Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Clinical psychologists have earned:

Which sequence correctly arranges types of therapy from broadest to most specific?

_____ therapy encourages clients to challenge their irrational, unrealistic beliefs.

Anticonvulsant is to antipsychotic as bipolar disorder is to schizophrenia.

In recent years, neurosurgery has been used to treat a few people suffering from severe, intractable _____ disorder.

The lack of nonverbal cues and the difficulty of establishing a therapeutic relationship are two shortcomings of _____, which uses the Internet to provide support and treatment.

Bryan is angry with his therapist; Bryan's anger reflects his feelings toward his father when he was a young boy in the throes of the Oedipal conflict. This example illustrates transference.

If a client becomes unwilling to cooperate at key points during therapy, she is demonstrating:

Beck argued that cognitive schema underlie distorted thought patterns.Beck's assertion reflects the intellectual legacy of the pioneering developmental psychologist:

Traditional antipsychotics were largely responsible for the first waves of deinstitutionalization in the 1950s.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation involves:

Coming to a conclusion when there is no evidence to support it is a cognitive distortion called:

Aversion therapy is a combination of exposure and an anxiety hierarchy.

Select two of these disorders: major depressive disorder; generalized anxiety disorder; bipolar disorder; and schizophrenia disorders. Suggest how the disorders you select may be treated with medication and state the effect(s) of the drugs on particular neurotransmitters and the side effects associated with those drugs.

Ms. Murdoch is undergoing therapy for generalized anxiety disorder through a combination of online videoconferences and chat sessions with her therapist. Ms. Murdoch is receiving:

_____ sessions are often led by trained paraprofessionals rather than by mental health professionals.

The use of modern-day electroconvulsive therapy in severe cases of major depressive disorder is associated with a remission rate of approximately _____.

What is a "therapeutic alliance"? Identify three of the components of the therapeutic alliance.

Recall the terminology of classical conditioning. In systematic desensitization, relaxation is BEST seen as a new:

In mainstream American culture, a silence is awkward if it lasts _____ seconds. In Lakota culture, a silence may last up to _____ seconds without being awkward.