Exam 2: Assessment, classification, and Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

Biological and medical therapies have been all but eliminated as forms of mental health treatment because of their serious harmful side effects.

Karl wants to examine brain wave patterns associated with psychological disorders such as schizophrenia,and with physiological problems related to tumours and brain damage.He should probably use a(n)________.

The U.S.case that established the legal basis for a therapist's duty to warn was the ________.

Each of the following therapeutic approaches has a "here and now" focus EXCEPT ________.

In a (n)________ interview,the clinician follows a general outline of questions designed to gather essential information,but is free to ask the questions in any particular order and to branch off into other directions in order to follow up clinically important information.

Coding behaviours would likely be part of a behavioural assessment.

New disorders included in the DSM-5 include __________.

When interviewing,Richard likes to use his own style of questioning rather than following a standard format.He is using the ________ type of interview.

Helen is asked to carry a diary to record when she has negative thoughts about herself.Her therapist is using a(n)__________ approach.

Modern imaging techniques allow us to see inside the brain without surgery.

The intake interview provides an opportunity for the clinician to ________.

Valium is a member of the benzodiazepine family of ________.

The Stanford-Binet is an example of a(n)________.

André Dallaire was judged to be ___________.This is Canada's version of the insanity defence,which is similar to the "not guilty by reason of insanity" defence used in other countries.

Each of the following is an anti-anxiety drug EXCEPT ________.

A defendant is held unfit to stand trial when he or she meets all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Each of the following is a reason why the Tarasoff decision may actually increase the risk of violence EXCEPT ________.

Severely depressed people who have failed to respond to other treatments may be helped dramatically by treatments in which they have jolts of electricity passed through their heads.

Despite advances in technology,physicians today still need to perform surgery to study the workings of the brain.

The Tarasoff ruling places the therapist's duty to warn in direct conflict with ________.