Exam 17: Therapies

You are a psychiatrist who is treating an older patient who has schizophrenia.You are worried about extrapyramidal effects and serious health risks and would like to keep these at an absolute minimum.Which of the following drugs would you most likely prescribe?

Which of the following is not used to treat hallucinations?

You are an existential therapist.Which of the following potential clients would be least suited for your type of therapy?

"Everybody has won,and all must have prizes." This line from Alice in Wonderland best conforms with which psychological principle?

Whereas psychodynamic approaches focus on the person's __________,humanistic and experiential approaches focus on the person's __.

Which of the following is not an extrapyramidal effect?

Canadian psychologists Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg developed and evaluated an experiential approach to couples therapy called

Extrapyramidal effects include symptoms similar to those found in Parkinson's disease.

Lithium most clearly appears to help the treatment of bipolar disorder by ________________________________________________.

What advice would you give a friend who is seeking relief from significant anxiety and depression symptoms? Back up your answer with references to the empirical findings presented in the textbook.

What does the current evidence say about the effects of psychotherapy,and which orientation is the most effective?

Research reviews are superior to meta-analyses because they provide more in-depth descriptions about the studies in question.

A newer cognitive-behavioural therapy has shifted focus away from challenging the content of thoughts,and toward __________.

Ken has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.As a psychiatrist,what can you prescribe to treat him?

There is demonstrated efficacy of psychological treatments for which personality disorder?

Antipsychotic medications are the only class of medications that can cure schizophrenia at this time.

The main goal of Freudian psychoanalysis is to overcome defense mechanisms that the client has developed.

What types of therapy have been found to be effective in treating anxiety-related disorders?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five basic techniques of psychoanalysis?

Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding first vs.second-generation anti- psychotics?