Exam 14: Herapies
Although the drug clozapine (Clozaril) can relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia, two out of 100 patients taking the drug suffer from a potentially fatal blood disease.
True
A caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client as they work together to solve the client's problems is referred to as the __________.
therapeutic alliance
Lana has lost most of her life's savings at the casino. Describe the seven cognitive distortions related to gambling, and explain how these beliefs could have led to Lana's addiction and how cognitive therapists could help her.
Answer will include the following seven cognitive distortions related to gambling:
(1) Magnified gambling skill : Lana's self-confidence is exaggerated, despite the fact that she loses persistently;
(2) Attribution errors : She ascribes her wins to skill but blames losses on bad luck;
(3) Gambler's fallacy : She believes that a string of losses soon must be followed by wins;
(4) Selective memory : Lana remembers her wins but forgets her losses;
(5) Overinterpretation of cues : She puts too much faith in irrelevant cues such as bodily sensations or a feeling that her next bet will be a winner;
(6) Luck as a trait : She believes that she is a lucky person in general; and
(7) Probability biases : Lana has incorrect beliefs about randomness and chance events. Taken together, these cognitive distortions create an illusion of control. That is, Lana believes that if she works hard enough, she can figure out how to win. A cognitive therapist would help to cognitively restructure her beliefs, so that she will no longer believe that she can control chance events.
Since cognitive and behavioral therapies directly change troublesome thoughts and actions, these therapies would be considered insight therapies.
In client-centered therapy, clients determine what will be discussed during each session and must actively seek to solve their own problems.
During the Middle Ages, the treatment for abnormal behavior was exorcism, which often involved physical torture in order to make the body an inhospitable place for the devil to reside.
What alternative option is available if one cannot afford counseling?
In the A-B-C analysis of rational-emotive behavior therapy, the letters stand for
Gradually approaching a feared stimulus while maintaining relaxation describes the therapy technique known as
Dr. Francine Shapiro's technique for treating traumatic memories and post-traumatic stress is called
A new medical technique that uses magnetic pulses to temporarily block activity in specific parts of the brain and has been shown to be effective in the treatment of compulsive gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder is called __________.
When a neutral stimulus is followed by an unconditioned stimulus that consistently produces an unlearned reaction, called the unconditioned response, the previously neutral stimulus begins to produce this response directly. This process is called
Gradually approaching a feared stimulus while maintaining relaxation describes the therapy technique known as __________.
The most effective token economies are those that gradually switch from tokens to social rewards.
The atmosphere in psychiatric wards and mental hospitals changed radically in the mid-1950s with the widespread adoption of which of the following to treat psychopathology?
Your friend is going through a break-up with her boyfriend. Describe how you can best counsel your friend by discussing the nine guidelines.
Maggie's fear of flying is treated by exposing her through a headset to a three-dimensional, computer-generated "world" in which she can experience walking onto a plane, being seated, and taking off. This computerized environment that responds to Maggie's head movements is part of a behavioral therapy known as __________.
In client-centered therapy, the process of rephrasing or repeating thoughts and feelings expressed by clients so they can become aware of what they are saying is known as __________.
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