Chapter 14: Treating Psychological Disorders

True or False?

Remember to use this test as an opportunity to review how much you know about each topic.

Questions

  1. TMS and ECT are both biomedical therapies.
  2. Psychoanalysis focuses on the patient’s unconscious.
  3. The most commonly prescribed drugs for ADHD are depressants.
  4. Antipsychotic drugs are also called neuroleptics.
  5. CBT stands for Compassion Based Therapy.
  6. Carl Rogers developed person-centred therapy.
  7. When administering ECT, physicians deliberately trigger a brief seizure.
  8. Antianxiety medications typically target the neurotransmitter serotonin.
  9. Flooding involves forcing a patient to confront their fear head on/all at once.
  10. In a primary prevention community mental health service, all members of the community receive the treatment.

Answers

  1. true
  2. true
  3. false
  4. true
  5. false
  6. true
  7. true
  8. false
  9. true
  10. true

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