Chapter 16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Question 1

clinical/counseling psychologists

Answer 1

diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday problems

Question 2

psychiatrists

Answer 2

physicians that specialize in psychological disorders, more severe, use more medicine

Question 3

insight therapies

Answer 3

verbal interactions, enhance client’s self-knowledge to promote personality/behavior changes

Question 4

psychoanalysis

Answer 4

recovery of unconscious conflicts and motives, free association and transference

Question 5

free association

Answer 5

clients spontaneously express their thoughts exactly as they occur, with no sensoring

Question 6

resistance

Answer 6

unconscious defensive tactics that prevent progress of therapy

Question 7

transference

Answer 7

clients unconsciously start relating to their therapist in ways that mimic critical relationships in their lives

Question 8

client-centered therapy

Answer 8

clients determine pace and direction of treatment

Question 9

spontaneous remission

Answer 9

recovery from a disorder that occurs without formal treatment

Question 10

behavior therapies

Answer 10

application of learning principles to change clients’ behaviors

Question 11

systematic desensitization

Answer 11

reduces anxiety responses through counterconditioning

Question 12

exposure therapies

Answer 12

patients confront their fears

Question 13

aversion therapy

Answer 13

aversive stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response

Question 14

social skills training

Answer 14

designed to improve interpersonal skills

modeling, behavioral rehearsal and shaping

Question 15

cognitive behavioral treatments

Answer 15

verbal interventions and behavioral modifications used to change maladaptive behavior

Question 16

cognitive therapy

Answer 16

specific strategies used to correct habitual thinking errors

Question 17

biomedical therapies

Answer 17

physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms

Question 18

psychopharmacotherapy

Answer 18

treatment of mental disorders with medication

Question 19

mood stabilizers

Answer 19

control mood swings

Question 20

electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 20

electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure and convulsitons

Question 21

transcranial magnetic stimulation

Answer 21

allows scientists to temporarily enhance or depress activity in the brain

Question 22

deep brain stimulation

Answer 22

thin electrode surgically implanted

Question 23

antipsychotic drugs

Answer 23

reduce hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations and delusions, decrease activity at dopamine synapses, help 95% of patients, work in 1-3 weeks

Question 24

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 24

involuntary tic-like movements of the mouth, tongue, face, hands and feet

Question 25

antidepressant drugs

Answer 25

work gradually in 1-3 weeks, slow reputake process at serotonin synapses

Question 26

eclecticism

Answer 26

drawing ideas from two or more systems of therapy