Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Being knowledgeable about a client's culture and/or ethnicity while at the same time not inappropriately stereotyping a client are both important aspects of being a culturally competent therapist.

You are treating a patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The drugs seem quite effective in reducing his symptoms. Most likely, the drug is reducing his

After several months of psychoanalytic therapy, a psychoanalyst makes the comment to his client: "It seems as if you're responding to me as if I was your father and you believe that you have significantly disappointed me." This statement is best considered as an example of

Preventions targeted at increasing personal resources and coping skills are called ______________-focused prevention techniques.

Great flexibility and an increased sense of what is called "presence" are characteristics of _____________.

In the movie From Hell, Sir William Gull invites a group of esteemed gentlemen to observe a new surgical procedure that destroys the frontal lobes of the brain and permanently calms agitated and violent patients. While they watch a physician tap a young woman's temples and forehead with a hammer, Gull exhorts the benefits of this procedure, which is called

Although they are usually considered to be quite different, the psychoanalytic and the humanistic approaches to psychotherapy are similar in that ________.

Research on token economies suggests that in the modern era they have no clinical effectiveness.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) appears to help individuals who are depressed become

How do antipsychotic drugs achieve their effects?

Your friend is looking for ways to reduce their anxiety. They have tried lots of different kinds of medications and conventional therapies with limited success. You suggest they try a technique that focuses on developing mindfulness. If they choose to pursue acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), what can they expect?

Psychotherapy outcome measures can differ along which two dimensions?

As a psychodynamic therapist, your belief is that you should see patients once or twice a week and actually have a conversation with them. Most likely, you are practicing

The willingness and ability to view the world through the client's eyes is called ________.

Gerry has reluctantly started therapy to try to find help for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), on the advice of a close friend. However, he doesn't have any confidence it will be effective and tends to avoid talking about the things that he finds truly upsetting during his sessions to avoid the pain that could cause. What factor could be reducing the chances that his therapy will have a successful outcome?

Cognitive therapy is currently considered to be the psychological treatment of choice for which of the following disorders?

This therapy is often conducted in a group format, it sometimes incorporates role-playing, and it can be rather confrontational. This is _____________ therapy.

Psychoanalysts use the primary therapeutic technique of _____________ to increase the ___________ of their clients.

Which of the following is considered to be the primary or chief therapeutic technique used by psychoanalysts to help clients gain awareness of important material?

Psychoanalysts study the dreams of their patients because it is assumed that dreams