Author Question: A depressed young woman enters a psychologist's office for her first appointment. The therapist ... (Read 54 times)

penguins · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A depressed young woman enters a psychologist's office for her first appointment. The therapist tells her that they will work together to recognize and correct her negative thinking errors.. The type of therapy that will be used here is called

a. interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT).
b. conditional therapy.
c. cognitive therapy.
d. antidepressive therapy.

Question 2

In comparing ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) to antidepressant medication, all of the following statements are accurate EXCEPT that

a. some patients have long-term memory problems after ECT.
b. continued treatment with medication or psychotherapy is not needed after ECT.
c. short-term memory loss is a side effect of treatment with ECT.
d. 50 percent of psychotically depressed patients who do not improve using medication benefit from ECT.