psych_105_20140916033229 (3/3)

Question 1

Trofranil and Elavil work by blocking the reuptake of ___ and ___.

Answer 1

Norepinepherine and serotonin.

Question 2

What does SSRI stand for?

Answer 2

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.

Question 3

What is the most commonly prescribed kind of antidepressants

Answer 3

SSRI’s.

Question 4

Prozac, Celexa, and Paxil are ___.

Answer 4

SSRI’s.

Question 5

SNRI’s differ from SSRI’s in that they also deal with the reuptake of ___.

Answer 5

Norepinepherine.

Question 6

Mood Stabilizers

Answer 6

Medications used to suppress swings between mania and depression.

Question 7

Lithium is associated with ___ and ___ problems.

Answer 7

Thyroid and kidney.

Question 8

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Answer 8

A treatment that involves inducing a mild seizure by delivering an electrical shock to the brain.

Question 9

ECT is used to treat ___ and ___.

Answer 9

Depression and mania.

Question 10

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Answer 10

A treatment that involves placing a powerful pulsed magnet over a person’s scalp,which alters neuronal activity in the brain.

Question 11

Phototherapy

Answer 11

A therapy that involves repeated exposure to bright light.

Question 12

Psychosurgery

Answer 12

The surgical destruction of specific brain areas.

Question 13

Natural Improvement

Answer 13

The tendency of symptoms to return to their mean or average level.

Question 14

Nonspecific Treatment Effects

Answer 14

Unrelated to the specific mechanisms by which treatment is supposed to be working.

Question 15

Placebo

Answer 15

An inert substance or procedure that has been applied with the expectation that a healing response will be produced.

Question 16

Outcome Studies

Answer 16

Evaluate whether a particular treatment works.

Question 17

Process Studies

Answer 17

Answer questions regarding why a treatment works, or under what circumstances it works.

Question 18

Two levels of empirical support:

Answer 18

Well-established treatments and Probably efficacious treatments.

Question 19

Iatrogenic Illness

Answer 19

A disorder of symptom that occurs as a result of a medical or psychotherapeutic treatment itself.

Question 20

The textbook mentions 5 points concerning the ethical treatment of clients. What are they?

Answer 20

Striving to benefit clients and taking care to do no harm, establishing relationships of trust with clients, promoting accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness, seeking fairness in treatment and taking precautions to avoid biases, and respecting the dignity and worth of all people.