TREATMENT Flashcards
Placement of children with intellectual disabilities in regular school classrooms for all or part of the day.
A) multisystemic therapy (MST)
B) school modelling
C) family therapy
D) mainstreaming
D) mainstreaming
special education and other rehabilitative measures are used for
A) depression
B) ADHD
C) learning disabilities
D) intellectual disabilities
D) intellectual disabilities
a comprehensive intervention in which the clinician attempts to make changes in several of the systems that influence delinquent behavior, including the adolescent’s family, peer network, school, and community
A) multisystemic therapy (MST)
B) mainstreaming
C) juvenile boot camps
D) family therapy
A) multisystemic therapy (MST)
Which of the following does not describe a reluctant client?
A child whose parents make them go to therapy.
Substance abuse users.
Court-ordered domestic violence.
An individual experiencing anxiety.
An individual experiencing anxiety.
What is one way that efficacy of treatments cannot be measured?
Client ratings.
Animal models.
Behaviour change.
Objective markers of change.
Animal models.
A benefit of independent third-party ratings are?
Third parties are motivated to see gains made by the client.
Third parties provide a biological reason for treatment change.
Third parties may be more objective.
Clients are not able to fake improvement.
Third parties may be more objective.
Who generally performs psychotherapy?
A clergy member.
General practice physician.
Anyone who is a trained trusted advisor.
None of the above.
None of the above.
Why are control groups important?
It means the treatment has proven efficacy before being used.
It increases the sample size.
They control for placebo and time-related effects.
It controls for therapist experience.
They control for placebo and time-related effects.
Which of the following is true about medication and psychotherapy?
Medications are always more effective in the short-term.
Evidence suggests pharmacological treatments are effective for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder but not for other mental illnesses.
Combined treatments are always superior to medication OR psychotherapy.
None of the above.
None of the above.
Jane is scared of dogs. Her therapist had Jane write a list of different fears about dogs and then had Jane engage in each behaviour
Systematic reinforcement.
Modelling.
Systematic desensitisation.
Aversion therapy.
Systematic desensitisation.
What is a positive response to medication?
When a client reports a 50% improvement of symptoms.
When a client reports any improvement of symptoms.
When a client reports a full remission of symptoms.
When a client reports no symptoms for 6-12 months.
When a client reports a 50% improvement of symptoms.
Electroconvulsive therapy:
is used for individuals with severe depression, and sometimes mania.
takes approximately 20 sessions.
is safely administered only once per week.
all of the above.
is used for individuals with severe depression, and sometimes mania.
Cognitive behavioural therapy:
should only be used for adults.
should only be used in combination with medication.
is the front line treatment for severe psychotic depression.
is used to treat a broad range of mental illnesses for depression to anger control.
is used to treat a broad range of mental illnesses for depression to anger control.
in approx 5-10% of cases, patients report detrimental effects as a result of therapy, what do many of these negative effects result from
A) Boundary violations from therapists
B) A lack of therapist expertise
C) Inadequate treatment plans
D) Patient resistance to therapy
A) boundary violations from therapists
the usefulness in this treatment lies in the fact that it satisfies an addict’s craving for heroin without producing serious psychological impairment
A) Intensive psychotherapy
B) Methadone
C) Experimental hallucinogenic drugs
D) Benzodiazepines
B) Methadone
