Chapter 15 - Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Psychotherapy

Answer 1

The generic name give to formal psychological treatment.

Question 2

Biological Therapies

Answer 2

Treatment based on medical approaches to illness and disease.

Question 3

Insight

Answer 3

The goal of psychoanalysis.

A patient’s awareness of his or her own unconscious psychological processes and how these processes affect daily functioning.

Question 4

Client-Centered Therapy

Answer 4

An empathetic approach to therapy.

It encourages people to fulfill their individual potentials for personal growth through greater self-understanding.

Question 5

Behavior Therapy

Answer 5

Behavior is learned and therefore can be unlearned through conditioning.

Question 6

Cognitive Therapy

Answer 6

Distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions.

Question 7

Cognitive Restructuring

Answer 7

Addresses ways of reacting to the symptoms of a panic attack.

Question 8

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Answer 8

A therapy that incorporates techniques from cognitive therapy and behavior therapy to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviors.

Question 9

Exposure

Answer 9

Treatment for anxiety disorders that involves breaking the connection between the trigger and the resulting panic through exposure.

Question 10

Expressed Emotion

Answer 10

A pattern of negative actions by a client’s family members.

The pattern includes critical comments, hostility directed toward the client by family members and emotional over-involvement.

Question 11

Psychotropic Medications

Answer 11

Drugs that affect mental processes.

Question 12

Anti-Anxiety Drugs

Answer 12

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of anxiety.

Question 13

Antidepressants

Answer 13

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of depression.

Question 14

Antipsychotics

Answer 14

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of schizophrenia and other disorders that involve psychosis.

Question 15

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Answer 15

A procedure that involves administering a strong electrical current to the patient’s brain to produce a seizure.

Effective for some cases of severe depression.

Question 16

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Answer 16

A form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder.

Question 17

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)

Answer 17

An intensive treatment for autism, based on operant conditioning.

Question 18

Social Skills Training

Answer 18

Client learns appropriate ways to act in specific social situations.

Question 19

Social Skills Training is an example of what type of therapy?

Answer 19

Behavior Therapy

Question 20

Systems Approach

Answer 20

A change in an individual can effect an entire group.

The reason group therapy can be helpful.

Question 21

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Answer 21

A powerful electrical current produces a magnetic field.

May be useful for severe depression.

Question 22

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Answer 22

Electrodes surgically implanted deep in the brain. Mild electricity used to stimulate the brain at optimal frequency and intensity.

Question 23

Randomized Clinical Trials

Answer 23

Used to establish whether a particular treatment is effective.

Question 24

Systemic Desensitization

Answer 24

Treatment for phobias that essentially cures you with exposure to the fear.

Question 25

What is clomipramine used for?

Answer 25

Drug for treating OCD

Question 26

What is clomipramine?

Answer 26

A potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)

Question 27

What are tricyclics?

Answer 27

Extremely effective antidepressants with a number of very unpleasant side effects.