Exam 17: Treatment of Mental Disorders

As an attempt to improve his depressed patient who has not responded to therapy or medication, Dr. Thompson has just implanted a battery-powered stimulator in the chest of his patient just beneath the skin, with a lead that delivers calibrated electrical pulses. This patient is receiving __________.

A therapist explains to a client, "Dizziness occurs when there is a sudden drop in blood pressure. The shortness of breath you feel is the result of a slight biochemical change in your body. These physical changes occur when you overemphasize the importance of making a good impression." This therapist seems to be using __________ to explain a panic attack to client.

Knowing that Jennifer's phobia of cats is being treated using systematic desensitization therapy, we can infer that the fear-evoking stimulus (the cat) will __________.

Cognitive therapists typically attempt to change their clients' __________.

Why were tricyclic antidepressants used more frequently than were MAOIs?

Gordon is unable to conduct his own studies of patients with psychological disorders because of a lack of research funds. Even so, he is able to publish an important paper on the effectiveness of a particular treatment for schizophrenia by using meta-analysis; this procedure is both convenient and powerful because it __________.

Terrence has seen a psychologist to assess the persistent moodiness he has experienced for a few months now. The psychologist informs him that he does not meet criteria for any diagnosable disorder, but instead has a subsyndromal condition, which essentially means that Terrence has a __________.

Which of the following is false regarding medications used to treat bipolar disorder?

Interpersonal therapy and cognitive therapy __________.

The term __________ refers to whether a treatment has been shown to work in carefully designed studies, whereas the term __________ refers to whether a treatment is likely to work in more typical clinical settings.

Which of the following statements about ECT is false?

In his therapy sessions, Dr. Flynn offers his clients genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding, with the goal of having the patient accept himself or herself fully. Dr. Flynn is most likely using a(n) __________.

A significant amount of research has examined which specific types of treatment appear to work best for which specific conditions, and has also studied whether types of training or theoretical orientation appear to influence outcome. In considering the most important factors influencing whether individuals worldwide with mental disorders are receiving optimal care, it is probably most relevant that __________.

Francine is about to undergo ECT and is asking her psychiatrist to explain what will happen. Which of the following would her psychiatrist likely tell her?

ECT administered to only one side of the brain is __________ than ECT involving both sides of the brain.

While Patricia is attempting to decide whether to use medications rather than behavior therapy to treat her phobia of flying, which of the following considerations would be relevant?

As Dr. Logan sets out to carefully examine the effectiveness of his new treatment for schizophrenia, he must design his study in a way that controls for the potential effects of __________.

The British psychologist Hans Eysenck published a major critique of psychotherapy in 1961, in which his main argument against the effectiveness of psychoanalysis and related psychotherapies was that __________.

Kim is convinced that classical psychoanalysis is not the right treatment for her. On further investigation she finds several alternatives to classical psychoanalysis, which include __________.

Joshua recently began taking __________ to treat his episodes of mania.