Exam 14: Section 2: Therapies

Symptoms of pervasive hopelessness, dejection, guilt, suicidal thoughts, and disruptions in sleep, energy, appetite, and sexual desire are treated with a class of psychoactive medications called:

The antianxiety medication with the trade name _____ is not a benzodiazepine.

A type of psychotherapy that involves the client holding a vivid mental image of a troubling event or memory while watching the therapist's moving finger is called:

Electroconvulsive therapy, abbreviated ECT, involves:

Antidepressant medications most commonly affect levels of which neurotransmitter(s) in the brain?

In contrast to insight-oriented therapies, behavior therapy focuses on:

The term catharsis refers to:

Freud's theory of personality stressed the idea that:

Which of the following procedures is based on the principles of operant conditioning?

A therapeutic approach that uses client-centered techniques to help clients overcome mixed feelings about committing to change is:

Candace overhears a classmate complaining that some students have such huge egos that they completely dominate class discussions and make it impossible for other students to voice their opinions or even ask a question. Candace walks away in tears, convinced that the classmate is talking about her. According to Beck's cognitive therapy (CT), Candace is demonstrating a(n) _____ called _____.

Mackenzie has just started psychotherapy. If Mackenzie is typical of most psychotherapy clients, she should expect to notice significant progress:

Diaz, whose family emigrated from Colombia when she was a teenager, has recently begun psychotherapy. Her therapist knows that including members of the extended family in family therapy may be particularly appropriate for Latino clients like Mrs. Diaz because:

A common feature of new experimental treatments for major depressive disorder, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is that:

Which of the following treatments for major depressive disorder does NOT involve applying an electrical current to the patient?

Whittaker is a psychotherapist who tells each of his patients the following: "You think that you're unhappy because of all the dreadful things that have happened to you. I'm here to show you that your unhappiness is really due to your thinking that all the things that have happened to you are dreadful!" Based on this statement, which type of psychotherapy does Dr. Whittaker practice?

Who is most likely to have claimed that "As the client becomes more self-aware, more self-acceptant, less defensive and more open, she finds at last some of the freedom to grow and change in directions natural to the human organism.?"

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are all examples of:

The primary goal of Naikan therapy is to:

Which of the following statements is TRUE?