Exam 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

The major benefit of ____________ for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is ____________.

Based on what is known about the characteristics of autism, which of the following therapy techniques would be most effective in encouraging a child with autism to make appropriate eye contact with a therapist?

A friend describes having had therapy for a fear of snakes in which she was first asked to think about snakes, then shown pictures of them, and finally, several sessions later, given the opportunity to actually pick up a snake. Her therapist is using:

Rob plans to receive drug therapy for his depressive symptoms. Should Rob expect different kinds of results from drug treatment, compared to other kinds of therapy?

Therapy for anti-social personality disorder appears to work best:

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) would be easier to treat if:

One of the most effective treatments for panic disorder is ____________ because it helps people ____________.

Two mental health providers are choosing treatment approaches for two different patients. Patient A has schizophrenia and is being seen by Dr. Brahma, a psychiatrist. Patient B has a mild eating disorder and is being seen by Dr. Johnson, a clinical psychologist. Patient A will likely receive ________ treatment and Patient B will likely receive _________ treatment, each being one of the major treatment approaches available to mental health professionals.

In contrast to insight therapies, behavioural therapy:

Electroconvulsive therapy is:

In Canada, suicide among adolescents is the ____________ leading cause of death for that age group, suggesting that treatment with____________, while controversial, still shows more benefits than risks.

Shanaia has recently been treated with antidepressants and is engaging in intensive, long-term therapy in an inpatient setting. The therapy involves three specific components: a behavioural component, a personal history component, and a self-esteem component. This is the best form of therapy available for her disorder. Shanaia has:

Deepa is excessively shy in public and finds it almost impossible to talk to people she does not know. People think she is aloof, but actually she is terribly afraid that people will criticize her, and so she dislikes and avoids interacting with others. If she chose to go into psychotherapy to overcome this problem, the therapist who would seem least threatening to her would be:

Your physician has prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) for your depression and it has relieved your symptoms. Should you continue taking the drug once you feel better?

If Clive was a doctor in 1968, and the patients he treated had schizophrenia, he would probably have given them ____________. If Clive was a doctor in 2008, he would probably give these same patients ____________.

Psychiatrists are unique among therapists in that they:

Your new expensive shoes hurt your feet and fit poorly. However you continue to wear them because of the high initial cost. You are exhibiting:

Reflexive listening is used primarily in ____________ therapy.

Don has a cleanliness obsession which revolves around a fear of dirt, germs, and other unclean things. His compulsion involves handwashing. If he believes he has touched something unclean, he will wash his hands until they are raw. In treatment for his disorder, Don is asked to touch all of the doorknobs in his therapist's office building, and is then told he cannot wash his hands. He and the therapist then sit together while Don tries to relax and overcome his feelings of extreme discomfort. This treatment:

In which form of therapy is the therapist most likely to model or demonstrate adaptive behaviours so the client can learn how to perform these behaviours?