Question

41. A few decades ago many doctors combined cold baths, laxatives, and bloodletting to treat their mental patients. What was the perceived goal of such treatments?

a. to demoralize the patient b. to clean the body of harmful elements c. to research the placebo effect d. to help patient lose weight e. to punish patients for their misbehavior

42. According to lectures, treating and preventing of suicidal behaviors should be based on at least three general strategies: reducing the intense psychological pain and suffering; expanding the constricted view by helping the individual to see options. What is the third strategy?

a. giving a person money to pay the bills b. invite a relative from another town or city to come and live with this person c. encouraging a person to pull back from a new self-destructive act d. to suggest a person to change eating habits e. encouraging a person to get a job

43. As a therapist, you explain to your client that her worries are irrational and she must adopt a more realistic view of her life. What kind of a therapy are you using in this case?

a. behavioral b. systematic relaxation c. electro-convulsive d. biomedical e. cognitive

44.Dr. Drew Pinsky developed a multi-step program to fight addictive behavior? His therapy is:

a. a combination of cognitive and behavior therapy b. a kind of psychoanalytic therapy c. a type of electroconvulsive treatment d. a combination of psychoanalysis and electroconvulsive treatment e. a combination of psychoanalysis and spiritual healing

45. What is the stigma of mental illness?

a. a type of behavioral therapy b. a negative view of psychological disorders c. a gender bias in diagnosing mental illness d. a type of cognitive therapy e. any research based knowledge of mental illness

46.The famous “drug revolution” in treatment of mental illness took place in the:

a. 2001-2003 b. 1990s c. 1980s d. 1970s e. 1960s

47. “The use of spiritual healingcould help your patients in their better understanding of their lives, the importance of positive thinking, hope, compassion, and good will.Which therapeutic approach does this statement reflect?”

a. behavior b. cognitive c. psychoanalytic d. biomedical e. none of the above

48. What psychotherapy?

a. any form of medical treatment b. a type of verbal interaction between a clinician and his or her client c. a form of medical care to treat most violent patients d. a form of medical care to treat emotional problems e. a type of treatment involving prescribed drugs

49. The Phineas Cage case linked psychological dysfunction with:

a. poverty b. brain injury c. abuse d. immigration e. genetic factors

50. According to psychoanalysis, what triggers initial anxiety in people with serious emotional problems?

a. pregnancy in women and maturity in boys b. losing money or a job c. a traumatic event during childhood d. traumatic event during adulthood e. inability to find a good, reliable friend

Answer 1

41. A few decades ago many doctors combined cold baths, laxatives, and bloodletting to treat their mental patients. What was the perceived goal of such treatments?

ANSWER- b. to clean the body of harmful elements

42. According to lectures, treating and preventing of suicidal behaviors should be based on at least three general strategies: reducing the intense psychological pain and suffering; expanding the constricted view by helping the individual to see options. What is the third strategy?

ANSWER- c. encouraging a person to pull back from a new self-destructive act

43. As a therapist, you explain to your client that her worries are irrational and she must adopt a more realistic view of her life. What kind of a therapy are you using in this case?

ANSWER- a. behavioral

44.Dr. Drew Pinsky developed a multi-step program to fight addictive behavior? His therapy is:

ANSWER- a. a combination of cognitive and behavior therapy

45. What is the stigma of mental illness?

ANSWER- b. a negative view of psychological disorder

46.The famous “drug revolution” in treatment of mental illness took place in the:

ANSWER- e. 1960s

47. “The use of spiritual healing could help your patients in their better understanding of their lives, the importance of positive thinking, hope, compassion, and good will.Which therapeutic approach does this statement reflect?”

ANSWER- a. behaviour

48. What psychotherapy?

ANSWER- b. a type of verbal interaction between a clinician and his or her client

49. The Phineas Cage case linked psychological dysfunction with:

ANSWER- b. brain injury

50. According to psychoanalysis, what triggers initial anxiety in people with serious emotional problems?

ANSWER- c. a traumatic event during childhood.