Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Regarding the effectiveness of ECT:

Hasana sought therapy because she is constantly angry at her boyfriend and is beginning to think that "this relationship is never going to make it" despite their three years of dating. Hasana's therapist advocates cognitive-therapy techniques. Create a hypothetical scenario for Hasana's therapy sessions, based on the theory of Albert Ellis. In what way might the therapy of Aaron Beck differ?

Antipsychotic drugs also are called neuroleptics.

After a six-week period of controlled trials, Health Canada approves a drug that appears safe and effective in the treatment of school-age boys with ADHD. Once it is approved, doctors are permitted to prescribe it:

Cognitive therapy is designed to identify and change irrational, unproductive ways of thinking and hence to reduce negative emotions.

Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes, which eventually become F's. Murray's therapist helps him establish small, specific goals, rather than vague, long-range goals. He also begins to keep a diary of how he is spending his time when he is avoiding his studies. The treatment method used to help Murray deal with his problem is:

Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes, which eventually become F's. Murray's ________ therapist helps him realize that he has the power to choose his own destiny and must assume responsibility for his life predicaments. The therapist helps him think about his procrastination and his life goals.

Eastern cultures often tend to teach clients to accept and live with their most troubling emotions instead of trying to change them.

Gerald Rosen, chair of the APA's Task Force on Self-Help Therapies, offers consumers some research-based criteria in order to evaluate self-help books. List these criteria.

What does a promising treatment for sex offenders include?

Psychosurgery is defined as any surgical procedure that destroys selected areas of the brain believed to be involved in emotional disorders or violent, impulsive behaviour.

What type of therapy is most effective for the treatment of depression?

The primary assumption of cognitive therapy is that a major factor underlying abnormal behaviour patterns and emotional stress is:

The goal of orthodox psychoanalysis is:

A psychodynamic therapist would terminate therapy if a client reported that she had fallen in love with him.

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, such as Nardil, elevate the level of norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain by blocking an enzyme that deactivates these neurotransmitters.

Tranquilizers such as Xanax and Valium increase the activity of the neurotransmitter:

Humanist therapists would agree that ________ is useful in treating psychological disorders.

________ is/are more effective than any other treatment for posttraumatic stress disorders.

Clozapine, risperidone, and other neuroleptics can shorten schizophrenic episodes, reduce agitation, and reduce delusions.