Exam 19: Mental Health Treatment

Freud's notion that psychological problems are caused by tension within a person's own mind between mental forces that are at odds with one another, is called

Benzodiazepines are the most common class of medications known as

There are a variety of psychotherapies that can treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Characterize two such therapeutic styles by identifying and describing how each style views psychopathology, and what techniques are employed to treat disorders

The systematic exclusion of certain types of results from publication in favour of other types of results is called

An _________treatment is one that has utility in the real world of practicing psychotherapists treating distressed clients in hospitals and consulting rooms.

The dodo-bird effect is a term used to describe the fact that most therapeutic approaches utilized by competent therapists are equally effective. Describe three reasons why this is the case

With a few exceptions, anxiolytic drugs currently in use generally belong to a single class of medications known as ______.

Transference refers to the psychoanalytic belief that patients in therapy may transfer their feelings about their spouse or parents onto

Increasing numbers of clinicians have realized that effective treatment must address the biological, psychological, and social lives of each individual

This label is given to lithium, anticonvulsants, and second-generation antipsychotics, when they are prescribed to treat symptoms of bipolar disorder.

All of the following are aspects of psychotherapy that differ from other personal relationships, EXCEPT:

Typically, these kinds of therapists see themselves as something closer to a teacher and the client as a student whose task it is to substitute adaptive patterns of behaviour for maladaptive patterns.

In addition to targeting automatic thoughts, cognitive-behaviour therapists also work to help the client control

The positive emotions and affection between therapist and client and both parties' joint commitment to accomplish the important work of healing are important for this common factor of therapeutic change.

A therapist following Albert Ellis's rational-emotive behaviour therapy would most likely utter which of the following statements during a therapy session?

In publicly funded studies of antidepressants, less than 50 percent of patients experienced an end to their depression after pharmacotherapy with antidepressants

The equality of success rates among therapies has been referred to as the

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) differ from tricyclic antidepressants because SSRIs

Pharmacotherapy has become controversial due in part to the investment that pharmaceutical companies have in effective treatments. Discuss some of the ethical problems that are involved in research on effectiveness of pharmacotherapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is controversial mainly because early versions of the therapy