Chapter 14

Since Dr. Gomez is a _____, she seeks to increase awareness of unconscious conflicts.

psychoanalyst

Religious groups began developing asylums in the _____ century.

16th

Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, executive director of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, states that _____% of the detainees have a history of mental illness or are currently exhibiting symptoms.

20-24

_____ therapies aim to increase awareness of one's self and environment.

Insight

In the late 1700s, _____ began reforming the conditions in asylums in France to make them more humane.

Philippe Pinel

_____ is a treatment that combines anxiety hierarchies with relaxation techniques.

Systematic desensitization

Based on Freud's experiences, how should a psychoanalyst handle a patient's transference?

The therapist should encourage transference.

Yida is suffering from binge eating disorder. Ali is afraid of spiders. Ting Wei was just diagnosed with schizophrenia. Marta has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Which person would a psychodynamic therapist take on as a client?

Yida

Person-centered therapists use a type of empathetic listening called _____ listening.

active

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective for treating:

an array of disorders.

A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's approach to helping Rebecca would be an example of:

exposure therapy.

When the client is exposed to an anxiety-provoking stimulus that cannot be escaped, a high degree of arousal occurs. This type of exposure is called:

flooding

The essential components of the therapeutic alliance include:

genuineness

A variable that could improve the outcome of therapy is:

genuineness of therapist.

Person-centered therapy is one type of _____ therapy.

humanistic

Dr. DeRouen is a psychodynamic therapist. Her colleague, Dr. Ebrahim practices person-centered therapy. Both doctors, though, believe that the goal of therapy is to encourage awareness of inner conflicts, defenses, and motives. Both Dr. DeRouen and Dr. Ebrahim are therefore _____ therapists.

insight

Ian has been experiencing hallucinations and delusions. He was admitted to a psychiatric hospital out of concern he might harm himself or others. The length of Ian's hospital stay will often be determined by what:

insurance will cover, rather than what Ian needs.

In the United States, the length of a hospital stay is often determined by what:

insurance will cover, rather than what a patient needs.

People experiencing psychotic episodes:

may be involuntarily committed to a hospital.

Compared with psychoanalysis, humanistic therapy is _____ likely to focus on the present rather than the past, and _____ likely to focus on the conscious rather than the unconscious mind.

more; more

As a behavior therapist, Dr. Anglin believes that, in order to treat psychological disorders effectively, the person:

must replace maladaptive behaviors

The neo-Freudians disagreed with Freud's main ideas including his:

negative view of human nature.

Chepa is a young Lakota woman who has been tormented by the voice of a deceased uncle. In the Lakota spiritual tradition, hearing voices is considered:

normal

Chepa _____, which enabled Dr. Foster and a team of medical professionals to transfer her to a psychiatric hospital for several days.

posed an imminent risk to herself

During her weekly therapy sessions, Dilini finds it very difficult to talk about childhood memories. She often pauses before mentioning embarrassing moments or simply forgets important details. A psychoanalyst would suggest that this illustrates:

resistance

If a client becomes unwilling to cooperate at key points during therapy, they are demonstrating:

resistance

When a client begins relating to a therapist in the same way they might relate to their parents or other important people, the client is demonstrating:

transference

Total acceptance of a person regardless of their behavior is called:

unconditional positive regard

Dr. Jones Tapia, executive director of the Cook County Jail, tries to build therapeutic alliances with the inmates. Dr. Jones Tapia exhibits total acceptance of the inmates regardless of their behaviors or words. Dr. Jones Tapia is demonstrating:

unconditional positive regard.

Therapies can be categorized along three major dimensions. The first dimension is:

whether therapy is administered to an individual or a group

Monica was just prescribed a drug that requires her to abstain from foods like wine, cheese, and chocolate. Unfortunately, Monica loves chocolate! To help Monica overcome her nearly irresistible craving for chocolate, a therapist provides her with a supply of chocolate candies that contain solidified droplets of a harmless but very bitter-tasting substance. By using _____ Monica's therapist can use a behavioral intervention to help prevent a dangerous medical situation.

aversion therapy

Adelaide is using _____ to replace her maladaptive actions with those that are more adaptive.

behavior therapy

Dr. Jones Tapia, warden at the Cook County Jail, states that since you don't know how long you will be working with an inmate the goal of therapy is to:

develop some insight on making life improvements.

To help Tom reduce his fear of flying, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is taking off in an airplane. Next, Tom is encouraged to remain relaxed while viewing planes taking off at the airport, and finally to sit calmly in an airplane seat. The behavioral therapist treating Tom is using a technique called:

systematic desensitization

An anxiety hierarchy is used in:

systematic desensitization.

Courtney is in a pleasant, relaxed state while his therapist carefully exposes him to increasingly intense anxiety-provoking stimuli. Courtney's therapist is using:

systematic desensitization.