Exam 12: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object (either actual or imagined)?

With which of the behavioral therapy techniques are the concepts of modeling and role-playing most likely to be found?

Research indicates that much of the effectiveness of antidepressants is due to the placebo effect.

Which view is consistent with the family-systems perspective?

Because it may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts in adolescents,the U.S.Food and Drug Administration has cautioned against prescribing ___________ to anyone under the age of 18.

How does systematic desensitization make use of principles of classical conditioning to help people with phobias?

_______________ maintains that a client's problems develop in the context of family,are sustained by family interactions,and that any change made by the client will affect all the family members.

Cherise finds out that she is being transferred to an office located on the tenth floor of a building.The problem is that she fears heights so much that she never goes above the third floor in any building.Her therapist teaches her how to relax deeply while imagining herself looking out over a balcony.As her therapy progresses,Cherise imagines herself on higher and higher floors.This technique is called

When a patient comes in complaining of a headache,the therapist views the headache as the tip of a mental iceberg,with the real problem hidden in the deep unconscious.Which type of therapy would this represent?

A recent survey in your text found that the majority of the psychotherapists surveyed listed this therapist as the most influential their practice.

In PET-scan studies,discussed in your textbook,of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder,among those who were taking the SSRI Prozac,the metabolism of glucose in a critical part of the brain decreased,suggesting that the drug was having a beneficial effect by calming that area.What can be concluded from this result?

A therapist may inadvertently create new disorders in the client through undue influence or suggestion.

Most of Dakota's therapy sessions involve his therapist demonstrating desired behaviors and having him play out various roles found in situations related to his disorder.This type of therapy is called __________ therapy.

Cognitive therapy's greatest success has been in the treatment of

_______________ must be given in exactly the right dose because too little will not help people who suffer from bipolar disorder and too much is toxic.

Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz won a Nobel Prize for inventing the prefrontal lobotomy operation.

Don's therapist has directed him to document on a daily basis the times,places,and conditions under which he goes to smoke a cigarette.Don discovers that he often ends up smoking outside his office building with his boss and enjoys the chance to chat with her.The therapist explains to Don that these conversations are considered to be

Electroconvulsive therapy has been used successfully to treat _______________ that has not responded to other treatments,but the effects are short lived.

Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)are used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia.