Which specific pharmaceutical agent is mentioned as a CBT-enhancing drug that improves treatment for anxiety disorders by facilitating learning during exposure therapy?

Correct answer: D-cycloserine

Explanation

This question tests the recall of a specific example of a CBT-enhancing pharmaceutical agent discussed in the chapter.

Other questions

Question 1

Who is credited with developing psychoanalysis, the earliest organized therapy for mental disorders, in the early 20th century?

Question 2

What is the core premise of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Question 3

What is the primary goal of Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)?

Question 4

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which employs mindfulness and cognitive behavioral practices, is often used in the treatment of which specific condition?

Question 5

In psychoanalysis, what is the technique where the patient shares any and all thoughts that come to mind without attempting to organize or censor them?

Question 6

In 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?

Question 7

In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), what is the purpose of assigning 'homework' like worksheets between sessions?

Question 8

Which psychologist developed a form of CBT known as rational-emotive-behavioral therapy (REBT)?

Question 9

What is the typical duration of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention as described in the chapter?

Question 10

According to the chapter, what percentage range of therapists identify their own approaches as integrative or eclectic?

Question 11

What is the term for the process in psychoanalytic therapy where a patient displaces feelings, such as anger toward a parent, onto the therapist?

Question 12

How does psychodynamic therapy generally differ from traditional psychoanalysis?

Question 13

What are the two important components of mindfulness as a therapeutic concept?

Question 14

In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the technique of helping people make more adaptive appraisals of their thoughts is also known by what other term?

Question 15

What is the neurobiological and cognitive process that exposure therapy aims to achieve in order to reduce irrational fear?

Question 16

What is cognitive bias modification, as described in the section on emerging treatment strategies?

Question 18

According 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?

Question 19

What is cited as the main disadvantage of Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)?

Question 20

What is described as the greatest strength of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Question 21

The perspective of a 'dialectical worldview' is foundational to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). What does this worldview focus on?

Question 22

What does Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teach patients to do with their thoughts and emotions?

Question 23

In 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?

Question 24

What is the definition of comorbidity as provided in the chapter?

Question 25

What is mentioned as a significant disadvantage of psychoanalysis and its related approaches?

Question 26

According to the chapter, what did Carl Rogers, the developer of Person-Centered Therapy, believe about all people?

Question 27

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is described as a present-focused therapy. What does this mean?

Question 28

Dr. Aaron T. Beck observed that the automatic thoughts of depressed patients arise from three belief systems, or schemas. What are these three schemas about?

Question 29

How does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) primarily help prevent relapses in depression?

Question 30

What is identified as a primary difference between Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Question 31

In psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy, how is the therapist's role primarily described?

Question 32

How does a therapist using Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) typically behave during a session?

Question 33

For 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?

Question 34

Mindfulness-based therapy, which cultivates a nonjudgmental and attentive mental state, is described as having its origins in which practices?

Question 35

According to the section on emerging treatments, what is a particularly important opportunity provided by internet- and mobile-delivered therapies?

Question 36

What reason is given for why psychiatric medications are so commonly used to treat mental disorders?

Question 37

In psychoanalytic therapy, what is the term for the process where the therapist displaces his or her own emotions onto the patient?

Question 38

What 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?

Question 39

Albert Ellis's rational-emotive-behavioral therapy (REBT) encourages patients to perform what action regarding their own thoughts?

Question 40

Which combination of techniques does Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) use to achieve its goals?

Question 41

What is 'distress tolerance,' as described as a skill taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?

Question 42

What is a defining characteristic of the duration and intensity of traditional psychoanalysis?

Question 43

According to the premise of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), how do thoughts, behaviors, and emotions contribute to mental disorders?

Question 44

In Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), what kind of relationship must the therapist and patient engage in for change to be most likely to occur?

Question 45

Besides being cost-effective and intuitive, what is mentioned as a potential disadvantage of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Question 46

How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) differ from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in its approach to a maladaptive thought?

Question 47

How does the antibiotic d-cycloserine function as a CBT-enhancing pharmaceutical agent for anxiety disorders?

Question 48

Which of the following describes an example of integrative or eclectic psychotherapy as mentioned in the chapter?

Question 49

What was Sigmund Freud's initial suggestion for the cause of mental health problems?

Question 50

According to the chapter, what is the current state of research on the effectiveness of long-term psychodynamic therapies?