Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

An issue of concern to those treating individuals with mental disorders is whether the therapists need to "fix" the brain or the mind. At this time, the explanations and treatments that are in the ascendance are:

Attempts to relieve the symptoms of mental disorders through psychosurgery were abandoned in the late 1800s.

Antidepressants are addictive.

A family therapist would agree that:

Match the method of therapy with the appropriate person. -client-centred therapy

About one-half to two-thirds of the patients taking antipsychotic or antidepressant drugs stop taking them, often due to the unpleasant side effects.

The ________ school of therapy has as one of its primary goals insight into unconscious motives and feelings, plus a change in the client's symptoms.

Psychosurgery is defined as:

The most widespread biological treatment is electroconvulsive therapy.

The most successful therapists make their clients feel:

Melcia's parents were surprised to learn that a ________ proved to be effective in the treatment of their daughter, even though her disorder, autism, has biological origins.

Balthazar's depression is being treated through a procedure in which electrodes are placed on both sides of his head and a brief current is turned on. The current triggers a seizure that lasts about a minute, causing his body to convulse. His treatment involves ________.

What basic assumptions underlie the humanist therapies? What is the primary goal and what methods are used to reach this goal?

Antipsychotic drugs offer little relief from which of the following aspects of schizophrenia?

Clozapine is a drug that is taken on a long-term basis, but it was tested in controlled trials that lasted only six weeks.

Tranquilizers, such as Valium or Xanax, are effective in the treatment of panic disorder.

Since the early 1900s, the mental health world has alternated between viewing mental disorders as diseases that can be treated medically and as emotional problems that can be treated psychologically.

Webster's parents are pleased that the therapy for his bed-wetting has been so successful. Webster most likely was treated by a:

Antidepressant drugs can cause all of the following side effects EXCEPT:

In recent years, biological explanations and treatments of mental disorder have been in the ascendance when compared to psychological explanations and treatments.