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Therapy, Psychopharmacology, & Biomedical Treatments
CHAPTER 17 of "Psychology: Eighth Edition" by David G. Myers
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Psychology
11th Grade
01/31/2010

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WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY?
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WHAT IS AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, CONFIDING INTERACTION BETWEEN A TRAINED THERAPIST AND SOMEONE WHO SUFFERS FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES (TALKING ABOUT PATIENT'S PROBLEMS AND EXPLORING NEW WAYS OF THINKING AND ACTING) ?
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WHAT IS THE ECLECTIC APPROACH?
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WHAT TYPE OF APPROACH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY DEPENDS ON THE CLIENT'S PROBLEMS AND USES TECHNIQUES FROM VARIOUS FORMS OF THERAPY?
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WHO ARE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS?
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WHO ARE MOST PSYCHOLOGISTS WITH A PH.D AND EXPERTISE IN RESEARCH, ASSESSMENT, AND THERAPY, SUPPLEMENTED BY A SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP?
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WHO CLINICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS MUST HAVE TO BE ONE?
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WHO MUST HAVE A 2-YEAR MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE PROGRAM PLUS POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION THAT PREPARES THEM TO OTHER PSYCHOTHERAPY (MOSTLY TO PEOPLE WITH EVERYDAY PERSONAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS) ?
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WHO ARE PSYCHIATRISTS?
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WHO ARE PHYSICIANS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS?
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WHAT CAN A PSYCHIATRIST DO?
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WHO CAN PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY?
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WHO DO PSYCHIATRISTS TEND TO SEE?
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WHO DO PEOPLE WITH THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY TO VISIT?
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WHAT DID CARL ROGERS DEVELOP?
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WHO DEVELOPED THE HUMANISTIC THERAPY, CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY?
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WHAT TYPE OF TECHNIQUES WOULD A THERAPIST PRACTICING CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY DO?
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WHAT IS THE TYPE OF THERAPY THAT WOULD USE TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ACTIVE LISTENING WITHIN A GENUINE, ACCEPTING, EMPHATIC ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE CLIENTS' GROWTH?
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WHAT IS UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD?
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A CLIENT IS TREATED AS A VALUED PERSON NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY OR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND THE THERAPIST LISTENS WITHOUT INTERRUPTING AND ACCEPTS EVERYTHING THE CLIENT SAYS WITHOUT EVALUATING IT?
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WHAT IS THE PRACTICE OF EMPATHY?
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPIST TRIES TO APPRECIATE HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM THE CLIENT'S POINT OF VIEW?
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WHAT IS EMPATHY OR THE INTERNAL FRAME OF REFERENCE?
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WHAT IS THE EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CLIENT MIGHT BE THINKING AND FEELING?
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WHAT IS THE EXTERNAL FRAME OF REFERENCE?
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WHAT IS LOOKING AT THE PATIENT FROM THE OUTSIDE?
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WHAT HAPPENS DURING EMPATHY?
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE THERAPIST TRIES TO REPLACE THEIR EXTERNAL FRAME OF REFERENCE WITH AN INTERNAL FRAME OF REFERENCE?
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WHAT IS THE CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPIST CONVEYING WHEN USING ACTIVE LISTENING?
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HOW DOES THE CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY CONVEYS EMPATHY?
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WHAT IS ACTIVE LISTENING?
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WHAT IS EMPHATIC LISTENING IN WHICH THE LISTENER ECHOES, RESTATES, AND CLASSIFIES?
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WHAT IS REFLECTION (MIRRORING)?
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WHAT IS A PARAPHRASED SUMMARY OF THE CLIENT'S WORDS AND ESPECIALLY THE FEELINGS AND MEANINGS THAT APPEAR TO ACCOMPANY THOSE WORDS?
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WHY IS THE METHOD OF REFLECTION IMPORTANT?
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WHAT HELPS THE CLIENT BRING IMPORTANT MATERIAL INTO THE OPEN WITHOUT THE THERAPIST ASKING DISRUPTIVE QUESTIONS WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE CLIENT'S THINKING PROCESS?
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WHAT IS CONGRUENCE (GENUINENESS)?
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WHAT SHOWS THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE THERAPIST'S FEELINGS AND ACTIONS?
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE THERAPIST'S UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD AND EMPATHY ARE GENUINE?
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WHEN IS THE CLIENT ABLE TO SEE THAT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE CAN BE BUILT ON OPENNESS AND HONESTY?
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WHO DEVELOPED PSYCHOANALYSIS?
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WHAT IS SIGMUND FREUD'S METHOD OF TREATMENT?
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WHAT IS PSYCHOANALYSIS?
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WHAT IS THE FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE APPROACH WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR REFLECTS THE EFFORTS OF THE EGO (THE SELF) TO RESOLVE INTERNAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN OUR UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES FOR PLEASURE AND THE RULES AND VALUES OF SOCIETY WHICH TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO?
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WHAT DOES PSYCHOANALYSIS AIM FOR?
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WHAT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE UNCONSCIOUS CONFLICTS AND HOW THEY EFFECT THE CLIENT?
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WHAT DID FREUD BELIEVED ABOUT THE PATIENT'S FREE ASSOCIATIONS, RESISTANCES, DREAMS, AND TRANSFERENCE?
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WHAT RELEASES PREVIOUSLY REPRESSED FEELINGS, ALLOWING THE PATIENT TO GAIN SELF-INSIGHT?
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WHAT IS INTERPRETATION?
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WHAT IS THE ANALYST'S NOTING OF SUPPOSED DREAM MEANINGS, RESISTANCES, AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE INSIGHT?
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WHAT IS TRANSFERENCE?
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WHAT IS THE PATIENT'S TRANSFER TO THE ANALYST OF EMOTIONS LINKING WITH OTHER RELATIONSHIPS (LOVE OR HATRED FOR A PATIENT) ?
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WHAT IS RESISTANCE?
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WHAT IS THE BLOCKING FROM CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANXIETY-LADEN MATERIAL?
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WHAT IS PSYCHO-PHARMACOLOGY?
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WHAT IS THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON MIND AND BEHAVIOR?
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WHAT ARE NEUROLEPTICS (OR ANTI-PSYCHOTICS) ?
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WHAT ARE DRUGS THAT DRAMATICALLY REDUCES THE INTENSITY OF SUCH SYMPTOMS AS HULLICINATIONS, DELUSIONS, PARANOIA, SUSPICION, AND DISORDERED THINKING IN MANY MENTAL PATIENTS?
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WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF ANTI-PSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS?
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WHAT ARE THORAZINE, CLOZARIL, AND HALDOL?
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WHAT IS THORAZINE USED FOR?
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WHAT IS USED FOR THE REDUCTION OF SYMPTOMS OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (SUCH AS SCHIZOPHRENIA); FOR THE SHORT-TERM TREATMENT OF SEVERE BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN (INCLUDING EXPLOSIVE HYPERACTIVITY AND COMBATIVENESS); AND FOR THE "HYPER-ENERGETIC" PHASE OF MANIC-DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS DUE TO ITS SEDATIVE EFFECTS?
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WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THORAZINE?
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DRY MOUTH; BLURRED VISION; URINARY RETENTION; DIZZINESS; AND SKIN PIGMENTATION PROBLEMS ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHAT NEUROLEPTIC (ANTI-PSYCHOTIC)?
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WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA?
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MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASMS; RESTLESSNESS; TREMORS; SLOWED MOVEMENT; UNCONTROLLABLE GROTESQUE TWITCHES IN THE FACE AND BODY; AND UNCONTROLLABLE GROTESQUE THRUSTING OF TONGUE ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHAT DISEASE?
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WHAT DISEASE MAY THORAZINE CAUSE?
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HOW MAY TARDIVE DYSKINESIA BE CAUSED?
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WHAT IS TARDIVE DYSKINESIA?
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WHAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DISORDER OF THE MOTOR SYSTEM THAT APPEARS ONLY AFTER YEARS OF NEUROLEPTIC USE?
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WHO IS GIVEN CLOZARIL?
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WHAT IS GIVEN TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE SHIZOPHRENIA WHO HAVE FAILED TO RESPOND TO OTHER DRUG TREATMENTS?
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WHAT DISORDER MAY CLOZARIL CAUSE?
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HOW MAY ARANGULOCYTOSIS BE CAUSED?
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WHAT IS ARANGULOCYTOSIS?
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WHAT IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND THE CONSEQUENT SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE (WEEKLY BLOOD TESTS TO DETECT DISEASE) ?
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WHAT IS HALDOL USED FOR AND WHY IS IT PRESCRIBED?
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WHAT IS USED TO TREAT SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC EPISODES AND IS PRESCRIBED TO CONTROL TICS (UNCONTROLLABLE MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS OF THE FACE, ARMS, AND SHOULDERS) ?
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WHAT ARE SOME CLASSES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS?
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WHAT ARE TRICYCLICS, MAO-I, AND SSRIs?
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WHAT DOES MAO-I STAND FOR?
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WHAT IS A SHORTER FORM OF MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS?
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WHAT DOES SSRI STAND FOR?
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WHAT IS A SHORTER FORM OF SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS?
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WHAT IS MAO-I MOST EFFECTIVE FOR?
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WHAT CLASS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS IS MOST EFFECTIVE FOR DEPRESSION AND PANIC DISORDER?
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WHAT IS A SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT OF MAO-I?
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WHAT IS HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE), IF MIXED WITH FOODS CONTAINING TYRAMINE, A SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT OF?
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WHY SHOULD A PATIENT BE GIVE TRICYLICS INSTEAD OF MAO-I(S)?
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WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN MAO-I(S) IN REDUCING DEPRESSION?
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WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRICYLICS?
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SLEEPINESS; DRY MOUTH; DIZZINESS; BLURRED VISION; HYPOTENSION; AND CONSTIPATION ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHAT ANTIDEPRESSANT?
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WHAT IS PROZAC?
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WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR DRUG AMONG THE SSRIs?
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WHAT DOES PROZAC AFFECTS RATHER THAN NOREPINEPHRINE?
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WHAT AFFECTS SEROTONIN RATHER THAN NOREPINEPHRINE?
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WHAT IS ST. JOHN'S WORT?
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WHAT IS A HERBAL REMEDY THAT IS THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION?
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WHAT IS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN ST. JOHN'S WORT?
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WHAT IS HYPOCRIN AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN?
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WHAT IS A MAJOR SIDE EFFECT OF ST. JOHN'S WORT?
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WHAT IS PHOTO-SENSITIVITY A MAJOR SIDE EFFECT OF?
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR ESKALITH?
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR LITHIUM BICARBONATE?
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WHAT DOES ESKALITH (LITHIUM BICARBONATE) USED FOR?
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WHAT IS USED TO PREVENT BOTH THE DEPRESSION AND THE MANIA ASSOCIATED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDERS?
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WHAT ARE ANTI-ANXIETY DRUGS USED FOR?
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WHAT ARE USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY OR INSOMNIA?
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WHAT ARE TRANQUILIZERS?
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WHAT ARE A CLASS OF DRUGS THAT WERE SHOWN TO REDUCE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TENSION AND THE SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY?
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WHY ARE BENZODIAZEPINES MOST WIDELY PRESCRIBED?
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WHAT HAS AN IMMEDIATE CALMING EFFECT ON ANXIETY AND ARE QUITE USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) ?
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WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF BIOMEDICAL THERAPIES?
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WHAT ARE ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) AND PSYCHOSURGERY EXAMPLES OF?
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WHAT IS ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) ?
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WHAT IS THERAPY FOR SEVERELY DEPRESSED PATIENTS IN WHICH A BRIEF ELECTRIC CURRENT IS SET THROUGH THE BRAIN OF AN ANESTHETIZED PATIENT?
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WHAT IS PSYCHOSURGERY?
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WHAT IS SURGERY THAT REMOVES OR DESTROYS BRAIN TISSUE IN AN EFFORT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR?
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WHAT IS LOBOTOMY?
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WHAT IS THE NOW-RARE PSYCHO-SURGICAL PROCEDURE ONCE USED TO CALM UNCONTROLLABLY EMOTIONAL OR VIOLENT PATIENTS?
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WHAT IS BEHAVIOR THERAPY?
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WHAT IS THERAPY THAT APPLIES LEARNING PRINCIPALS TO THE ELIMINATION OF UNWANTED BEHAVIORS?
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WHAT IS COUNTER-CONDITIONING?
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WHAT IS A PROCEDURE THAT CONDITIONS NEW RESPONSES TO STIMULI THAT TRIGGER UNWANTED BEHAVIORS?
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WHAT IS COUNTER-CONDITIONING BASED ON AND WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE?
Definition
WHAT IS BASED ON CLASSICAL CONDITIONING AND INCLUDES EXPOSURE THERAPY, SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION, AND AVERSIVE CONDITIONING?
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WHAT IS EXPOSURE THERAPY?
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WHAT TREATS ANXIETIES BY EXPOSING PEOPLE (IN IMAGINATION OR REALITY) TO THE THINGS THEY FEAR AND AVOID?
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WHAT IS SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION?
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WHAT IS A TYPE OF COUNTER-CONDITIONING THAT IS A METHOD IN WHICH THE CLIENT VISUALIZES A SERIES OF ANXIETY-PROVOKING STIMULI WHILE MAINTAINING A STATE OF RELAXATION?
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WHAT IS SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION AND WHAT IS IT COMMONLY USED FOR?
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WHAT ASSOCIATES A PLEASANT, RELAXED STATE WITH THE STIMULI THAT ONCE CAUSED THE ANXIETY AND IS COMMONLY USED TO TREAT PHOBIAS?
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WHAT IS AVERSIVE CONDITIONING?
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WHAT IS A TYPE OF COUNTER-CONDITIONING THAT ASSOCIATES AN UNPLEASANT STATE WITH AN UNWANTED BEHAVIOR?
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WHAT IS ANTABUSE?
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WHAT IS A NAUSEA-PRODUCING DRUG THAT MAKES YOU DRINK WHEN YOU DRINK ALCOHOL?
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WHAT IS PUNISHMENT?
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WHAT IS A HARMLESS STIMULUS (SUCH AS SHOUTING "NO!" OR A MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK) THAT PRESENTS THE UNPLEASANT STIMULUS AFTER THE UNDESIRABLE RESPONSE OCCURS?
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WHAT IS A TOKEN ECONOMY?
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WHAT IS AN OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURE THAT REWARDS DESIRED BEHAVIORS?
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WHAT IS COGNITIVE THERAPY?
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WHAT ASSUMES THAT OUR THINKING AFFECTS OUR FEELINGS AND TEACHES PEOPLE NEW, MORE ADAPTIVE WAY OF THINKING AND ACTING?
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WHAT IS COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY?
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WHAT IS A POPULAR INTEGRATED THERAPY THAT COMBINES COGNITIVE THERAPY (CHANGING SELF-DEFEATING THINKING) WITH BEHAVIOR THERAPY (CHANGING BEHAVIOR)?
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WHAT IS REGRESSION TOWARD THE MEAN?
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WHAT IS THE TENDENCY FOR EXTREMES OF UNUSUAL SCORES TO FALL BACK (REGRESS) TOWARD THEIR AVERAGE?
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WHAT IS META-ANALYSIS?
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WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR STATISTICALLY COMBINING THE RESULTS OF MANY DIFFERENT RESEARCH STUDIES?
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