Exam 15: Therapy

Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT), as currently administered:

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) works by:

Valium and Xanax are:

Smith and colleagues analyzed the results of 475 research studies that were designed to evaluate one or more forms of psychotherapy.In general, these researchers found that:

Which of the following drugs acts to block or slow down the use of dopamine within the brain?

The three main categories of factors that are common to most forms of effective psychotherapy are ____________________, learning, and action.

What are the central assumptions that underlie rational-emotive therapy? Discuss how this method of therapy can help clients to achieve insight into their psychological problems.

Controlled research studies have found that electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) is:

The antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia:

Valentine has been taking a drug to control a psychological disorder.Some of the side effects that she has been experiencing include agitation, difficulty sleeping, and reduced sexual desire.In this case, it is likely that Valentine is being treated for:

In hopes of discovering clues to the contents of the unconscious mind, Ed's therapist had him relax and say anything that came to mind.This describes:

The statistical technique used to statistically compare findings across many different research studies using some common evaluation measure is:

Which type of therapy tries to improve interpersonal communication and collaboration among family members?

Joe tends to shout and stare.Because Joe soon will leave the hospital, his therapist is using rewards, modeling, and role-playing to teach him to interact more appropriately.In other words, he is applying:

Tricyclics are used to alter ____________________ by primarily acting on levels of norepinephrine in the brain.

Bipolar disorders are usually treated using:

Rhett was experiencing sleep disturbances that he believed were related to the stress from his job.Rhett had been planning to see a psychotherapist, but now he finds that his sleep has improved without the need for professional treatment.In this case, Rhett appears to have experienced:

Biologically based treatments for reducing or eliminating the symptoms of psychological disorders are called ____________________.

Which of the following is NOT a potential side effect of benzodiazepines?

Jackie never thought she'd have homework assigned by her therapist, but she did.She has to keep track of her negative thoughts, why they occur, and how they make her feel.Jackie's therapy is probably: