Exam 14: Therapies

Research discussed in your textbook suggests that virtual reality exposure therapy might help:

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation.Next she is asked to imagine different situations,each more anxiety-provoking than the previous.She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation.Trina's therapist is using ________ to remove her fear.

According to your textbook,analysis of several studies investigating the effectiveness of the self-help book Feeling Good suggests that self-help books probably have:

For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used?

According to Rogers,people brought up with conditional positive regard _______.

In client-centered therapy,this nonjudgmental acceptance of all feelings the patient expresses is known as:

According to your textbook,two of the major barriers to mental health treatment are:

Originally developed by the Portuguese surgeon Antonio Moniz,the lobotomy procedure was "perfected" and popularized in the United States by ____________.

Franco feels like he fails at everything he tries.His cognitive-behavioral therapist helps Franco change this overly pessimistic view of himself and helps Franco to focus on more productive and rational thoughts.This part of cognitive-behavioral therapy is called

According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapies?

Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of _______.

Freud believed that with insight and better understanding of past experiences,his patients' symptoms would improve.

Rihanna goes to a mental health professional for help with her depression.While waiting for the therapist,she notices the medical degree hanging on the wall in the office.At the end of the session,the therapist writes Rihanna a prescription for an antidepressant drug.Rihanna's therapist is a ______________.

_____ involves a process in which the client faces feared situations gradually and under controlled conditions.

Which form of biological therapy would a psychiatrist be most likely to suggest for a client?

Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors.He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door,step-by-step,without wearing gloves.Which technique is his therapist using?

What does it mean to say that a therapy has "empirical support"?

Members of these racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to seek mental health services than are Caucasian Americans.

As a result of the ____________________ movement,very few people with mental illness are kept in psychiatric hospitals for extended periods anymore.