Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Georgina's treatment for bulimia and binge eating has been highly successful. It is most likely that her treatment involved a combination of:

Match the method of therapy with the appropriate person. -rational-emotive behaviour therapy

Tranquilizers are the drugs most often prescribed by physicians for patients who complain of depressed mood, panic, and anxiety. Explain whether or not the drugs are used appropriately in these circumstances.

Behavioural therapists argue that unconscious expectations and habits established in early relations with important family members reproduce themselves in adult relationships.

When psychiatrist Keh-Ming Lin moved from Taiwan to the United States, he found that:

Object-relations therapists argue that unconscious habits established in early relations with important family members reproduce themselves in adult relationships.

Cherise has been accepted to the graduate school she had ranked as first choice. Unfortunately, she just found out that her department is located on the tenth floor and she fears heights so much that she never goes above the third floor in any building. Her therapist teaches her how to relax deeply while imagining herself looking out over a balcony. As her therapy progresses, Cherise imagines herself on higher and higher floors! This technique is called:

Who of the following is a humanist therapist?

________ emphasized the importance of the therapist's warmth and empathy, an idea now endorsed by virtually all therapists.

If a person is suffering from bipolar disorder, then lithium would be an appropriate drug used in treatment.

The ________ school of therapy has as one of its primary goals finding meaning in life.

Match the method of therapy with the appropriate person. -cognitive therapy

The placebo effect occurs when the success of a treatment is due to the patient's expectations rather than to the chemical properties of the drug.

The most important predictor of successful therapy is the bond between therapist and client.

The ________ school of therapy has as one of its primary goals modification of irrational or invalidated beliefs.

People suffering from bipolar disorder often are helped by taking ________, which may produce its effects by protecting brain cells from being overstimulated by another neurotransmitter, glutamate.

Family therapists maintain that psychological problems develop and are sustained in a social context and that the change in any member will lead to changes in the entire social context. Examine the primary goals and methods according to this perspective.

The authors recommend that consumers who are thinking about psychotherapy should remember that:

Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to the scientist-practitioner gap?

Choosing a therapeutic approach that is effective for a particular disorder is difficult. What therapies are recommended for the following problems? * depression * anxiety disorders * anger and impulsive violence * health problems * childhood and adolescent behaviour problems