Chapter 17: Clinical Psychology: Treatment

________ is the treatment of psychological and behavioral maladaptations with drugs.

________, a salt, is effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder.

________ may occur if the therapist transfers his or her own feelings onto the patient.

________ depress the central nervous system and reduce anxiety while increasing feelings of well- being and reducing insomnia.

Tricyclics, like ________, Amitriptyline, and Imipramine increase the amount of serotonin and norepinephrine.

________ are medical approaches to behavioral problems.

There are four ________ of psychotropic, or psychologically active drugs: antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and lithium salts.

________ is a similar technique, in which the client imagines the disruptive stimuli rather than actually confronting them.

________ are one form of group therapy, although they are usually not moderated by professional psychotherapists.

________ like Clozapine, Thorazine, and Haldol reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia by blocking the neural receptors for dopamine.

________ developed this approach to blend an awareness of unconscious tensions with the belief that one must become aware of and deal with those tensions by taking personal responsibility.

The therapist is honest, open, and emotional with the client (an ________)

________ include arbitrary inference, in which a person draws conclusions without evidence, and dichotomous thinking, which involves all- or- none conceptions of situations.

Benzodiazepines, which also include ________ (Diazepam) and Librium (Chlordiazepoxide), cause muscle relaxation and a feeling of tranquility.

The ________ to the treatment of disordered behavior is rooted in the concept of insight.

________ (ECT) is a form of treatment in which fairly high voltages of electricity are passed across a patients head.

________ to the treatment of disordered behavior rely on changing cognitions, or the ways people think about situations, in order to change behavior.

Antidepressants can be grouped into three types: monoamine oxidase (________) inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective reuptake inhibitors.

The ________ takes a related, yet different approach to the treatment of disordered behavior.

________ are typically used in conjunction with one of the previously mentioned forms of treatment.

antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and lithium salts

monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective reuptake inhibitors

the cause of the problem, according to this theory, is the primary key to eliminating the problem.

psychoanalytic therapy, as it is sometimes called, was first developed by Freud and focuses on probing past defense mechanisms of repression and rationalization to understand the unconscious cause of a problem

may occur if the therapist transfers his or her own feelings onto the patient.

was invented by Carl Rogers and involves the assumption that clients can be understood only in terms of their own realities.

The final key to successful therapy is

which combines both physical and mental therapies.

developed this approach to blend an awareness of unconscious tensions with the belief that one must become aware of and deal with those tensions by taking personal responsibility.

stands in dramatic contrast to the insight therapies.

is a technique in which a response to a given stimulus is replaced by a different response.

in which an aversive stimulus is repeatedly paired with the behavior that the client wishes to stop.

Another method used for counterconditioning is

which are designed to weaken maladaptive responses.

involves exposing a client to the stimulus that causes the undesirable response.

is a similar technique, in which the client imagines the disruptive stimuli rather than actually confronting them.

is a behavior-control technique that we discussed in the chapter on learning.

in which the therapist and the client draw up a contract by which they both agree to abide.

is a therapeutic approach based on Bandura’s social learning theory.

sometimes called simply RET

formulated by Aaron Beck, in which the focus is on maladaptive schemas.

in which a person draws conclusions without evidence

which involves all-or-none conceptions of situations.

are typically used in conjunction with one of the previously mentioned forms of treatment.

is a form of treatment in which fairly high voltages of electricity are passed across a patient’s head.

in which parts of the frontal lobes are cut off from the rest of the brain.

is the treatment of psychological and behavioral maladaptations with drugs.

like Clozapine, Thorazine, and Haldol reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia by blocking the neural receptors for dopamine.

can be grouped into three types: monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective reuptake inhibitors.

like Eutron, work by increasing the amount of serotonin and norepinephrine in the synaptic cleft.

like Norpramin, Amitriptyline, and Imipramine increase the amount of serotonin and norepinephrine.

(often called the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, for the neurotransmitter most affected by them) also work by increasing the amount of neurotransmitter at the synaptic cleft, in this case by blocking the reuptake mechanism of the cell that released the neurotransmitters.

depress the central nervous system and reduce anxiety while increasing feelings of well-being and reducing insomnia.

which also include Valium (Diazepam) and Librium (Chlordiazepoxide), cause muscle relaxation and a feeling of tranquility.

a salt, is effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder.

in which clients meet together with a therapist as an interactive group, has some advantages over individual therapy.

are one form of group therapy, although they are usually not moderated by professional psychotherapists.

This type of treatment arose out of the simple observation that some dysfunctional behavior affects the afflicted person’s loved ones.