Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Openness concerns willingness to invest in therapy and to take the risks required to make changes. This is considered to be an important ___________ variable associated with treatment outcomes.

A study showed that most of the therapeutic improvement of clients occurs by the ___________ session of psychotherapy.

The goal of psychoanalysis is to

Helping people achieve greater insight, which is an awareness of the underlying dynamics of their problems, is the primary therapeutic goal of __________.

The rational-emotive therapy is concerned with _____________.

___________ therapy treats anxiety symptoms by presenting a feared stimulus (such as a dog or heights) and preventing the target person from avoiding that stimulus.

Counterconditioning and stimulus hierarchies are most central to which of the following therapeutic interventions?

Questions such as "Are there other less-aversive options available?" and "How damaging is the specific behaviour to the individual and/or society?" are most relevant to the use of ___________ treatment of abnormal behaviour.

A medical doctor who has received specialized training (completed a residency) in the biomedical treatments of mental illness is called a ________.

In psychoanalytic theory, any statement made by the therapist that is intended to help the client gain insight into their behaviour or dynamics is a(n) ____________________.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches clients to ________.

A client is in therapy for alcoholism. The client's therapist injects them with a nauseating drug before the client has an alcoholic drink. The development of nausea, because of the injected drug, gradually makes the client get away from alcohol over several sessions. The therapist used ___________ to treat the client.

Which of the following would most likely be considered the least favoured way of modifying behaviour because of the potential negative side effects?

With a few small exceptions, meta-analysis conducted on the efficacy of various psychological treatments have revealed that most therapies are equally effective.

How do resistance and transference reflect underlying conflicts?

During her first meetings with new clients, Ines explains that she uses a person-centred approach. Therefore, her clients should not expect which of the following during their sessions?

Which of the following individuals did research that was relevant to the therapist factors that affect psychotherapy treatment outcomes?

You are working for a drug company that has just designed a new drug-Ziffrin-that works in the same way as a tricyclic antidepressant. What process does Ziffrin target?

Which of the follow represents an example of something that mindfulness-based therapies have been successfully applied towards?

Which specific attributes of VR make it potentially useful in therapy? What evidence is there that VR can work therapeutically?