Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Antidepressants work by ________ the activity of ________.

________ are highly successful in helping people quit smoking or overcome other addictions.

Match the primary goal with the appropriate type of therapy. -The primary goals of therapy are insight; self-acceptance; self-fulfillment; and a new, optimistic perception of self and world.

Exposure treatments require clients who are suffering from specific anxieties to confront the feared situation or memory directly.

Psychologists who practise behavioural therapy focus on the client's:

The most important thing to consider in choosing a therapist is whether they are reputable and have appropriate credentials.

________ are nonaddictive, but they can produce some unpleasant physical reactions, including dry mouth, headaches, constipation, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, weight gain, decreased sexual desire, and delayed orgasm.

A therapist's goal is to delve into the unconscious processes of his patients. He is most likely to consider himself a practitioner of:

Clients who do well in therapy, tend to:

Prefrontal lobotomy procedures were performed extensively in Europe but were not frequent procedures in Canada.

In orthodox psychoanalysis:

Match the primary goal with the appropriate type of therapy. -The primary goal of therapy is modification of self-defeating behaviours.

Sharif seeks therapy to find solace and courage, and to introspect about her feelings and her life. Since she doesn't have a specific, identifiable problem, ________ may NOT be well suited to her needs.

The ________ school of therapy has as one of its primary goals self-acceptance and self-fulfillment.

A major element of all psychodynamic therapies, from Freudian to present forms, is:

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

Which of the following is NOT an element of psychodynamic therapy?

Cognitive therapists would agree that ________ may be useful in treating a psychological disorder.

If a person is suffering from schizophrenia, then a neuroleptic, such as Thorazine, would be an appropriate drug used in treatment.

Match the primary goal with the appropriate type of therapy. -The primary goals of therapy are finding meaning in life and accepting inevitable losses.