Chapter 18 - Treating Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an element of psychodynamic therapy?
a. free association
b. transference
c. flooding
d. dream analysis

Answer 1

flooding

Question 2

Systematic desensitization for the treatment of phobias is a type of:
a. humanistic therapy
b. psychodynamic therapy
c. cognitive therapy
d. behavioral therapy

Answer 2

behavioral therapy

Question 3

Your friend says they have started taking Lithium. You can infer from this that you friend is likely living with:
a. panic disorder
b. schizophrenia
c. depression
d. bipolar disorder

Answer 3

bipolar disorder

Question 4

The form of psychosurgery known as the prefrontal lobotomy:
a. is experiencing a resurgence after years of stigma.
b. appears to have few, if any, serious side effects.
c. was originally used exclusively with severely depressed patients.
d. often leaves patients apathetic and withdrawn.

Answer 4

often leaves patients apathetic and withdrawn.

Question 5

Balthazar’s depression is being treated through a procedure in which electrodes are placed on both sides of his head and a brief current is turned on. The current triggers a seizure that lasts about a minute, causing his body to convulse. His treatment involves:
a. PET
b. TMS
c. SSRJ
d. ECT

Answer 5

ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) - a medical procedure designed to alleviate psychological disorder in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure.

Question 6

Your therapist views your symptoms as the result of repression and so he focuses on understanding rather than cure. Which type of therapy would this represent?
a. psychoanalytic
b. existential
c. cognitive
d. behavioral

Answer 6

psychoanalytic

Question 7

Cherise has been accepted to the graduate school she had ranked as first choice. Unfortunately, she just found out that her department is located on the tenth floor and she fears heights so much that she never goes above the third floor in any building. Her therapist teaches her how to relax deeply while imagining herself looking out over a balcony. As her therapy progresses, Cherise imagines herself on higher and higher floors! This technique is called:
a. systematic desensitization
b. rational emotive therapy
c. transference

Answer 7

systematic desensitization

Question 8

Ground breaking research into the psychotherapeutic benefits of psychedelic drugs was conducted in at a psychiatric hospital in __________, SK in the 1950s.
a. Weyburn
b. North Battleford
c. Yorkton
d. Estevan

Answer 8

Weyburn

Question 9

Which of the following drugs was often used in prolonged sleep therapy?
a. psilocybin
b. insulin
c. LSD
d. thorazine

Answer 9

insulin

Question 10

The most significant contributor to the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients in the second half of the 20th century was:
a. the film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
b. political pressure
c. thorazine
d. economic pressure

Answer 10

thorazine

Question 11

Electroconvulsive therapy is effective in alleviating symptoms for people with:
a. ADHD who also suffer from anxiety
b. severe depression who have not responded to traditional drug therapy
c. a mood disorder who do not believe in traditional biomedical approaches
d. auditory hallucinations associated with schizophrenia

Answer 11

severe depression who have not responded to traditional drug therapy

Question 12

Anti-anxiety agents work by:
a. improving the ability to focus on tasks
b. decreasing the action of the neurotransmitter GABA
c. blocking the neurotransmitter dopamine
d. depressing central nervous system activity

Answer 12

depressing central nervous system activity

Question 13

What type of therapy helps the client modify maladaptive thoughts and actions?
a. hypnotherapy
b. humanistic therapy
c. psychoanalytic therapy
d. cognitive behavioral therapy

Answer 13

cognitive behavioral therapy

Question 14

What is the goal of humanistic therapy?
a. helping clients change undesirable behaviors
b. learning a new response to a stimulus
c. helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves
d. treating a client’s fear or anxiety

Answer 14

helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves

Question 15

On the advice of her therapist, Thora decides to treat her fear of heights by exposing herself to heights using a stimulus hierarchy. Which form of therapy is she using?
a. systematic desensitization
b. aversion therapy
c. free association
d. play therapy

Answer 15

systematic desensitization

Question 16

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Carl Rogers believed most of our psychological problems are the result of repressed impulses and trauma experienced in childhood, and he believed psychoanalysis would help uncover long-buried feelings.
a. The name “Carl Rogers” should be changed to the name “Sigmund Freud”
b. The word “childhood” should be changed to the word “infancy.”
c. The word “psychoanalysis” should be changed to the word “humanism.”
d. The word “repressed” should be changed to the word “conscious.”

Answer 16

The name “Carl Rogers” should be changed to the name “Sigmund Freud”

Question 17

Exposure therapy would be most appropriate for which type of psychological disorder?
a. obsessive-compulsive disorder
b. generalized anxiety disorder
c. major depressive disorder
d. schizophrenia

Answer 17

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question 18

Which treatment modality involves 5-10 people with the same issue or concern meeting together with a trained clinician?
a. couple therapy
b. group therapy
c. structural family therapy
d. strategic family therapy

Answer 18

group therapy

Question 19

Teachers at an elementary school were asked to tell a team of community mental health workers if they have concerns about any students who might be showing signs of poor nutrition, abuse or neglect, conduct disorders, or high numbers of unexplained absences. This is an example of what kind of community mental health service?
a. Government over-reach
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Primary prevention

Answer 19

Secondary prevention

Question 20

In outcome research on therapeutic intervention, typically the independent variable is __________ and the dependent variable is _____________.
a. treatment type; assessment of treatment benefit
b. level of well-being; biomedical intervention
c. effectiveness of treatment; type of treatment
d. gender; prior psychological history

Answer 20

treatment type; assessment of treatment benefit