PSYCH 438 Exam 2 Practice Questions and Correct Answers
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PSYCH 438
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PSYCH 438
Treatment gap the disparity between the number of people who need mental health services and the availability of and access to those services
Dissemination and implementation science a field aimed at finding ways to more effectively, sustainability, and widely distributed evidence-based interventi...
PSYCH 438 Exam 2 Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
Treatment gap ✅the disparity between the number of people who need mental health
services and the availability of and access to those services
Dissemination and implementation science ✅a field aimed at finding ways to more
effectively, sustainability, and widely distributed evidence-based interventions in forms
that will be integrated and applied in different settings
Group therapy ✅the treatment of several unrelated clients at the same time - often, the
clients have a similar problems area
Couples therapy ✅treatment that focuses on the relationship between partners rather
than on the individual partners
Family therapy ✅treatment that focuses on relationships between and among at least
two generations of family members
Paraprofessionals (non-specialist providers, or nsps) ✅non professionals who are
specially trained to deliver mental health interventions
Tertiary prevention (indicated prevention intervention) ✅efforts to lessen the severity of
disorders and to reduce their short- and long-term consequences
Secondary prevention (selective mental health prevention) ✅efforts to intervene with
people who are at risk for developing a disorder
Primary prevention (universal mental health prevention) ✅efforts to modify
environments or strengthen individual's resilience so that they are less susceptible to
developing mental health problems
Community psychology ✅a field whose practitioners promote community-based
treatment of mental health problems, better under-standing of those problems, and
social changes that can prevent them
Self-help ✅individual or group efforts to manage mental health problems without
professional help
Complementary and alternative medicine (integrative techniques) ✅an umbrella term
for health-linked practices that are often not part of well-researched, standard health-
care programs
, Behavioral therapy ✅a collection of learning-based treatment techniques that includes
exposure therapies, behavioral activation, and contingency management
Functional analysis ✅gathering information about the personal and environmental
factors that trigger and support a client's adaptive and maladaptive behaviors
Exposure treatments ✅arranging for clients to have extended contact with a feared
situation so that they can gain mastery over it and discover that it is not harmful
Progressive relaxation training (prt) ✅a set of muscle tension and release of
procedures designed to create feelings of relaxation that are incompatible with anxiety
Social skills training ✅procedures designed to improve the skills clients need to
interact successfully with other people
Behavioral activation ✅a behavioral treatment method to help clients engage more
often in behaviors that will provide reinforcement from the environment
Aversion therapy ✅a set of techniques that employ painful or unpleasant stimuli to
decrease unwanted behaviors
Cognitive therapies ✅treatment approach that aims at identifying, evaluating, and
changing client's maladaptive cognitions
Schemas ✅organized knowledge that influences how we anticipate, perceive,
interpret, and recall information
Cognitive restructuring ✅the process of generating more balanced and helpful
alternative ways of thinking
Rational-emotive behavioral therapy (rebt) ✅an approach to cognitive therapy that
directly attacks irrational beliefs that support psychological problems and teaches more
rational ways of thinking
Cognitive behavior therapy ✅treatment packages for psychological disorders that
combine elements of behavior therapy and cognitive therapy
Mindfulness ✅in important element of third-wave treatments that encourages
observation and acceptance of one's current experience
Acceptance and commitment therapy (act) ✅a treatment whose goal is to help clients
engage fully in the present and respond to situations in ways that are consistent with
their values
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