Exam 14: Therapies

According to your textbook, ______________ might be nearly as effective in treating mild or moderate depression as antidepressant drugs.

Neil is facing difficulties with anger and depression, and his parents are having trouble managing his behaviors and responding appropriately. To address all of these concerns, the most beneficial treatment in this situation would be _____.

One element to cognitive-behavioral therapy is helping clients with negative ways of thinking about the world and themselves shift to more productive and rational way of thinking. This process is called ________________.

Cognitive-Behavioral therapy has demonstrated success in all but which of the following conditions?

Carl Rogers asserts that an effective psychotherapist will:

In the 1950s Terence had a procedure done to him where the doctor used an instrument to cut the nerve fibers connecting his prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain. This procedure, called _____________, left him withdrawn and unable to care for himself.

In general, typical antipsychotic drugs work by:

Rita is a mental health professional who has a master's degree. She generally works with people who are having difficulty dealing with mild depression or anxiety, or are generally having trouble with stress or coping; she does not work with individuals who have more severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia or major depression. Rita is most likely a _____.

Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object (either actual or imagined)?

Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him. After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also. According to Freud, this is an example of _______.

What is the process by which a patient projects feelings about other individuals onto the psychoanalyst?

Rhona's therapist is attempting to treat her agoraphobia by having her go through a guided imagination of riding the subway with her during rush hour on the first day of treatment. The therapist is most likely doing this as part of a treatment known as ______________.

Which of the following does humanistic therapy emphasize?

Electroconvulsive (ECT) therapy is used today primarily to alleviate ____________.

In client-centered therapy, the therapist provides empathy and unconditional positive regard to the client.

Members of these racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to seek mental health services than are Caucasian Americans.

If a doctor wanted to activate a very specific brain region in the hope of alleviating symptoms of a mental disorder, she would most likely use which of the following procedures?

_________________ involves helping clients identify and change irrational and overly emotional ways of thinking.

Research into the effectiveness of antidepressants indicates that the most effective treatment for many people is:

Carl Rogers developed a type of therapy called _____, which focuses on individuals' abilities to solve their own problems and reach their full potential with the encouragement of the therapist.