Exam 15: Therapy

In assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapy, the best method to use would involve:

Therapists are finding that antidepressants, particularly SSRIs, are effective in treating anxiety disorders.

Trey is a smoker who is unable to quit, even though he knows that smoking is ruining his health.Finally, he entered therapy in an attempt to control his desire for cigarettes.In this case, the best behavioral therapy technique to use in helping Trey eliminate his smoking habit would be:

Rational-emotive therapy was developed by ____________________.

Dr.Kim says, "If we are going to resolve a person's problem with depression, we need to use the principles of learning to create more adaptive ways of acting.Dr.Kim probably practices a type of:

Which of the following pairings of disorder and treatment is correct?

Compared to people left untreated, about what percentage of people who experience some type of active psychotherapy are better off?

Explain the role of antianxiety drugs in treating psychological disorders.Describe how these drugs work and some of the side effects they can produce.

When Betsy was a small child, she chewed her fingernails all the time.Her mother started painting her nails with a foul-tasting substance.Over time, Betsy stopped chewing her nails.This type of approach is:

Client-centered therapy is designed to:

Which of the following is a correct statement regarding group therapy?

Severe anxiety is treated with ____________________, which include drugs like Valium and Xanax.

Suki is terrified of cats to such an extent that she is now afraid to go outside, just in case she encounters a cat on the street.In this case, the best behavioral therapy technique to use in helping Suki overcome her fear of cats would be:

Perry has been in psychoanalysis for just over a year.The past few sessions, he has been distracted and inattentive.When his therapist has asked about his dreams, Perry claims not to remember them.According to Freud, Perry's behavior may be a sign of:

A woman has a psychological disorder and is being treated using clozapine.She most likely suffers:

Explain how token economies can be used to alter maladaptive behaviors.Discuss the general effectiveness of this behavioral technique.

The basic aim of behavioral therapies is to:

Which neurotransmitter has recently become a focus of research because it may play a role in schizophrenia?

Riva is so terrified of flying that watching an airplane take off or land in a movie can cause her to become anxious.Her behavioral therapist has been working on helping her overcome this fear by having Riva work through an anxiety hierarchy while she maintains a state of deep relaxation.In this case, the therapist is using:

The suggestion by ____________________ was that psychological disorders could be treated in the same way as physical illnesses in the body.