Exam 11: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Electroconvulsive therapy has many side effects,such as disorientation,confusion,and memory loss,which frequently occur and can last for months.

Therapists usually avoid graded exposure,where patients are exposed to a feared stimulus in gradual steps.

When a therapist is understanding of a client's emotional experiences,but does not necessarily approve of everything that their clients say or do,is known as ___________.

_____________ is a behavioral treatment for anxiety in which people are confronted,either suddenly or gradually,with a stimulus that they fear.

In Freudian theory the transfer of feelings of love or anger to a psychoanalyst is called __________.

____________ is Freudian psychotherapy,in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior.

Transference is the transfer to a psychoanalyst the feeling of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figures.

Regardless of their specific training,almost all psychotherapists employ one of four major approaches to therapy: psychodynamic,behavioral,cognitive,and humanistic treatments.

In group therapy,the therapist is always very directive about how the focus of the group will run.

Explain rational-emotive behavior therapy,and name who created this theory.

Recovery without treatment is known as ______________.

A treatment approach that incorporates basic principles of learning to change the way people think is known as the ____________ approach.

The inability or unwillingness to discuss or reveal particular memories,thoughts,or motivations is known as ____________ in Freudian theory.

Antianxiety drugs can be lethal if they are not taken properly.

Medications that improve a severely depressed patient's mood and feeling of well-being are known as ____________ drugs.

Family therapists view the family as a "system," and they assume that individuals in the family cannot improve without understanding the conflicts found in interactions among family members.

Treatment approaches that teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions about the world and themselves are known as __________ treatment approaches.

Drugs that reduce the level of anxiety a person experiences,essentially by reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being,are known as _______________ drugs.

Explain the psychodynamic approach to therapy.

_____________ therapy seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious,where patients may deal with the problems more effectively.