Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

According to some estimates, there are as many as _____ specific types of psychotherapy.

Traditional and atypical antipsychotics are used to treat:

Person-centered therapy is one type of _____ therapy.

The first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was published in the:

Collectivist cultures include _____ cultures.

Which is NOT one of the terms used to refer to groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Parents without Partners?

The therapist MOST closely associated with the humanistic movement is:

Self-help groups are led by paraprofessionals rather than by trained mental health professionals.

Couples therapy has little effect on marital satisfaction.

To help Alfredo reduce his fear of dogs, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and imagine that he is walking toward a friendly, harmless little dog. The therapist's technique BEST illustrates:

A token economy applies _____ to modify behaviors by reinforcing desired behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for various treats.

Social phobia and panic disorder are treated using:

American Indian cultures are usually individualistic.

When therapists work with families or groups, they generally use some type of insight therapy.

Distinguish between biomedical and psychological therapies. Identify and define one example of a biomedical therapy. Distinguish between insight and behavioral therapies. Identify and describe one example of an insight therapy.

In an eating disorders clinic, the patients receive merits for appropriate behaviors on the unit and for good eating behaviors such as finishing their meals. This BEST illustrates an application of:

Becca seems to see things in black-and-white extremes. A cognitive therapist would suspect that Becca is prone to:

Many of today's psychotherapists still identify as psychoanalysts.

When a client begins relating to a therapist in the same way she might relate to parents or other important people in her life, she is demonstrating:

Compared to psychoanalysis, humanistic therapy is _____ likely to focus on the present rather than the past, and _____ likely to focus on the conscious rather than the unconscious mind.