Therapeutic App...

Until the late eighteenth century, people suffering from a psychological disorder 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? 

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

In the placebo effect: 

Free association, interpretation and analysis of transference are treatment techniques in which model of psychotherapy? 

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

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 psychotherapeutic treatments?

Which TWO of the following definitions of key features of Aaron Beck ’s cognitive therapy are accurate?

1. Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific moods.
2. Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific situations.
3. In collaborative empiricism, the therapist formulates a hypothesis and then tests its validity himself.
4. In collaborative empiricism, the client is asked to formulate a hypothesis and then helps the therapist to test its validity.

In client-centred therapy, the importance of affirming the worth of the client is achieved by the exercise of which THREE therapeutic attitudes?

1. Unconditional positive regard.
2. Empathy.
3. Genuineness.
4. Confrontation.

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

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