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Test I: 12, 36, 45, 51, 100, 104, 142 Test II: 43, 113, 128, 129, 131, 139 Test III: 131, 141 Test IV: 109, 119, 132, 150 Test V: 119 Test VI: 75, 88, 123, 124

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Psychotherapy

Question 1 of 24

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Test 1 Question 12 A therapist gets assigned a new patient in his clinic. While looking at the materials the patient filled out in the waiting area he finds out that the patient has a substance abuse history. He immediately says “Stupid drug addicts, they’re so annoying. They’re such a waste of time. They never want to get better.” This is an example of:

Select one of the following:

  • Projection

  • Transference

  • Countertransference

  • Resistance

  • Confrontation

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

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Test 1 Question 36. Which one of the following is most appropriate for treatment with dialectical behavioral therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Histrionic personality disorder

  • Borderline personality disorder

  • Dependent personality disorder

  • Schizoid personality disorder

  • Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder

Explanation

Question 3 of 24

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Test 1 Question 45. Which one of the following is not an appropriate part of family therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Exploring family members’ beliefs about the meanings of their behaviors

  • Reframing problematic behaviors positively

  • Focusing most of the session on the most dysfunctional member of the family

  • Encouraging family members to interact differently and observe the effects

  • Giving the family members things to think about and work on outside of sessions

Explanation

Question 4 of 24

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Test 1 Question 51. One of your patients of the opposite sex begins to act seductively and proceeds to ask you out for dinner. Which one of the following would be an appropriate response?

Select one of the following:

  • Ignore the patient’s advances

  • Compliment the patient on the way she (or he) is dressed

  • Tell the patient that you are seeing someone and therefore can’t accept the offer

  • Examine your own countertransference and explore the meaning of the patient’s behavior

  • Have sex with the patient and then make the patient find a new doctor

Explanation

Question 5 of 24

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Test 1 Question 100. What is the therapeutic focus of motivational enhancement therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Anger

  • Depression

  • Medical comorbidity

  • Ambivalence

  • Environment

Explanation

Question 6 of 24

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Test 1 Question 104. How would Beck describe the problem found in depression?

Select one of the following:

  • Learned helplessness

  • Not good enough mothering

  • Neurochemical imbalance

  • Cognitive distortion

  • Lack of social skills

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

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Test 1 Question 142. What is the best indicator that a patient has the ego strength for psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Diagnosis

  • Age

  • Quality of relationships

  • Gender

  • Mental status examination

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

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Test 2 Question 43. Which one of the following is most closely associated with prognostic outcome in psychodynamic therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Length of training

  • Neutrality of the therapist

  • Age of the therapist

  • Gender of the therapist

  • Empathy and warmth

Explanation

Question 9 of 24

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Test 2 Question 113. Which one of the following is not a major problem area addressed by interpersonal psychotherapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Cognitive distortions

  • Grief and loss

  • Role transitions

  • Relational role disputes

  • Social deficits

Explanation

Question 10 of 24

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Test 2 Question 128. A patient with a fear of spiders is put in a room with many spiders, and immediately a live tarantula is placed on his hand for as long as necessary until the dissipation of his anxiety. This behavioral technique is called:

Select one of the following:

  • Graded exposure

  • Aversion therapy

  • Flooding

  • Assertiveness training

  • Modeling

Explanation

Question 11 of 24

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Test 2 Question 129. Which one of the following is true regarding psychoanalytic psychotherapy?

Select one of the following:

  • All of the patient’s remarks should be taken at face value

  • Most of what the patient says is unimportant

  • Disclaimers often precede emotionally charged material and are important to note

  • It is important to point out to the patient every instance in which he or she exhibits low self-esteem

  • One should interpret the patient’s resistance at each and every opportunity

Explanation

Question 12 of 24

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Test 2 Question 131. Which one of the following is not a technique used in cognitive therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Reattribution

  • Role playing

  • Thought recording

  • Abreaction

  • Developing alternatives

Explanation

Question 13 of 24

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Test 2 Question 139. Psychiatrist: What’s on your mind? Patient: I’ve been feeling depressed. Psychiatrist: Can you tell me more about what’s been happening? Patient: I haven’t been eating as much as I used to. Psychiatrist: Could you explain to me what you’ve been going through? The psychiatrist’s approach is an example of:

