Chapter 6-Treatment of Disorders

Question 1

psychoanalysis therapies goal

Answer 1

help patients achieve insight

Question 2

insight

Answer 2

conscious awareness of underlying problems
-once achieved, you can adjust behaviours

Question 3

free association

Answer 3

psychoanalysis
-say anything that comes to mind without censorship

Question 4

dream interpretation

Answer 4

-psychoanalysis
help client understand symbolic meaning

Question 5

resistance

Answer 5

defensive maneuvers that hinder therapy and psychoanalysis

Question 6

positive transference

Answer 6

client responds irrationally to therapist
-feelings of love/affection towards therapist

Question 7

negative transference

Answer 7

client responds irrationally to therapist
-feelings of hatred and aggressiveness towards therapist

Question 8

problem with psychoanalysis

Answer 8

time consuming and expensive

Question 9

psychodynamic therapies goal

Answer 9

-brief and more economical
-active and focussed
-examines their needs to understand them
-focus on issues at hand

Question 10

cognitive therapies goal

Answer 10

-modify thought patterns
-eliminate maladaptive behaviours
-help clients discover and change cognitions for self-defeating

Question 11

Beck’s cognitive therapy

Answer 11

-cognitive restructuring to identify and reprogram thought patterns
-thoughts are the core of one’s actions

Question 12

Rational emotive therapy (RET)

Answer 12

Activating event
Belief system
Consequences (emotional and behavioural)
Disrupting maladaptive emotions and behaviours (caused by Beliefs)

Question 13

operant conditioning

Answer 13

behaviour therapy
-reward desirable behaviours
-punish or do nothing to unwanted behaviours

Question 14

exposure therapy

Answer 14

behaviour therapy
-treat phobias thru exposure to them

Question 15

flooding

Answer 15

behaviour therapy
-exposed to real-life stimuli
-more extreme than exposure therapy

Question 16

implosion

Answer 16

behaviour therapy
-imagine scenes involving stimuli

Question 17

systematic desensitization

Answer 17

eliminate anxiety through counterconditioning
-relaxation and progressive association

Question 18

in-vivo desensitization

Answer 18

controlled exposure to real life situations

Question 19

social skills training

Answer 19

modelling approach
-learning new skills by observing and imitating a model and apply to in real life

Question 20

“third-wave” cognitive-behavioural therapies (CBT)

Answer 20

concepts of mindfulness
-humanistic and eastern methods

Question 21

acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

Answer 21

CBT
-focus on mindfulness as a vehicle of change
-notice and accept thoughts instead of controlling

Question 22

dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT)

Answer 22

-used to treat borderline personality disorder
-combination of multiple therapies
-live more with current experiences

Question 23

client-centered therapy/person-centered therapy focus

Answer 23

-conscious control of behaviour
-personal responsibility behaviour
-make aware of feelings

Question 24

components of client-centered therapy

Answer 24

-genuineness
-empathy
-unconditional positive regard and acceptance

Question 25

psychopharmacology

Answer 25

study of how drugs affect cognitions, emotions, and behaviour

Question 26

psychotropics

Answer 26

drugs/medications that affect mental processes

Question 27

tricyclics

Answer 27

antidepressant -increase norepinephrine and serotonin

Question 28

monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors

Answer 28

antidepressant -increase norephinephrine and serotonin - have greater side effects

Question 29

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Answer 29

antidepressant -block reuptake of seratonin -rapid -also helps anxiety

Question 30

antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)

Answer 30

decrease action of dopamine -reduce positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 31

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 31

side effect to antipsychotic drugs -severe. movement disorder

Question 32

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 32

patient given sedative and muscle relaxant to shock the brain -treats severe depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy

Question 33

psychosurgery

Answer 33

remove or destroy parts of the brain

Question 34

lobotomy

Answer 34

destroy nerve tracts to frontal lobes

Question 35

cingulotomy

Answer 35

cut frontal lobes and limbic system

Question 36

north american and western european assumptions

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-problems originate within individual -take form of dysfunctional thinking, conflict, stress

Question 37

cultural norms-issues

Answer 37

-not seeking help -language -access to treatment

Question 38

culturally competent therapists

Answer 38

understand cultural backgrounds -attentive to differences from cultural stereotypes

Question 39

factors affecting the outcome of therapy

Answer 39

therapist variables, client variables, techniques