that influence brain chemistry are called ______________.

A new age guru openly criticizes medical procedures for treating psychological problems, citing the frontal lobotomy as his only evidence. Which statement best contradicts his critique?

What are the three elements described in you text which are commonly used as part of the cognitive-behavioral process? Provide a description of how each one works.

John dreamed that he was in a train that entered a tunnel. If a psychologist believed that the dream expressed John's unconscious sexual desires, the psychologist would likely be a _________.

Therapeutic alliance refers to:

__________ affect the nervous system by blocking reuptake of serotonin in neurons.