Psychological Treatment

Question 1

external barriers

Answer 1

systematic, like time, money, and location

Question 2

internal barriers

Answer 2

one’s own restrictive beliefs

Question 3

ego dystonic

Answer 3

negative relationship with their disorder

Question 4

ego syntonic

Answer 4

positive relationship with their disorder

Question 5

states of change

Answer 5

precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

Question 6

relapse

Answer 6

prompted by stressors, where unhealthy behaviours or habits can re-emerge and possibly send a person back in the the stages

Question 7

efficacy study

Answer 7

tests if a treatment works under ideal settings (using highly homogenous and specifically selected populations)

Question 8

effectiveness study

Answer 8

tests if a treatment will work in real-world clinical settings

Question 9

anti-psychotics

Answer 9

reduce dopamine activity by binding to post-synaptic dopamine receptors

Question 10

benzodiazapines

Answer 10

mitigate anxiety and panic by increasing GABA activity through binding to an alternative site on GABA receptors

Question 11

depression medications

Answer 11

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), tricyclic anitdepressants, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Question 12

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Answer 12

increase serotonin activity by inhibiting collector proteins (which return leftover serotonin to the presynaptic neuron)

Question 13

tricyclic antidepressants

Answer 13

block the reuptake of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin at presynaptic nerve endings

Question 14

monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Answer 14

blocks the enzyme that degrades the tyramine, serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine neurotransmitters