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Dr. Sardonicus is a clinician who treats clients with psychological disorders. His main approach to treatment includes use of medications and direct intervention in brain function. Dr. Sardonicus is most likely a__________.
psychiatrist
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Chemical treatment with __________ must be given in exactly the right dose because too little will not help and too much is toxic.
lithium carbonate.
100
Researchers are now looking for other, milder ways to stimulate the brains of severely depressed individuals. One method, called __________, involves the use of a pulsing coil held to a person’s skull at the left prefrontal cortex.
transcranial magnetic stimulation.
100
Psychologists who practice behavioral therapy focus on __________.
changing the client's self-defeating or problematic behaviors.
100
Which technique is most effective for agoraphobia?
Exposure.
200
The most common biological treatment for psychological disorders is __________.
medication.
200
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.
200
__________ is a method that attempts to explore unconscious motives and conflicts through a process of free association, in which the patient talks about his or her thoughts, dreams, and memories.
psychoanalysis.
200
Systematic desensitization is based on __________.
counter conditioning.
200
What treatment greatly helps young adults with schizophrenia, especially when the parents are taught skills in dealing with their troubled children?
Family intervention therapy.
300
Which type of treatment would be useful in reducing a patient’s severely disturbed agitation and delusions caused by schizophrenia?
antipsychotic drugs.
300
The therapeutic window refers to the __________.
amount of a drug that is enough but not too much.
300
The originator of the famous “talking cure” in psychology was __________.
Sigmund Freud.
300
In behavior therapy, a method in which a person suffering from an anxiety disorder, such as a phobia or panic disorder, is taken directly into the feared situation until the anxiety subsides is called __________.
graduated exposure.
300
Therapeutic influence, and sometimes coercion, is responsible for the huge number of people diagnosed with __________.
multiple personality disorder.
400
Clinical studies have indicated that the herb __________ appears to be more effective than a placebo for milder forms of depression.
St. John's wort
400
Which drugs can have fatal consequences if taken for many years?
antipsychotic drugs.
400
Sigmund Freud’s approach to treating a psychological disorder is often called __________.
free association.
400
__________ therapy emphasizes people’s free will to change and aims to help them develop the confidence and positive self-regard to do so.
Humanist.
400
Cognitive therapy’s most important success has been in the treatment of __________.
depression.
500
Valium and Xanax, which increase the activity of the neurotransmitter GABA, are in a class of drugs called __________.
tranquilizers.
500
Electroconvulsive therapy has been used successfully to treat __________ that has not responded to other treatments, but the effects are short-lived.
severe depression.
500
When a client displaces unconscious emotions or reactions, such as conflicts about her parents, onto the therapist, it is called __________.
transference.
500
The bond of confidence and mutual understanding established between therapist and client, which allows them to work together to solve the client’s problems, is called __________.
the therapeutic alliance.
500
Coach Winslow suggests that one of his players see a therapist after he reads that ___________ therapy has been used with great success to help young male athletes learn to control angry outbursts that lead to physical and verbal abuse.
cognitive.