Applied questions

A client is experiencing significant/disabling problems of mood, thought and behaviour. What is this?

Psychopathology

A client is displaying behaviour which is seen as different, extreme, unusual and bizarre. What type of four d is this?

Deviance

A client is displaying behaviour where they feel unpleasant and upsetting. What type of four d is this?

Distress

A client mentions that they have difficulty doing daily activities in a constructive way. What type of four d is this? 

Dysfunction

A client is presenting hostile, desperate and confusing behaviour towards themselves and other people. What type of four d is this?

Danger

A client has an ED. What type of four d is applied?

Danger

A client is seeing hallucinations and has severe depression. In prehistoric societies, how would they treat this?

By cutting a circular section of the skull to release the evil spirits called trephination

A client is experiencing psychopathology. In early societies, how would they treat this?

Exorcism

A client is experiencing depression. In Greek and Roman civilizations, how would they treat this?

The client is unbalanced with the black bile. It can be reduced by a quiet life, diet of vegetables, temperance, exercise, celibacy and bleeding.

A client is having an overabundance of emotions and mental disturbances. How would the Chinese treat this?

Tell the client to have greater balance in life, avoiding emotional extremes and treating the mind/body as a whole.

A client was experiencing madness, hallucinations, delusions and false beliefs. In the middle ages, how would this be treated?

Exorcism and torture

A client was showing signs of psychopathology. In the renaissance, how would this be treated?

They were put into asylums, but the conditions were filthy and treated cruelly. 

A client was showing signs of psychopathology. In the nineteenth century, how would this be treated?

They were put into asylums, but they could move freely, have sunny environments and were offered support/advice. 

If a client was experiencing problems with race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, language, poverty and other factors, what psychologist would help them the most?

Multicultural

A client in recent decades is showing signs of psychopathology. What ways can they be helped?

By a multicultural psychologist, medications, outpatient treatments such as prevention programs and telemental health services

A client had problems from prenatal events to brain injuries, viral infections and environmental experiences as well as stress. What theoretical model is applied?

Biological

A client has low serotonin which causes depression. What issue are they experiencing according to theoretical models?

Biological → irregular activity with neurotransmitters

A client has high cortisol which leads to depression and anxiety. What issue are they experiencing according to theoretical models?

Biological → atypical secretions from the endocrine glands

A client has Huntington's disease which has symptoms of psychopathology. What issues could they be experiencing according to theoretical models?

Biological → there can be improper interconnectivity (communication) within the structures of circuits. 

A client is experiencing anxiety. What kind of psychotropic drug would you give?

Antianxiety for tension and anxiety relief

A client is experiencing depression. What kind of psychotropic drug would you give?

Antidepressant

A client is bipolar. What kind of psychotropic drug would you give?

Antibipolar since its a mood stabilizer

A client is experiencing confusion, hallucinations and delusions. What kind of psychotropic drug would you give?

Antipsychotic

A client has severe depression. What are two possible treatments other than medication that fit the biological theoretical model?

ECT and Psychosurgery 

A client has addictions to smoking, nail biting and over eating. What stage of development did they experience where their needs weren’t met?

Oral

Client A has OCD and is very clean. Client B is very messy. They were both harshly toilet trained in their childhood. What stage of development did they experience where their needs were not met?

Anal

A client has a phobia of dogs because they saw their parents scared of dogs when they were little. What is this due to and what theoretical model is applied?

CBT and learned. 

A client has OCD and every time they step on a sidewalk crack they believe someone they love will die. What is this due to and what theoretical model is applied?

CBT and faulty/illogical thinking

A client has depression and overgeneralizes problems. They lost their jobs and believed they could not achieve anything. What is this due to and what theoretical model is applied?

CBT and faulty/illogical. 

A physician wears a white lab coat whenever she gives a needle to a little boy. The patient is now scared of needles and the white lab coat. How many stimuli are occurring and what is this called?

2 & classical conditioning. 

A client was taught their parents love is conditional. What theoretical model is applied?

Humanistic-Existential

A client doesn't give any meaning to their life. They feel frustration, boredom, and alienation. What theoretical model is applied?

Humanistic-Existential