Exam 13: Therapies

List the insight therapies, state their goals, and discuss the techniques used in each.

Imagine you are the psychiatrist of two individuals with schizophrenia. Bobby was diagnosed early, around 18 years of age, and displays both positive and negative symptoms. Mahatma was diagnosed at age 27 and displays only positive symptoms. With what medications would you use to treat both Bobby and Mahatma? Discuss reasons for your drug choices.

Which type of therapist bases his/her therapy on the notion that the emotional features of early relationships become the blueprint for future relationships?

When a therapist has knowledge of a client's cultural and ethnic background and then chooses therapeutic techniques based on what will likely work best for that client's background, the therapist is providing _____

_____ works to change maladaptive behaviors by looking for, challenging, and then changing the irrational beliefs that underlie those maladaptive behaviors.

_____ involves intimate partners whose behavior change or emotional responses to each other or both are the focus of treatment.

Why is self-understanding significant to insight therapists?

Aversion therapy is built upon the concept of _____

The length of time clients were in therapy was generally _____ correlated to their improvement.

The goal of psychodynamic therapy is to _____.

Lester, a 29-year-old smoker, has a head injury and lives in a group home with four other men. They have staff members who are with them 24 hours per day to help them with everyday tasks. Lester often displays aggressive or otherwise inappropriate behaviors as a result of his brain injury. For this reason, the staff members have been trained by the agency psychologist to give him a coupon every time Lester shows an appropriate behavior. When he saves up eight coupons, Lester is rewarded with a cigarette. Which of the following techniques is the staff members using with Lester?

_____ and _____ are some of the techniques used by psychologists in various psychodynamic therapies.

Gestalt therapy was developed by _____

Which of the following forms of psychosurgery have proven useful in the case of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Which of the following is NOT a behavioral technique based on classical conditioning?

Shayla focuses on one small detail of a situation instead of the overall situation. According to Aaron Beck, which cognitive error is Shayla experiencing?

When a therapist takes an active role in determining the course of therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the client, he or she is providing _____

Which of the following is NOT considered a viable treatment option for major depressive disorder?

Stella has a phobia of bridges, but needs to cross one in order to get to her new job. She found a therapist who can help her by using in vivo flooding. If she chooses this therapist, what should Stella expect during treatment?

_____ refers to the strong emotional reaction a patient has to the psychoanalyst, which demonstrates how the patient acts toward significant individuals in his/her life.