Exam 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders-Part C

In family therapy,the client is the entire family.

In most U.S.states,psychologists can both prescribe medication and provide psychotherapy.

Self-help groups are associated with many benefits at little or no cost and very few risks.

Gestalt therapy is a type of existential therapy.

The primary reason for the deinstitutionalization movement of the 1960s was reports of widespread abuse in psychiatric hospitals.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)assumes that all behaviors can be controlled through rational thought.

Cognitive psychologists believe that irrational beliefs and distorted thinking are the result of psychological disorders.

Today,electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)is primarily used to treat severe depression.

In the United States,the financial costs associated with psychological disorders are in the billions of dollars per year.

One reason for choosing group therapy is that it shows clients they are not alone in their struggles.

Outcome studies assess whether or not a treatment is effective.

Double-blind experiments are commonly used to assess the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

A goal of gestalt therapy is to help the client be aware of feelings,emotions,and behavior in the "here and now."

Virtually all people who seek help for a psychological disorder receive effective treatment in a timely manner.

Modern psychodynamic therapists are more likely to see relief from symptoms as a reasonable goal for therapy than are classical therapists.

Psychotherapy has been shown to be equally effective as antipsychotic medication in treating schizophrenia.

Atypical antipsychotics are much more effective at treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia than are conventional antipsychotics.

Interpersonal therapy (IPT)focuses more on improving current relationships than does psychoanalysis.

Symptoms that arise as a result of a medical or psychotherapeutic treatment are called efficacious symptoms.

A reduction in symptoms due to the administration of a placebo is considered to be a type of natural improvement.