Chapter 12 - Approaches to Treatment and Therapy Quiz and Answers

________ is often more effective than medication in the treatment of panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Cognitive-behavior therapy

________ is more effective than any other treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Exposure therapy

_________ maintains that a client's problems develop in the context of family, are sustained by family interactions, and that any change made by the client will affect all the family members.

Salvador Minuchin

Which of the following is a common element shared by all successful therapies, regardless of the approach?

They are able to replace a client's self-defeating, pessimistic life story with one that is more hopeful or attainable.

Lucinda frequently finds herself getting upset and yelling at her husband, co-workers, and friends. What therapeutic technique would start with having Lucinda keep a record of when, where, and with whom she loses her temper?

behavioral self-monitoring

At this time, _________________ explanations and treatments for mental disorders are dominant.

biological

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

changing unproductive ways of thinking.

Cognitive therapy's greatest success has been in the treatment of:

depression

A family therapist would be most likely to agree that:

efforts to isolate and treat one member of a family, without the other family members, are doomed.

Patrick is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and gets incomplete grades, which eventually become F's. Patrick's ________ therapist helps him realize that he has the power to choose his own destiny and must assume responsibility for his life predicaments. The therapist helps him think about his procrastination and his life goals.

existential

Sam has been feeling depressed because he feels like his life is meaningless. He wants to find a therapist who will help him explore the meaning of life and help him cope with the inescapable realities of life. Sam should do a search for someone who practices _______________ therapy.

existential

Which method of treating a client with a phobia of spiders would be the most intense, if not terrifying, for the client?

flooding

The ________ school of therapy has, as one of its primary goals, self-acceptance and self-fulfillment for a client.

humanist

In client-centered therapy, the therapist's role is to:

listen to the client's needs in an accepting, nonjudgmental way and offer unconditional positive regard.

Many people respond positively to a new drug just because of the enthusiasm surrounding it and their own expectations that the drug will make them feel better. This phenomenon is called the:

placebo effect.

Which treatment is LEAST likely to be used today?

prefrontal lobotomy

A therapist's goal is to delve into the unconscious processes of his patients. He is most likely to consider himself a practitioner of:

psychodynamic therapy.

After seeing her therapist for a month, Kenya feels that they share a bond based on mutual understanding that is helping her work through her problems. This bond is referred to as: a. unconditional positive regard.

the therapeutic alliance.

What is the goal of the technique known as graduated exposure?

to reverse the tendency to avoid fearful situations, objects, or upsetting memories

A person may have short-term success with anti psychotic or antidepressant drugs, but at least half of patients stop taking them, often because of the ________ of the medication.

unpleasant side effects