Exam 17: Outcomes and Issues in Psychological Intervention

Canadians are more likely to receive empirically supported pharmacological therapies than empirically supported psychological therapies for the treatment of mental health issues.

In comparison to the United States, psychiatric services in Canada are more accessible for patients because:

What percentage of surveyed practitioners (Ogrodniczuk et al., 2010)believe that randomized control trials were overemphasized?

Sandra is a graduate student in clinical psychology. As part of her training, she is encouraged to develop good listening skills, exhibit empathy and genuineness, and hold clients in a positive light. These are all central features of which therapeutic paradigm?

Therapists from which of the following orientations are more focused on the present than Freud's approach was, but still emphasize unconscious motivations that underlie behind current feelings and behaviours?

Couples and family therapy started at the:

It has been suggested that therapist manuals increase which type of validity?

Compassion focused therapy has been successful with:

What has been found to be the most important factor in predicting therapy outcome with client-centred therapy?

Schema therapy seems to be effective for:

According to Dobson (2013), which interventions have focus on acknowledging and accepting difficult situations and self-realities?

The earliest treatment manuals were developed

When working from a stepped care model, the most severe cases receive the most extensive treatment from the start.

Saul, in treatment for anger, has found that anger control methods have helped him function at work and in relationships better. However, he has also found that identifying the early manifestations of his anger have helped him feel less anger overall, and the need to control it has diminished. He has accomplished this with the same therapist. This is an illustration of:

CBT and integrative behavioural couples therapy (IBCT)work about equally well.

Cognitive therapy, according to Beck, suggests:

What is emotion-focused therapy and how is it used with couples?

Nora is thinking about seeking therapy. She has been feeling pretty depressed for a while, but isn't sure it's severe enough to warrant seeking help. She's also not sure therapy can really help. If she decides to seek help, which client factor mentioned will most likely play a role in her therapy's success (or failure)?

The major goal of psychoanalytic approaches to therapy involves:

Maria has training in biopsychology and clinical psychology. As such, she specializes in treating people with biologically-oriented disorders. In order to appear warm to potential clients, how should she describe herself on her website?