Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Which behavior therapy technique is correctly matched with its description?

Today, the usual length of stay in a psychiatric hospital is:

Psychodynamic therapy is probably NOT an effective form of treatment for:

Traditional antipsychotics first appeared in the:

Weight gain, hot flashes and chills, insomnia, and nausea are potential side effects of the use of _____ to treat depression.

Today's selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have few, if any, side effects.

Describe the goal of person-centered therapy and identify several ways that therapists try to achieve this goal.

Therapists are encouraged to "friend" or "follow" their clients using social media.

To help Jacob overcome his smoking habit, a therapist has him smoke cigarettes laced with a chemical that induces nausea. In addition, she displays gruesome images of lung cancer on the walls while Jacob is smoking. This approach to treatment BEST illustrates:

Tyrone experiences periods of extreme mania alternating with deep depression. He will probably be treated with an antipsychotic medication.

Biomedical therapies do NOT include:

Group therapy is the preferred treatment approach for:

Psychoanalysts attempt to access a client's unconscious through each of these avenues EXCEPT:

In the United States, the deinstitutionalization of patients with psychological disorders began in the:

Chelsea's therapist uses active listening in an empathetic environment. Her therapist is MOST likely using _____ therapy.

Empathy and genuineness are important parts of the therapeutic alliance.

Behavior therapy is generally briefer than other types of therapy.

Both traditional and atypical antipsychotics reduce serotonin levels in the brain.

The targeted destruction of a portion of the anterior cingulate cortex is used to treat severe _____ disorder.

A token economy is one variant of aversion therapy.