Therapeutic Orientations
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Who is credited with developing psychoanalysis, the earliest organized therapy for mental disorders, in the early 20th century?
View answer and explanationWhat is the core premise of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary goal of Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)?
View answer and explanationDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which employs mindfulness and cognitive behavioral practices, is often used in the treatment of which specific condition?
View answer and explanationIn psychoanalysis, what is the technique where the patient shares any and all thoughts that come to mind without attempting to organize or censor them?
View answer and explanationIn Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), what is the term for the therapist's attitude of never condemning or criticizing the patient, but only expressing warmth and empathy?
View answer and explanationIn Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), what is the purpose of assigning 'homework' like worksheets between sessions?
View answer and explanationWhich psychologist developed a form of CBT known as rational-emotive-behavioral therapy (REBT)?
View answer and explanationWhat is the typical duration of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention as described in the chapter?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, what percentage range of therapists identify their own approaches as integrative or eclectic?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for the process in psychoanalytic therapy where a patient displaces feelings, such as anger toward a parent, onto the therapist?
View answer and explanationHow does psychodynamic therapy generally differ from traditional psychoanalysis?
View answer and explanationWhat are the two important components of mindfulness as a therapeutic concept?
View answer and explanationIn Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the technique of helping people make more adaptive appraisals of their thoughts is also known by what other term?
View answer and explanationWhat is the neurobiological and cognitive process that exposure therapy aims to achieve in order to reduce irrational fear?
View answer and explanationWhat is cognitive bias modification, as described in the section on emerging treatment strategies?
View answer and explanationWhich specific pharmaceutical agent is mentioned as a CBT-enhancing drug that improves treatment for anxiety disorders by facilitating learning during exposure therapy?
View answer and explanationAccording to Freud’s structural model described in the chapter, which part of the mind represents pleasure-driven unconscious urges, such as animalistic desires for sex and aggression?
View answer and explanationWhat is cited as the main disadvantage of Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)?
View answer and explanationWhat is described as the greatest strength of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
View answer and explanationThe perspective of a 'dialectical worldview' is foundational to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). What does this worldview focus on?
View answer and explanationWhat does Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teach patients to do with their thoughts and emotions?
View answer and explanationIn Freudian dream theory, the literal, actual content of a dream is known as the manifest content. What is the symbolic content of the dream called?
View answer and explanationWhat is the definition of comorbidity as provided in the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat is mentioned as a significant disadvantage of psychoanalysis and its related approaches?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, what did Carl Rogers, the developer of Person-Centered Therapy, believe about all people?
View answer and explanationCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is described as a present-focused therapy. What does this mean?
View answer and explanationDr. Aaron T. Beck observed that the automatic thoughts of depressed patients arise from three belief systems, or schemas. What are these three schemas about?
View answer and explanationHow does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) primarily help prevent relapses in depression?
View answer and explanationWhat is identified as a primary difference between Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
View answer and explanationIn psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy, how is the therapist's role primarily described?
View answer and explanationHow does a therapist using Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) typically behave during a session?
View answer and explanationFor many mental health issues, especially anxiety disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) incorporates a specific technique where a patient confronts a problematic situation instead of avoiding it. What is this technique called?
View answer and explanationMindfulness-based therapy, which cultivates a nonjudgmental and attentive mental state, is described as having its origins in which practices?
View answer and explanationAccording to the section on emerging treatments, what is a particularly important opportunity provided by internet- and mobile-delivered therapies?
View answer and explanationWhat reason is given for why psychiatric medications are so commonly used to treat mental disorders?
View answer and explanationIn psychoanalytic therapy, what is the term for the process where the therapist displaces his or her own emotions onto the patient?
View answer and explanationWhat was Carl Rogers's original name for Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), reflecting the therapist's passive role and the focus on the patient's own self-discovery?
View answer and explanationAlbert Ellis's rational-emotive-behavioral therapy (REBT) encourages patients to perform what action regarding their own thoughts?
View answer and explanationWhich combination of techniques does Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) use to achieve its goals?
View answer and explanationWhat is 'distress tolerance,' as described as a skill taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
View answer and explanationWhat is a defining characteristic of the duration and intensity of traditional psychoanalysis?
View answer and explanationAccording to the premise of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), how do thoughts, behaviors, and emotions contribute to mental disorders?
View answer and explanationIn Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), what kind of relationship must the therapist and patient engage in for change to be most likely to occur?
View answer and explanationBesides being cost-effective and intuitive, what is mentioned as a potential disadvantage of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
View answer and explanationHow does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) differ from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in its approach to a maladaptive thought?
View answer and explanationHow does the antibiotic d-cycloserine function as a CBT-enhancing pharmaceutical agent for anxiety disorders?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following describes an example of integrative or eclectic psychotherapy as mentioned in the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat was Sigmund Freud's initial suggestion for the cause of mental health problems?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, what is the current state of research on the effectiveness of long-term psychodynamic therapies?
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