TULANE ROLLINS PSYCH Test 5 Practice
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What is the main goal of the cognitive therapies? What are some
techniques used in cognitive therapies? --- correct answer ---The goal
is to change one's pattern of thinking from maladaptive thought
patterns towards *focus on more productive things*. Techniques
include *Beck's Cognitive Therapy*, which is correcting the irrational
thoughts a person may have by pointing out how irrational such
thoughts are, and *Self-Statement Modification*, or the alteration of
their negative self-statements into more constructive and positive
ones.
What are the 3 types of biomedical treatments? --- correct answer ---
*Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)*, *Psychosurgery*, and
*Psychoactive drugs*.
What is electroconvulsive shock therapy? For what is it used today? Is
it effective? What is the main side effect? --- correct answer ---The
,application of strong electric shocks to a patient in order to produce
convulsions. Nowadays, when this treatment is used, the patient is
anesthetized, given muscle relaxants, and treated with weaker shocks.
It is normally only used to treat severe depression, and is apparently
one of the most highly-effective treatments in all of medicine.
What is psychosurgery? What is prefrontal and transorbital lobotomy?
What were the general effects of lobotomy? Are lobotomies used to
,treat psychological disorders today? --- correct answer ---
Psychosurgery is the removal or destruction of brain tissue in order to
treat psychological disorders. The Pre-Frontal Lobotomy was drilling a
hole in the skull and inserting an instrument to sever the connection
between the frontal lobes and the limbic system. Common results
were lethargy, immaturity, impulsivity, and the loss of personality
and creativity. However, it made people easier to handle. Today, these
procedures are rarely if ever used and they are way more elegant if
they are used. It is much more mathematical and only used if all else
has failed.
What is deep-brain stimulation? P. 686-687 --- correct answer ---
Pinpointing neural hub between frontal lobes and limbic system.
Overactive in depressed people. Experimental. Mayberg.
What is repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation? P. 686 ---
correct answer ---is a form of brain stimulation therapy used to treat
depression and anxiety. It has been in use since 1985. The therapy
, involves using a magnet to target and stimulate certain areas of the
brain.
What are neuroleptics/antipsychotics (Haldol, Thorazine, Risperdal)
used to treat? How do they affect dopamine? --- correct answer ---
Neuroleptics/Antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis and the
positive symptoms of schizophrenia. They act as dopamine
antagonists. The main drugs used usually resulted in nothing more
than drowsiness.; However, they came with an incurable side effect
called Tardive Dyskinesia, a repetitive motor disorder.
What is tardive dyskinesia? --- correct answer ---An incurable side
effect of neuroleptics/antipsychotics called Tardive Dyskinesia, a
repetitive motor disorder.
What are the general classes of antidepressants and which are most
commonly prescribed today? --- correct answer ---The classes include
MAO-I's, Trycilic drugs, and Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Questions Answered Correctly Latest
Versions 2025 Graded A+
What is the main goal of the cognitive therapies? What are some
techniques used in cognitive therapies? --- correct answer ---The goal
is to change one's pattern of thinking from maladaptive thought
patterns towards *focus on more productive things*. Techniques
include *Beck's Cognitive Therapy*, which is correcting the irrational
thoughts a person may have by pointing out how irrational such
thoughts are, and *Self-Statement Modification*, or the alteration of
their negative self-statements into more constructive and positive
ones.
What are the 3 types of biomedical treatments? --- correct answer ---
*Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)*, *Psychosurgery*, and
*Psychoactive drugs*.
What is electroconvulsive shock therapy? For what is it used today? Is
it effective? What is the main side effect? --- correct answer ---The
,application of strong electric shocks to a patient in order to produce
convulsions. Nowadays, when this treatment is used, the patient is
anesthetized, given muscle relaxants, and treated with weaker shocks.
It is normally only used to treat severe depression, and is apparently
one of the most highly-effective treatments in all of medicine.
What is psychosurgery? What is prefrontal and transorbital lobotomy?
What were the general effects of lobotomy? Are lobotomies used to
,treat psychological disorders today? --- correct answer ---
Psychosurgery is the removal or destruction of brain tissue in order to
treat psychological disorders. The Pre-Frontal Lobotomy was drilling a
hole in the skull and inserting an instrument to sever the connection
between the frontal lobes and the limbic system. Common results
were lethargy, immaturity, impulsivity, and the loss of personality
and creativity. However, it made people easier to handle. Today, these
procedures are rarely if ever used and they are way more elegant if
they are used. It is much more mathematical and only used if all else
has failed.
What is deep-brain stimulation? P. 686-687 --- correct answer ---
Pinpointing neural hub between frontal lobes and limbic system.
Overactive in depressed people. Experimental. Mayberg.
What is repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation? P. 686 ---
correct answer ---is a form of brain stimulation therapy used to treat
depression and anxiety. It has been in use since 1985. The therapy
, involves using a magnet to target and stimulate certain areas of the
brain.
What are neuroleptics/antipsychotics (Haldol, Thorazine, Risperdal)
used to treat? How do they affect dopamine? --- correct answer ---
Neuroleptics/Antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis and the
positive symptoms of schizophrenia. They act as dopamine
antagonists. The main drugs used usually resulted in nothing more
than drowsiness.; However, they came with an incurable side effect
called Tardive Dyskinesia, a repetitive motor disorder.
What is tardive dyskinesia? --- correct answer ---An incurable side
effect of neuroleptics/antipsychotics called Tardive Dyskinesia, a
repetitive motor disorder.
What are the general classes of antidepressants and which are most
commonly prescribed today? --- correct answer ---The classes include
MAO-I's, Trycilic drugs, and Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