Select one of the following:

  • Closed-ended questions

  • Open-ended questions

  • Countertransference

  • Detailed mini-mental status exam

  • Negative reinforcement

Explanation

Question 14 of 24

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Test 3 Question 131. Beck, in the theory supporting his cognitive triad, felt that “distorted negative thoughts” lead to:

Select one of the following:

  • Failure of good enough mothering

  • Transitional object development

  • Mania

  • Depression

  • Aggression toward the primary caregiver

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

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Test 3 Question 141. During a session a therapist tells the patient “I know you feel terrible right now, but things are going to get better with the passage of time.” This type of statement is characteristic of which type of therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Supportive psychotherapy

  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy

  • Psychoanalysis

  • Play therapy

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy

Explanation

Question 16 of 24

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Test 4 Question 109. A psychiatrist made a minor error in her last session with a patient. The patient comes to her for psychodynamic psychotherapy. The best approach is to:

Select one of the following:

  • Interpret the patient’s reaction

  • Ignore the mistake

  • Give a long but clear explanation of her reasoning

  • Briefly acknowledge that she made a mistake

  • Profusely apologize

Explanation

Question 17 of 24

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Test 4 Question 119. A psychiatrist is doing psychodynamic psychotherapy with a patient. The patient is usually on time, but missed a session last Tuesday. When he comes back, how should the psychiatrist approach this issue?

Select one of the following:

  • Do not mention the missed appointment

  • Refuse to treat the patient anymore

  • “You missed your appointment Tuesday. I was wondering what happened.”

  • “I’m glad you didn’t show on Tuesday. I spent the time with a patient I like better than you.”

  • “I’m going to charge you twice the normal fee because you missed your appointment last Tuesday.”

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

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Test 4 Question 132. Which one of the following is the focus of interpersonal therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Anxiety management

  • Belief systems

  • Faulty cognitions

  • Social interactions

  • Transference

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

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Test 4 Question 150. Which one of the following is an important technique of cognitive behavioral therapy?

Select one of the following:

  • Maintaining therapeutic neutrality

  • Offering interpretations of patients’ unconscious wishes

  • Abreaction

  • Working through unresolved conflict

  • Finding and testing automatic thoughts

Explanation

Question 20 of 24

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Test 5 Question 119. Which of the following is true regarding self-disclosure in psychotherapy?

Select one of the following:

  • It is always prohibited

  • It is acceptable if it helps the therapist feel more comfortable

  • It is acceptable for therapists to share their real feelings as long as they don’t lie

  • It is acceptable if it is done solely for the benefit of the patient

  • It is never prohibited

Explanation

Question 21 of 24

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Test 6 Question 75. Which of the following is not one of the therapist’s tasks in a group therapy setting?

Select one of the following:

  • Formulate goals

  • Decide on an open vs closed group

  • Maintenance of a therapeutic environment

  • Choose frequency and length of group meetings

  • Suppression of catharsis

Explanation

Question 22 of 24

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Test 6 Question 88. When dialectical behavioral therapy is used to treat patients with borderline personality disorder, the word “dialectical” refers to therapeutic strategies focused on:

Select one of the following:

  • Alleviating psychic tension between the id and its fantasies and the superego and its responsibilities

  • Going over traumatic events and analyzing their impact on the patient

  • Reframing cognitive distortions and finding underlying mechanisms to negative thoughts

  • Role playing that seeks to improve the patient’s interpersonal relationships

  • Seeking for synthesis between seemingly contradictory ideas and emotions

Explanation

Question 23 of 24

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Test 6 Question 123. You are screening Thomas for brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. Which of the following is a sign that he is an appropriate candidate?

Select one of the following:

  • He sticks his hand down his pants and smears feces on your office chair

  • He is fighting with both of his parents

  • He takes sertraline every day

  • He has one friend who he talks to twice per year

  • He is able to identify and discuss his feelings

Explanation

Question 24 of 24

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Test 6 Question 124. Which of the following is most associated with object relations theory?

Select one of the following:

  • Melanie Klein

  • Carl Jung

  • Jean Baker Miller

  • Anna Freud

  • Sigmund Freud

Explanation

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