Exam 18: Psychological Therapies

While some people might be tempted to intentionally avoid unpleasant,stressful,or painful thoughts,__________ training suggests that actually focusing on unpleasant,negative thoughts in uncomfortable situations can help us change these thoughts.This technique suggests that increased awareness of our own subjective experiences is the key to improving our functioning.

In 1919,the National Committee for Mental Hygiene was co-founded by __________.

__________ psychology is a field of psychology that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of people with specific mental or behavioral problems.

A(n)__________ is a person with a psychological disorder who is being treated with the view that his or her psychological distress is caused by behavioral issues and faulty thought processes.

The __________ content is what a person explicitly remembers about a dream - its storyline,characters,and details.

MAOIs are one type of antidepressant medication.What does MAOI stand for?

__________ is a type of medication that works to alleviate the symptoms of mood disorders by altering how certain neurotransmitters - usually serotonin and nonepinephrine - are circulated throughout the brain.

__________ therapy is a type of therapy designed to modify clients' problematic behavior patterns through observation and behavior reinforcement.

__________ is a treatment method in which parts of the brain are physically/medically altered to treat mental disorders.

The __________ content describes the unconscious meaning of a dream.

Psycho__________ refers to an interaction between a trained professional counselor and someone suffering from a psychological problem,the goal of which is to provide support or relief from the problem.

"My wife made me so mad that I just couldn't help but shake her," Darren said to his therapist after being mandated by the judge to seek anger-management counseling.His therapist,Dr.Lowe,said to him,"Well,Darren,maybe we could go about that differently.Is it your wife who makes you angry,or is it you who allows yourself to get so angry?" Because she is attempting to get Darren to take responsibility for his own feelings and actions,Dr.Lowe might be described as a __________ therapist.

__________ is a psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist encourages the client to relax his or her mind and,starting from a recent experience,memory,or dream,report every image or idea that enters awareness,refraining from logic or self-editing.

Over the last 50 years,the study of how medications affect the mind and behavior has flourished.This discipline,called __________,has been a tremendous step forward in the treatment of mental illness.

Antidepressant,antianxiety,antimanic,and antipsychotic drugs are all forms of __________ medications.

The terms 'client' and 'patient' mean the same thing and are interchangeable.

Which of the following is a key tenet of behavior therapy?

Marvin and Jessica come in to therapy to work on some problems in their marriage,but it is clear to the therapist that Marvin is quite a bit more interested in the process than Jessica.The therapist asks to have an individual session with each,and while seeing Jessica privately they talk about whether she wants to save the marriage and work out the problems.The therapist is trying to assess Jessica's __________ to be in therapy,because if it is too low the therapy is very unlikely to be successful.This is one of the four key components crucial to the success of psychotherapy.

Which of the following anxiety disorders is most likely to be treated with an SSRI medication?

A __________ is an explicit agreement that thoroughly explains the consequences of several behaviors,as well as expectations of the client and the therapist.