Exam 15: Therapy

The three main categories of factors that are common to most forms of effective psychotherapy are:

Tyne has a psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed lithium carbonate to help reduce the severity of Tyne's symptoms.In this case, Tyne most likely has:

Some potential side effects of drugs such as Xanax include drowsiness, impaired motor coordination, and possible psychological dependence.

Prozac works by slowing:

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

The suggestion that psychological disorders could be treated in the same way as physical illnesses in the body was proposed:

Expressing thoughts and feelings toward the therapist that are representative of how the client actually feels about other people is referred to as:

Ariana has been experiencing mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions.Her parents schedule an appointment with a therapist to find out if there is something she can take to reduce her symptoms.In this case, the doctor will most likely prescribe:

Emma, age 14, is depressed.Her therapist believes not only Emma should receive therapy but also her parents and siblings.Emma's therapist is probably:

Which of the following is an incorrect statement concerning electroconvulsive therapy?

Robin has been in psychoanalysis for several months, but lately she has been showing up late for her appointments, and in some cases missing them entirely.According to Freud, Robin's behavior may be a sign of:

When Beth went for treatment of her alcoholism, she was given a drug that made her sick if she drank alcohol.This type of therapy is:

Therapists who believe that psychological problems originate from the anxieties created by personal choices are called:

Cingulotomy is sometimes used to treat

The cognitive therapy in which the therapist acts as a kind of cross examiner, verbally assaulting the client's irrational thought processes, is:

Lithium is more effective than ____________________ in the treatment of bipolar disorder.

Some potential side effects of Prozac (fluoxetine) are:

You are watching a documentary on public television that shows a patient who is undergoing electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT).If this documentary is depicting current-day psychotherapy, you should conclude that:

Treatments designed to help clients gain insight into their fundamental self-worth and value as human beings is called ____________________.

With Gestalt therapy: