Prevention, Consultation, and Psychotherapy Research

Question 1

Transdiagnosic treatments are aimed at disorders that are

Answer 1

caused and maintained by similar core mechanisms.

Question 2

Norcross and Lambert (2011) concluded which accounts for the greatest amount of variability in psychotherapy outcomes?

Answer 2

patient contributions

Question 3

Measures of treatment fidelity typically focus on what?

Answer 3

therapist adherence and competence

Question 4

Eysenck (1952) found that symptoms improvements due to psychotherapy were less than improvements of what?

Answer 4

spontaneous remission

Question 5

Smith, Glass, and Miller concluded based off of 475 studies that the average psychotherapy patient is better off than what percentage of patients who don’t?

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

Efficacy research

Answer 6

is conducted in well-controlled circumstances (good internal, limited external validity)

Question 7

Effectiveness research

Answer 7

is conducted in naturalistic clinical settings (limited internal, but good external validity)

Question 8

Tertiary preventions target

Answer 8

people who have a mental or physical disorder and include relapse prevention and rehabilitation programs.

Question 9

Caplan’s four obstacles for providing effective mental health services:

Answer 9

lack of knowledge, skills, confidence, objectivity (theme interference a cause of objectivity)

Question 10

Howard et al.’s phase model (1996) states symptomatic relief occurs during which of the three stages of psychotherapy?

Answer 10

remediation (remoralization, rehabilitation)