Module 13 UNH – Flashcards
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An important goal of client-centerd therapy is to
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foster self-acceptance and personal growth
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Bipolar disorder is frequently treated with
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Lithium or valproate
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In client-center therapy Carl Rogers believed that it is critical for the therapist to provide
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A warm, supportive and accepting climate
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Mary has a psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed a drug from the benzodiazepine family (valium) to reduce the severity of Mary's symptoms. In this case Mary's therapist is most likely treating her for
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An anxiety disorder
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Many managed care systems hold down costs by erecting barriers to access. These barriers may include all of the following except:
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requiring service providers to be re-certified every six months.
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In free association
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clients spontaneously express their thought and feelings exactly as they occur
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A behavior therapist's main concern in treating an abnormal behavior would be to discover
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How environmental factors are evoking the troublesome behavior
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Largely unconscious defensive maneuvers be a client intended to hinder the progress of therapy best describes:
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resistance
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In treating phobias with systematic desensitization, a new ______ response is substituted for the old _____ response
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relaxation; fear
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George is a child molester. In therapy,George is shown pictures of children, and every time he begins to show physiological arousal, he is shocked. George is undergoing
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aversion therapy
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Electroconvulsive therapy and drug therapy for psychological disorders are two types of
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Biomedical therapy
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Freud considered _______ as the "royal road to the unconscious" the most direct way to access the patient's unconscious
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Dreams
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Doris thinks she is in love with her therapist and has begun to respond to him in that way. Doris is displaying feelings and behavior that psychoanalysts refer to as
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Transference
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According to lecture, the biggest barrier for people who may benefit from seeking psychotherapy is
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The stigma surrounding the recipient of mental health treatment
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Social skills training is a therapy designed to
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Improve interpersonal skills
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The primary therapeutic drug treatment for schizophrenia involves
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Antipsychotic drugs
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The trend toward deinstitutionalization mainly came about because large mental institutions
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were actually worsening the condition of many patients
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Clients receiving _____ are taught to detect and evaluate their negative self-defeating thoughts and statements
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Cognitive therapy
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Compared to psychologists, in their provision of therapy psychiatrists tend to
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emphasize biomedical treatments more.
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Compared to the 19502, the average inpatient population in public mental hospitals today is
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Vastly lower
