Psyc1-LearningCurve Module 46.

Constance suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and Steven suffers from depression. What class of medication are they MOST likely to be prescribed?

Both will receive antidepressants.

Antidepressant drugs have a different effect on mild versus severe depression because:

people with mild depression are likely to spontaneously improve.

Sharif has mild depression. Recently he read that therapeutic lifestyle change research has shown that something as simple as frequent _____ can relieve symptoms.

walks in the woods

Edith suffers from depression. She has been using antidepressants for years with little effect. She has resisted her therapist's recommendations of undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. More recently, though, her therapist has been mentioning a new procedure that calms the area of the brain normally overexcited in people who are depressed by exciting neurons. This procedure is known as:

deep brain stimulation.

In a study using a(n) _____, half of the patients receive a drug and the other half receive a similar-appearing placebo. Neither the patients in the study, nor the staff administering the treatment, know who gets which treatment.

double-blind procedure

John, a professor, spends a good amount of time outside. Based on the textbook's discussion of therapeutic lifestyle change, John is likely to have good mental health as a result, because time outside affects:

exposure to sunlight.

Alberto struggles with anxiety. His friend, Miguel, encourages him to deal with the problem by taking a Xanax. What is a possible argument against this advice?

While drugs reduce symptoms in the moment, they do not address the source of the problem.

_____ refers to the positive psychological changes that result from struggling with extremely challenging circumstances.

Posttraumatic growth

The fact that electroconvulsive therapy, massage therapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation all alleviate severe depression suggests that the common underlying factor may be:

a change in the level of stimulation to the brain.

If Roxanne, who suffers from episodic depression, wants to have the best long-term improvement, which lifestyle change would be the LEAST effective?

aromatherapy

Agnes is a graduate student in psychology who suffers from depression. She has been on antidepressants for years with marginal effect. Instead of taking additional medication or undergoing brain stimulation, her therapist recently encouraged her to review research on therapeutic lifestyle change. Agnes noticed that those who went through the 12-week training program performed all of these EXCEPT:

avoiding omega-3 fatty acids.

Today, Ellen is going to the mental health clinic for a new treatment. During the procedure, her brain will be exposed to repeated pulses of magnetic energy. This type of treatment is known as:

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

The ability to cope with stress and recover from adversity is called _____.

resilience

Zara's mother was in a mental institution in the late 1950s when antipsychotic drugs were first introduced. Like many others, Zara blames the _____ for her mother's subsequent homelessness.

rush to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill

Electroconvulsive therapy and other brain stimulations are used to treat:

severe depression.