Exam 14: Therapies

A new age guru openly criticizes medical procedures for treating psychological problems,citing the frontal lobotomy as his only evidence.Which statement best contradicts his critique?

What is the process by which a patient projects feelings about other individuals onto the psychoanalyst?

Which treatment is MOST likely to be used today?

The processes for resolving personal,emotional,behavioral,and social problems so as to improve well-being are known as _____.

A new drug that increases the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)is likely to:

How and where people with serious mental illnesses are treated has changed a great deal since the 1800s.Describe how these changes occurred.Then describe the current approach to treating people with severe mental illness,including those who require serious long-term care.

Lindsay has been experiencing a great deal of stress during her first year of college.She checks out a book from the library which promises to help people find strategies for reducing stress.Lindsay plans to engage in ____________.

Imagine that a friend asks you what you have heard about St.John's wort because he is considering using it to alleviate his depression.Which of the following is probably the safest conclusion you can draw?

Which type of provider is permitted to prescribe medications in all 50 states?

What is the primary reason why surgical treatments for psychological disorders are only used for the most severe psychological disorders that do not respond to other forms of treatment?

Thanks to new computer technology,virtual reality devices permit behavior therapists to conduct _______________ in their offices.

In general,antidepressant drugs are believed to work by:

A(n)_________________ is a type of mental health professional who typically has a PhD or PsyD degree.They usually work with people experiencing minor problems,but not those suffering from major disorders.

The id is that part of the personality which operates according to the:

One of the side effects of electroconvulsive therapy is ____________.

_____ is the relationship that emerges in therapy and is an important aspect of effectiveness.

Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of __________.

Who would benefit most from taking lithium?

Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him.After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also.According to Freud,this is an example of ____________.

Psychologists who practice behavioral therapy focus on the client's ______________.