Exam 14: Therapies

Raymond is in a group therapy session with Fritz Perls. He is talking to a vacant chair, saying all the things he wishes he could say to his father, but can never get up the courage. This technique is called

Woody responds to a question from his psychodynamic therapist by hesitating and then stumbling through the answer. His psychoanalyst would interpret the manner of his response as evidence of

How does lithium help patients with bipolar disorder and what are the dangers of taking it?

Which of the following was a major treatment breakthrough for people with schizophrenia in the mid-1950s to the early 1990s?

The client-centred therapy of Carl Rogers and the Gestalt therapy of Fritz Perls are described as

Walter and Skyler are currently seeing a couples therapist. The therapist has helped them to acknowledge each other's feelings, and has helped them to accept some of their partner's less changeable personality traits. What type of therapy does this describe?

What is the debate surrounding the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

A basic assumption underlying the various behaviour therapies is that psychological disorder is the result of

Which of the following is not part of the application of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?

How do antipsychotic drugs help schizophrenic patients and how is this related to one of their major side effects?

According to Freud, if a patient shows any resistance to an interpretation or to revealing an embarrassing thought, then the analysis is not proceeding normally.

According to the text, some psychiatrists believe that ECT is an appropriate treatment for patients who are

Gestalt therapy emphasizes the importance of clients' fully experiencing