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Question 21

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The advent of antipsychotic drugs in the 1950s ________.

A) delayed important research on the effectiveness of shock therapy
B) led to renewed efforts to prevent mental illness
C) created a favorable climate for the policy of deinstitutionalization
D) was the catalyst for the founding of crisis intervention programs

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Throughout most of their history, mental hospitals have provided adequate care or therapy for their residents.

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Antipsychotic drugs tend to fail to relieve________ of schizophrenia.

The form of therapy that sees the family as at least partly responsible for the individual's problems and seeks to change all family members' behaviors to the benefit of the unit as well as the individual is ________.

Electroconvulsive therapy is most often used to alleviate ________.

The main thrust of ________ prevention is intervention.

Antidepressant drugs have no unwanted or undesirable side effects.

According to the Consumer Reports study on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, the greatest improvement was seen in individuals engaged in _____.

Andre feared flying all his life. He gets the opportunity to go to Europe for a semester abroad, so he decides to see a therapist, knowing he will need to fly. The therapist begins by having Andre list what makes him fearful, and then teaches him relaxation techniques for various items in the hierarchy. Andre learns to apply the relaxation techniques, and soon is considerably more comfortable about flying before his trip. The therapist used ________.

Television ad campaigns aimed at educating people about opiate addiction before they are exposed to the drug is a form of ________ prevention.

A benefit of unilateral ECT versus traditional ECT is that it appears to reduce side effects.

Campaigns to educate youth about drugs and alcohol abuse are forms of ________ prevention.

Couples therapy involving both partners is more effective than for just one of them.

Which of the following classes of antidepressant drugs has the fewest side effects?

In the past, physicians, specifically known as ________, were the only individuals in mental health licensed to offer biological treatments.

Rational-emotive therapists are confrontational.

A Consumer Reports survey of over 180,000 subscribers found that ________ respondents reported significant overall improvement after therapy.

Identify and describe three types of major approaches to preventing mental disorders in terms of the goals and methods of each type.

Which of the following is true regarding psychotherapy?

Free association is a procedure for bringing underlying thoughts to surface consciousness.