Exam 13: Therapies

Bob has recently become troubled by some aspects of his personality and has decided he is ready to explore his childhood and personal development to determine what may have contributed to these feelings. He would be best served by ________ therapy.

Psychiatrists generally prefer ECT to either drugs or psychotherapy.

Antipsychotic drugs can have a number of unwanted and undesirable side effects.

Stress-inoculation therapy involves ________.

If clients receive treatment over the Internet or through other electronic means, they are participating in a field known as ________.

Shane was brought to the hospital by her father after she became extremely agitated upon learning her boyfriend was cheating on her. When the doctors could not calm her down, in order to reduce her agitation and induce sleep, they sent her home after administering a(n) ________.

Compare and contrast client-centered with psychoanalysis in terms of the goals of therapy, the role of the therapist, and therapeutic effectiveness.

Evidence suggests that telehealth therapy provides a perfect substitute for face-to-face interactions.

The first two classes of antidepressant drugs included ________.

Unilateral ECT produces ________ side effects and is ________ effective than traditional ECT.

Research indicates that psychotherapy is ________.

Drugs were not widely used to treat psychological disorders until the ________.

Stress-inoculation therapy turns a client's positive ________ into a guard against negative, stressful situations.

Today's insight therapists give clients __________.

Token economies are usually employed in settings such as restaurants and service industries.

Describe the advantages and goals of group therapy. Also, identify three types of group therapy and briefly describe their methods, goals, and effectiveness.

Janice is in psychotherapy and has shared a lot with her therapist. She is feeling increasing like her therapist is disgusted by her disclosures, and laughing at her behind her back. Janice is experiencing ________.

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

A type of psychotherapy in which several clients meet regularly to help one another achieve insight into their feelings and behavior is ________ therapy.

A client lies on a couch, with the therapist sitting out of sight, behind him. The therapist gets to know the client's problems through free association, and positive and negative transference. The therapist encourages the client to "work through" the problems. This is ________ therapy.