Although it is generally recommended to begin with psychotherapy first to treat psychological disorders,for which group of patients would it be most beneficial to begin with drug treatments instead of psychotheraputic treatments?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following criticisms of family and couples therapies are valid?
   1: These treatments are not as effective as most individual treatments for problems relating to family or relationship conflict.
   2: The attraction of these therapies may reflect little more than the charisma of those who developed them.
   3: Bona fide treatments only produce beneficial outcomes for a minority of cases in 20 sessions or fewer.
   4: These has been a relative lack of research on many of these therapies.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 3 & 4
   D. 2 & 4

2. According to research on psychotherapy’s effectiveness, at what point into psychotherapy can 50 percent of clients begin to experience beneficial effects?

   A. 6 to 8 sessions
   B. 10 to 15 sessions
   C. 1 to 2 sessions
   D. 25 to 30 sessions

3. Which of the following is not a form of psychotherapy used to treat psychological disorders?

   A. Cognitive therapy
   B. Pharmacotherapy
   C. Humanistic therapy
   D. Behavioral therapy

4. What are the primary limitations of drug therapy to treat psychological disorders?

   A. Not everyone responds to the drug
   B. Major side effects experienced by some patients
   C. Drug treatment does not help patients learn to cope with life experiences and stressors that contribute to the disorder
   D. There are no known limitations of drug therapy to treat psychological disorders
   E. a,b and c

5. Which of psychotherapy has been shown to significantly decrease the relapse rate of patients with depression when administered after successful drug treatment?

   A. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
   B. Psychoanalysis
   C. Behavioural therapy
   D. Humanistic therapy

6. What are possible reasons given to explain why 5-10% of patients deteriorate after ending psychotherapy?

   A. Poor therapist – client relationship
   B. Therapist incompetence
   C. Therapy disrupts stable pattern of functioning
   D. Therapy does not offer clients alternative cooping mechanisms
   E. All of the above

7. What are the two major approaches to treatment of psychological disorders?
   1: Biological.
   2: Medical.
   3: Chemical.
   4: Psychological

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 2 & 4
   D. 1 & 4

8. Until the late eighteenth century, people suffering from a psychological disorders were thought to be possessed by demons or evil spirits. Treatment was designed to alter the body in order to let out the spirits or make it an inhospitable habitat for them,and among the earliest of these was a technique in which part of the skull bone was removed to allow evil spirits out.But what was this technique called?

   A. Ice pick lobotomy
   B. Trepanning
   C. Prefrontal lobotomy
   D. Bloodletting

9. Why is the difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatments?

   A. Self-selection into therapy leads to biased samples
   B. Creating true control groups for comparison
   C. The number of possible treatment-disorder combinations to assess
   D. Most patients do not give consent to participate in research
   E. a,b and c

10. Is psychotherapy effective?

    A. Yes, definitely
    B. Generally yes, but there are still some concerns
    C. Generally no, but there are some exceptions
    D. No, not at all