Exam 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Interpersonal therapy derives from _____ approaches to therapy,but it is _____.

Contingency contracting and token economies are based on _____ conditioning.

Professionals with a master's degree and specialized training who may provide therapy,usually regarding common family and personal problems,are called _____.

Which of the following is NOT one of the negative consequences of the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

According to humanistic therapists,psychological disorders result from:

_____ was developed by Freud in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior.

Assume you are treating two patients: Betina,who has anorexia,and Sebastian,who has anger management issues with his girlfriend.Using operant conditioning techniques,like token or contingency techniques,suggest a plan to treat them?

Therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization is known as _____ therapy.

_____ are a class of medications used in cases of severe depression to improve a patient's mood and feeling of well-being.

After telling his psychoanalyst about his relationship with his ex-wife for a few minutes,Jerome suddenly changes the subject.Jerome is exhibiting:

No greater change has occurred in mental hospitals than the successful introduction in the mid-_____ of antipsychotic drugs.

Briefly describe the community psychology movement originating in the 1960s.

_____ treatment approaches make use of the basic processes of learning,such as reinforcement and extinction,and assume that normal and abnormal behaviors are both learned.

Briefly describe in one or two paragraphs what psychodynamic therapy entails as well as current perspectives and criticisms about its efficacy as a treatment.

_____is the transfer of former mental patients from institutions to the community.

Discuss how (a)free association; (b)dream interpretation; (c)resistance; and (d)transference may be used as tools in psychoanalytic therapy.

How might one best respond to the charge that behavior therapy produces only a superficial change in external behavior?

Eli's client-centered therapist clarifies and reflects back Eli's remarks.The therapist is using a technique known as _____.

Which of the following mental health professionals is correctly matched with a brief description?

The newest antipsychotics are called _____ antipsychotics.