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

Therapists who incorporate principles and techniques from different therapeutic orientations that they believe will enhance their therapeutic effectiveness are called ________ therapists.

Compare the M'Naughten ruling with the current NCRMD in Canada.

In self-monitoring,the client assumes primary responsibility for assessing the problem behaviour.

Discuss the features of the Wechsler scales.

TKS is most similar to what we call ________.

Describe the current option of computer-assisted interviews,including its strengths and weaknesses.

Briefly identify the three classes of antidepressant drugs,give a specific example of a drug from each class you identify,and explain the benefits and drawbacks of their use.

Before a new edition of the DSM is published,it is peer reviewed for input from social workers,psychologists,and psychiatrists.

Children can provide identical answers to intelligence test questions but attain markedly different IQ scores.

Discuss cognitive assessment methods.

Identify the three major groups of mental health professionals discussed in your text and briefly discuss the training and professional requirements of each group.

Conjoint family therapy is the only family therapy approach that focuses on the systems model of abnormal behaviour.

Describe the cultural consultation services model (CCS)and how it has addressed Canada's multiculturalism in respect to mental health services.

The psychiatric syndrome taijin-kyofu-sho (TKS)is common in Japan but rare elsewhere.Which of the following is NOT true of TKS?

Which is NOT a subscale of the WISC?

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the DSM system.

Empirical studies have found cognitive therapy to be effective for treating ________.

Mirroring and reflection would be most important to which of the following therapists?

Test items can be used to measure traits even when they bear no resemblance to the traits being measured.

In the Tarasoff case,the court ruled that a therapist ________.