Exam 19: Mental Health Treatment

The therapist's intellectual commitment to the specific type of therapy he or she has chosen to practice is the basis for the common factor known as

First-generation antipsychotics restrict the availability of this neurotransmitter.

In this form of therapy, a patient is anesthetized, given muscle relaxants, and then a brief, low-voltage electric shock is passed through the brain

Which of the following statements is NOT an aspect of so-called empirically supported treatments (ESTs)?

In psychoanalysis, the primary goal of dream work is to interpret the dream content based on

First-generation antipsychotics work primarily by restricting the availability of the neurotransmitter dopamine, either by blocking dopamine receptors entirely or by inhibiting the neurotransmitter's release

All of the following are statements from clients that a cognitive therapist might identify as self-defeating, EXCEPT:

Most of the techniques employed by cognitive-behaviour therapists are designed to help the client identify his or her __________so that they can be challenged and replaced.

The dodo bird verdict applies to SSRI drugs: No one of these drugs is more effective overall than any other

_________refers to the psychoanalytic belief that patients in therapy may transfer their feelings about their spouse or parent onto the therapist.

This was the first and also the most expensive and time-consuming type of therapy.

In classical psychoanalysis, to obtain insight into his or her unconscious conflicts, the patient must

Aside from psychosurgery, the most controversial biological treatment for psychological disorders is _______.

This mood stabilizer is a naturally occurring salt, but can have a number of serious side effects-including seizures or coma if the blood levels of the drug become too high.

In order to identify self-defeating thoughts and help the patient become aware of them, cognitive-behaviour therapists often ask clients to

In addition to feeling "drugged," patients taking first-generation antipsychotics for a long period of time risked the development of this serious neurological condition.

If you begin therapy and your therapist seems to want to use "hypothesis-testing" techniques to correct irrational or inaccurate beliefs that might be triggering your emotional pain or dysfunction, you are likely seeing a

This exposure technique employed by behaviour therapists essentially tosses the client in at the highest possible level of anxiety-provoking situation and holds him or her there

The client-therapist relationship in which the therapist functions as a mentally sound "doctor" treating "patients" who are, at least in comparison, less than mentally sound, is typical of

Despite some problems, pharmacotherapy was a revolution in psychotherapy because it initially offered a mainstream medical solution to psychological problems. Describe how anxiolytics, antidepressants, and antipsychotic medications deliver their effects