Reference no: EM133322020
Questions
1. Why do antipsychotic medications not "cure" schizophrenia?
Therapists prefer not to use high doses of the medications.
The symptoms reappear when medication is suspended.
People with schizophrenia prefer to have symptoms.
They need to be combined with antidepressants to be effective.
2. Which of the following best describes Stand Up for Mental Health?
Treatment that evokes neurological changes
Community based prevention program
Program intended to boost the confidence and self-esteem of mental health patients
Therapy program for mental disorders
3. According to behavioural treatment approaches abnormal behaviour is learned through which of the following?
Vicarious experiences.
Conflict experiences in early childhood.
Rewards and punishments.
Thoughts based on the perception of events.
4. Of the medications prescribed for psychological issues what percentage are prescribed by general physicians, and not physicians with a specialty in psychiatric medicine?
20 percent
60 percent
80 percent
40 percent
5. Which of the following describes the eclectic approach to therapy?
Is controversial because of its connection to the paranormal theories of psychic phenomena.
Is based on the teachings of a Danish therapist who promoted meditation.
Mixes techniques of various theoretical perspectives.
First attempts to break down personality and then reconstructs it.
6. Person-centred therapy is based on which model of abnormality?
Psychoanalytic
Sociocultural
Behavioural
Humanistic
7. Therapy based on the humanistic model focuses primarily on which of the following?
The person or client
Interpretation
Unconscious thoughts
The person's past
8. Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy?
Reduces therapy to a conversation among friends
Emphasizes choices
Is less expensive
Is less directive
9. Which of the following was the first widely used "wonder drug" to control schizophrenia?
Chlorpromazine
Dopamine
Lithium
Prozac
10. What type of therapy would describe a group of people who have experienced similar problems and get together to discuss their shared feelings and experiences without a professional therapist?
Psychodynamic
Recovery therapy
Self-help group
Group therapy