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MRI-guided precision surgery is occasionally done to cut the brain circuits involved in severe cases of

A) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B) bipolar disorder.
C) schizophrenia.
D) depression.

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Question 122

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Antidepressant drugs are believed to work by affecting serotonin or

A) dopamine.
B) lithium.
C) norepinephrine.
D) acetylcholine.

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Question 123

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After discontinuing heavy use of an antianxiety drug, Angela experienced increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping. Angela was experiencing symptoms of

Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date, so his therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for his cell phone and then calling a potential date. The therapist's technique best illustrates the process of

Persuading depressed patients to reverse their catastrophizing beliefs about themselves and their futures is most characteristic of

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are prescribed to

Decreasing negative thoughts by engaging in a pleasant activity is a cognitive therapy technique designed to

When Molly told her therapist about her frightening car accident, the therapist instructed her to close her eyes and verbalize any further thoughts stimulated by this experience, even if they were scary or embarrassing. The therapist was making use of a technique known as

Which of the following therapists introduced the use of free association?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from D-cycloserine?

The operant conditioning technique in which desired behaviors are rewarded with points or poker chips that can later be exchanged for various rewards is called

Light exposure therapy was developed to relieve symptoms of

An important component of psychoanalysis is

Hans Eysenck's summary of 24 early psychotherapy outcome studies suggested that patient improvement was not necessarily the result of

Client-centered therapists emphasize the importance of

Which of the following is most likely to contribute to inflated estimates of the value of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?

Critics of ________ have expressed a concern that appropriate patient behaviors will disappear following the discontinuation of a token economy.

Positive psychological changes that result from struggling with extremely challenging life crises demonstrate

Jordan experiences delusions of persecution, and irrelevant sights or sounds consistently distract him from things that require his attention. Which of the following drugs is most likely to relieve these distressing symptoms?

Which of the following is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor?