Exam 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Ashton is playing a trivia game with his psychology study group.In this game,his team needs to identify the 'false' fact among a set of facts about treatment for mental illness.Which of the following facts should Ashton choose?

Manato works in a community mental health treatment centre at the secondary level of prevention.Which of the following could be Manato's responsibility?

Intense emotional expression may result when individuals engage in which Gestalt technique?

Which of the following treatments does NOT use an electric current to alleviate abnormal symptoms?

Which of the following are most common among Canadians diagnosed with a mental illness each year?

Describe aversion therapy and provide an example.

Keenan has been taking antipsychotics for a long time.Which of the following neurological disorders is he at risk of developing?

Dr.LaMarche is a psychotherapist who helps her clients identify their negative thoughts and errors in logic,and helps them change their dysfunctional thoughts.Which of the following is most likely of Dr.LaMarche?

In skillful frustration,therapists intentionally provoke clients to

Tahlia is undergoing systematic desensitization.Which of the following would NOT be a problem for which Tahlia is seeking help?

Which type of therapy focuses on helping depressed clients recognize and change their dysfunctional thoughts and ways of thinking?

People at all socio-economic levels now receive both outpatient and inpatient therapy.

Around one-third of depressed people who are treated with Beck's cognitive approach improve.

ECT is one available treatment for

Which type of therapy works on helping clients discover their irrational assumptions and then change those assumptions to something healthier?

Dimitri is seeing a behavioural therapist to work through his phobia of heights.Which of the following would NOT be one of the types of treatments that Dimitri's therapist would use?

The Thunder Bay Board of Education has just launched a smoking awareness program to try to reduce the number of students who start smoking.This is an example of ___ prevention.

Heidi is having a tough time coping with the stress of her daily life.She juggles being 'mom' with her career all the time,and although she has the support of her husband,her parents don't agree with her choice to work.If Heidi wanted to see a therapist to help her with the pressures of being female,she should seek

Gestalt therapy has recently been included in a group of treatments known as ___.

Systematic desensitization is used to treat ___.