Module 53 - Evaluating Psychotherapies

cognitive therapy

Adam's therapist believes in using only empirically supported therapies for treating his depression. She will probably use:

Paraprofessionals

Persons without advanced degrees who often work in mental health settings and assist with assessment and treatment procedures.

therapy emphasis; research training

Psy.D. is to Ph.D. as _____ is to _____.

Evidence-based practice

clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences

A control group

Many physicians did not realize that bleeding was an ineffective treatment for typhoid fever until researchers made effective use of:

clinical psychologist

Yvonne works for a government agency where she treats those who have psychological disorders. In order to do this, she has a Psy.D. When she was younger, she also had a supervised internship and postdoctoral training. Yvonne is MOST likely a:

Therapeutic alliance

a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, who work together constructively to overcome the client's problem

Comorbidity

the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual

Effort justification

the tendency to reduce dissonance by justifying the time, effort, or money devoted to something that turned out to be unpleasant or disappointing

meta-analysis

a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies

behavior conditioning

As a parent, Wendy is skeptical of treatments that sound too good to be true. When she arrives at the psychologist's office, she asks about effective treatment for bed-wetting because her 6-year-old son has been having difficulties. She learns that _____ is the empirically supported treatment.

psychiatric social worker

Bonnie has just finished a two-year master's program and now is in postgraduate supervision that is preparing her to offer psychotherapy to people with everyday personal and family problems. Bonnie is MOST likely preparing to be a:

behavior

Deena's therapist believes in using only empirically supported therapies for treating her dog phobia. She will probably use _____ therapy.

psychiatrist

Dr. Wagner works in a large hospital. She specializes in treating adolescents with eating disorders. She prescribes antidepressants and, occasionally, antianxiety medication for some of her patients. Based on this information, Dr. Wagner is a:

Psychotherapy

treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

The chances are good that he will improve during this waiting period.

Zander has been struggling with personal issues and has decided to seek help at a mental health clinic. Unfortunately, he was put on a waiting list and told he would likely have to wait several weeks before he could meet with a therapist. According to Hans Eysenck's findings, what do you predict will happen to Zander?

Evidence-based

_____ therapists make decisions about different therapies based upon the evidence suggested by research, the therapist's clinical expertise, and the therapist's knowledge of their client.

Francine Shapiro

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

Illusory correlation

perception of a relationship where none exists, or perception of a stronger relationship than actually exists

Hans Eysenck

Psychotherapy effectiveness debate (1952)

Confirmation bias

a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

Randomized clinical trial

A controlled medical experiment in which subjects are randomly chosen to receive either an experimental treatment or a standard treatment (or placebo).

cognitive behavioral therapy

Roxanne suffers from severe anxiety. Her therapist believes in utilizing only empirically supported treatments to treat anxiety such as: