Exam 13: Therapies

Identify and describe three types of major approaches to preventing mental disorders in terms of the goals and methods of each type.

A therapist offers the patient unconditional positive regard, values the patient, and shows acceptance by reflecting the patient's statements. The therapist is using ________ therapy.

The method that gradually reduces a client's fears by training the client to remain relaxed and calm in the presence of a fear-producing stimulus is ________.

Cognitive therapists are much more challenging and confrontational than rational-emotive therapists.

Behavior therapists look upon anxiety as a(n)________.

Deinstitutionalization has been largely successful due to the abundance of follow-up care available in the community.

Psychostimulants are often used to treat ________.

Prozac works by ________ the uptake of ________ in the nervous system.

The use of psychological techniques to treat personality and behavior disorders is called ________.

Lithium appears to work by affecting ________.

Which of the following is not true?

Family planning and genetic counseling are two forms of ________ prevention.

Psychiatrists generally prefer ECT to either drugs or psychotherapy.

Summarize the research on the effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, and on the effectiveness of psychotherapy in general.

Research has shown that a therapist's warmth and understanding increase therapeutic success ________.

If you wanted to treat severe depression that was not responding to drugs or psychotherapy, you would be most likely to succeed by using ________.

The therapist most closely associated with the development of "cognitive therapy" is ________.

Each of the following is true except ________.

Which of the following treatments is least likely to be used today?

People with a specific, well-defined behavioral problem would be best served by ________ therapy.