NSG 6440 Practice Test PsychoTherapeutics

NSG 6440 Practice Test PsychoTherapeutics Latest Update - Questions and 100% Correct Answers Guaranteed A+

Alternatives to ECT - CORRECT ANSWER: - Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic

Stimulation (rTMS)

• In rTMS, a pulsating magnetic coil is placed over prefrontal regions of the brain to treat

depression with minimal side effects.

Antianxiety Drugs - CORRECT ANSWER: - Antianxiety drugs (Xanax and Ativan)

depress the central nervous system and reduce anxiety and tension by elevating the levels of the Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitter.

Antidepressant Drugs - CORRECT ANSWER: - Antidepressant drugs like Prozac,

Zoloft, and Paxil are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) that improve the mood by elevating levels of serotonin by inhibiting reuptake.

Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER: - Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors.

• To treat phobias or sexual disorders, behavior therapists do not delve deeply below the

surface looking for inner causes.

Being empathetic - CORRECT ANSWER: Demonstrate careful attention to the clients' feelings, partly by reflecting what you hear the client saying.

Being genuine - CORRECT ANSWER: Be yourself and be truthful; don't put on a

therapist façade.

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Being non-directive - CORRECT ANSWER: Let insight and goals come from the client, rather than dictating interpretations.

Brain Stimulation - CORRECT ANSWER: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

ECT is used for severely depressed patients who do not respond to drugs. The patient is anesthetized and given a muscle relaxant. Patients usually get a 100 volt shock that relieves them of depression.

Chapter Overview - CORRECT ANSWER: - Major types of psychotherapy include

psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavior, cognitive, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy.Issues in psychotherapy include culture, gender, values, effective factors and types, and the evaluation of psychotherapy effectiveness.We'll also look at biomedical therapies such as drugs, brain stimulation, surgery, and lifestyle change.

-Finally, we'll briefly consider the prevention of psychological disorders.

Classical Conditioning Techniques - CORRECT ANSWER: - Counterconditioning is a

procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors.

• It is based on classical conditioning and includes exposure therapy (systematic

desensitization) and aversive conditioning.

Cognitive Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER: - Teaches people adaptive ways of thinking

and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions.

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER: - Cognitive therapists often

combine the reversal of self-defeated thinking with efforts to modify behavior.

• Cognitive-behavior therapy aims to alter the way people act (behavior therapy) and

alter the way they think (cognitive therapy).

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