Exam 15: Healing the Troubled Mind Therapy

Lately,Jameson finds himself struggling emotionally during the holidays.He feels increasingly frustrated with making travel plans,gift shopping,and sitting at holiday dinners trying to make light conversation with relatives.Jameson's therapist asks him a series of questions about his childhood,such as his relationship with his parents.He is asked to recall,in depth,his interactions with his parents,particularly during holiday events.The therapist tells Jameson that his conflictive relationship with his parents may be a source of the problem with his emotional struggles during the holidays.What type of therapy does this scenario illustrate?

Analia is training to be a clinical psychologist.She is interested in using a cognitive approach when dealing with patients;however,she knows that for cognitive therapy to be most successful,it should be combined with ____ techniques.

The most commonly used medical therapy is ____.

ECT results in the induction of ____.

After Gerald was diagnosed with schizophrenia,he started taking Thorazine.He meets with his doctor to evaluate his progress on Thorazine.After an evaluating Gerald,his doctor considers switching him from Thorazine to Clozaril,a drug that affects several neurotransmitters,including ____.

Psychotherapists often tackle complex and challenging psychological disorders.However,much of the time,they address everyday problems.Think about a common problem that couples face in a relationship and discuss how psychotherapy could be useful in addressing that problem.

Lately,Jameson finds himself struggling emotionally during the holidays.He feels increasingly frustrated with making travel plans to his parents' house,gift shopping,and sitting at holiday dinners trying to make light conversation with relatives.Jameson and his therapist discuss how he feels when he is in his home environment.Jameson states that he is overwhelmed by guilt that he doesn't feel that he loves his parents and prefers to live his life without much connection to them.His therapist states that it must be difficult for Jameson,because we live in a society where we are expected to maintain connections with parents.What type of therapy does this scenario illustrate?

SSRIs alleviate symptoms of depression by increasing the ____.

Neurofeedback appears to be promising in the treatment of ____.

Dr.Shariff meets with a new patient,Dalia,to discuss performing deep brain stimulation for the treatment of her severe depression.He describes the technique to Dalia and explains that microelectrodes will be placed in Dalia's ____.

Alfred was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and has since started taking Thorazine.He meets with Dr.Wayne to evaluate his progress on Thorazine.Dr.Wayne decides to switch Alfred to Clozaril.She explains to Alfred that Clozaril will provide some advantages over Thorazine because it ____.

What is a major advantage of deep brain stimulation over psychosurgery?

Bart was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and has since started taking Thorazine.His doctor recommends to Bart that,in addition to taking his medication,he participate in ____.

Lately,Jameson finds himself struggling emotionally during the holidays.He feels increasingly frustrated with making travel plans to his parents' house,gift shopping,and sitting at holiday dinners trying to make light conversation with relatives.Jameson's therapist challenges him to think about his past visits home,during which Jameson experienced positive emotions.She asks whether Jameson's "all-or-nothing" view of holiday visits as happy or unhappy is a rational approach: "Is it realistic to think that a holiday visit home should be 100% positive"? What type of therapy does this scenario illustrate?

In addition to research evidence,what does evidence-based practice (EBP)utilize to provide the best outcome for a client?

Genaya recently sought help for her obsessive-compulsive disorder after she found that she could not control her cutting/self-mutilation behavior.Her therapist,recommended a behavioral technique,and suggested that when Genaya feels the overwhelming urge to cut herself,she should ____.

Frontal lobotomies were performed well into the 1960s,despite the fact that damage to the frontal lobe can severely impair a person's ____.

In psychoanalysis,how is the client-therapist relationship structured?

Jasper attends a conference on medical treatments for psychological disorders.While at the conference,he is surprised to find out that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)is an effective treatment for severe cases of ____.

Clarifying the difference between ___________ and ________ behaviors and reviewing situations and experiences that trigger narcissistic reactions can be particularly helpful.