Exam 17: Treatment of Mental Disorders

After reviewing different options to treat his anxiety and mood problems, Jason has decided to pursue psychotherapy. This means that he will be relying on __________.

Mary is taking an atypical antipsychotic called Clozaril because of its advantages over earlier antipsychotics. Clozaril is different from classical antipsychotics like Thorazine in which way?

In evaluating drug therapies, a method of controlling for spontaneous improvements might be __________.

Dr. Kore is a psychotherapist who stresses the influence of interpersonal and cultural factors in psychotherapy. She also emphasizes the current situation facing her client rather than the past. Dr. Kore believes that understanding comes through insight into unconscious processes. From this description, what type of therapy does Dr. Kore seem to practice?

A researcher finds that after drinking nothing but milk for three months, three out of nine patients report that they no longer suffer from migraine headaches. The researcher proclaims the curative powers of milk. What critical question cannot be answered due to the absence of a control group that is standard in studies of therapeutic effectiveness?

Annie's psychiatrist has recommended that she consider repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) because her depression has not improved despite using antidepressants for several months. Her psychiatrist informs her that __________.

If Adena is going to be undergoing systematic desensitization for her phobia of elevators, which of the following would not be included in the treatment?