Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

All of the following are negative side effects associated with the use of lobotomies EXCEPT

Alicia has been having issues with sexual harassment at work the situation led her to seek psychological treatment. Her friend Kim tells her that she must find a female therapist because a male would not be able to help her. Kim is

The 1995 Consumer Reports survey found that among those respondents indicating that they had sought mental health services, the majority said that they ________.

A client has a fear of dogs. The client is receiving therapy in which they must be in the same room with a friendly dog and not retreat. In this therapy, preventing the client from retreating at the sight of a dog is ________.

What is tardive dyskinesia, and how is it caused?

What are some of the challenges in designing good psychotherapy research?

In a psychotherapy outcome study assessing the effectiveness of a new treatment for agoraphobia, a behavioural therapist would likely be most interested in which of the following client measures?

Takeshi is seeing Dr. Shakar to help her deal with her social phobia. Though she is more comfortable around large groups of people than she used to be, interacting one on one with other people still feels intimidating to her. She and Dr. Shakar role-play interactions, and when Takeshi is unsure what to do, Dr. Shakar models a socially skillful behaviour. If Takeshi likes it, she practices it with Dr. Shakar until it feels comfortable. She is engaging in

Since Dr. Callum began making connections between Dylan's current romantic problems and his childhood experiences, Dylan has been "forgetting" therapy appointments or cancelling them at the last minute, and when he does show up he is invariably late. Dylan's avoidance pattern is called

A client was recently put on an ____________ drug and is now experiencing side effects such as nervousness, insomnia, and sweating.

Better answers to the specificity question are important for ________.

One of your new patients is suffering from a severe disorder. All you know about this person is that they have received a cingulotomy. Most likely, they were suffering from

Besides openness and self-relatedness, the third important characteristic of the client that is associated with psychotherapy outcomes is

You take on a new patient and all you know about this person is that they have always been referred to as a "client" in the past. Most likely, this patient's previous therapy was

Describe the essential components of the humanistic approach to psychotherapy. According to Carl Rogers, what are the three key characteristics that a therapist should have? Describe Fritz Perls approach to therapy and compare and contrast it with Rogers's.

According to psychoanalytic theory, which of the following is "the royal road to the unconscious"?

What are the three different classes of antidepressant drugs and how does each one function to reduce the symptoms of depression? Compared to psychotherapy, how effective are these medications? What are some short-and long-term issues associated with the use of these drugs to treat depression?

What two research results favour the use of brief therapies over classical psychoanalysis? How do brief psychodynamic therapies differ from classical psychoanalysis?

One of your patients is suffering from depression. As you consider a drug to prescribe, you are concerned about your patient's high blood pressure and the fact that she really likes to eat cheese. Which of the following antidepressant drugs should you avoid?

Tardive dyskinesia is a negative side effect associated with the use of certain antidepressants.