Treatment of Mental Disorders

Question 1

psychological treatments

Answer 1

efforts to change the patient’s thinking and behavior by discussion, instruction, or training

Question 2

biomedical treatments

Answer 2

designed to alleviate mental disorders by directly altering the brain’s functioning

Question 3

Different models for treatment of mental disorders

Answer 3

Medical model
Psychoanalytical model
Leaning/existential model

Question 4

cultural compentence

Answer 4

an understanding of how a patient’s cultural background shapes his beliefs, views, and expectations for therapy

Question 5

psychodynamic approach

Answer 5

approaches to therapy that are derived from psychoanalytical theory

clinical symptoms arise from unconscious conflicts in childhood

Question 6

transference

Answer 6

a patient’s tendency to respond to the analyst in a ways that recreate her responses to major figures in her life

Question 7

humanistic approach

Answer 7

an approach to therapy centered around the idea that people must take responsibility for their lives and actions

live fully in the present

Question 8

Carl-Roger’s client centered therapy

Answer 8

part of the humanistic approach

stresses genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding

Question 9

Perl’s Gestalt theory

Answer 9

part of the humanistic approach

uses a variety of techniques to help patients integrate previously disparate aspects of their self

Question 10

Behavioral approaches to therapy

Answer 10

seeks to change the patient’s behavior directly

draws on principles of classical and operant conditioning and observational learning

Question 11

exposure therapy

Answer 11

a behavior therapy that aims to remove anxiety connected to a feared stimulus by gradually conditioning relaxed responses to the stimulus

Question 12

in vivo desensation

Answer 12

one key step in the behavorial treatment of a phobia is when the patient is gradually exposed to the feared stimulus

Question 13

cognitive-behavorial approaches to therapy

Answer 13

seek to change beliefs and modes of thinking

Question 14

Rational-Emotional behavorial therapy

Answer 14

a type of cognitive-behavorial therapy

therapist actively challenges the patient’s irrational beliefs

Question 15

cognitive therapy

Answer 15

a type of cognitive-behavorial therapy

helps patients identify automatic thoughts and reactions and substitute for more beneficial reactions

Question 16

Eclecticism

Answer 16

clinicians integrate a variety of approaches into treatment of mental disorders

Question 17

Pharmacological treatments

Answer 17

use medication to control/moderate the manifestations fo some mental disorders

drugs do not cure the disorder, just help manage it

Question 18

Classical antipsychotic drugs

Answer 18

helpful in treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia

newer drugs help treat the negative symptoms as well

Question 19

What do antidepressants target?

Answer 19

neurotransmitters

Question 20

Nonpharmocological biomedical treatments

Answer 20

psychosurgery and electroconvulsive treatment

Question 21

Common factors of treatment

Answer 21

therapeutic alliance between patient and therapist

hope

learning new ways of thinking and behaving

Question 22

Efficacy versus clinical utility of therapy

Answer 22

assessing whether treatment works in real world conditions

Question 23

empirically supported treatments

Answer 23

want treatments to be supported by research

often used randomized clinical trials to assess