Session 5

Question 1

What is the dodo bird hypothesis?

Answer 1

When bona fide treatments are compared to yield roughly equal outcomes.

Question 2

What did the empirically supported treatment (EST) movement by Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological
Procedures recommend?

Answer 2

That empirically validated treatments should be taught in graduate programs and internships (also general spread of info about these treatments)

Question 3

What is the cognitive contrast hypothesis?

Answer 3

That CBT is superior to other non-CBT treatments

Question 4

In Marcus et al., CBT was superior to … but not to … at termination

Answer 4

1. IPT, Psychodynamic therapy

2. Behavioral therapies, ACT, various miscellaneous therapies

Question 5

In Marcus et al., CBT was superior to … but not to … at follow-up

Answer 5

1. Psychodynamic therapy

2. IPT, Behavioral therapies, ACT, and miscellaneous therapies

Question 6

At termination, CBT was more effective at treating … but not …

Answer 6

1. Anxiety, eating disorders, miscellaneous disorders

2. Depression

Question 7

At follow-up, CBT was more effective at treating … but not …

Answer 7

1. Depression

2. Anxiety, eating disorders and miscellaneous disorders

Question 8

Which psychotherapy approaches were developed for BPD specifically?

Answer 8

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), CBT, mentalization-based therapy (MBT) and transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP)

Question 9

What is psychotherapy?

Answer 9

The systematic use of a human relationship for therapeutic purposes of alleviating emotional distress by effecting
enduring changes in a patient’s thinking, feelings, and behavior

Question 10

Who is the primary therapeutic agent in psychotherapy?

Answer 10

A person who relies exclusively on verbal, psychoeducational and behavioral methods.

Question 11

Which type of research trials are used to determine the efficacy of treatment?

Answer 11

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs)

Question 12

Which factors are responsible for therapeutic change?

Answer 12

Extra-therapeutic change (40%), common factors (30%), expectancy (placebo) (15%) and techniques (15%)

Question 13

Which is more important: specific techniques or therapeutic alliance?

Answer 13

Therapeutic alliance!

Question 14

True or false: Evidence-based models (EBMs) are most effective for most patients.

Answer 14

False. Determining what therapy works best for what type of client is better.