1. Identify the three categories of therapy and discuss why people seek or do not seek therapy.
2. Describe the various types of mental health professionals involved in the provision of therapy.
3. Explain the logic of psychoanalysis and describe the techniques by which analysts probe the unconscious.
4. Discuss resistance and transference in psychoanalysis.
5. Discuss trends in modern psychodynamic approaches to therapy.
6. Identify the elements of the therapeutic climate and discuss the therapeutic process in Rogers's client-centered therapy.
7. Discuss the logic, goals, and techniques of cognitive therapy.
8. Describe how group therapy is generally conducted and identify some advantages of this approach.
9. Discuss Eysenck's critique of insight therapy and more recent evidence on the efficacy of insight therapies.
10. Summarize the general principles underlying behavioral approaches to therapy.
11. Describe the goals and procedures of systematic desensitization and aversion therapy.
12. Describe the goals and techniques of social skills training and biofeedback.
13. Discuss evidence on the effectiveness of behavior therapies.
14. Describe the principal categories of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders.
15. Discuss evidence on the effects and problems of drug treatments for psychological disorders.
16. Describe ECT and discuss its therapeutic effects and its risks.
17. Discuss the merits of blending or combining different approaches to therapy.
18. Discuss the barriers that lead to underutilization of mental health services by ethnic minorities and possible solutions to the problem.
19. Explain why people grew disenchanted with mental hospitals and describe the community mental health movement.
20. Describe the deinstitutionalization trend and evaluate its effects.
21. Describe the Featured Study on homelessness among the mentally ill.
22. Explain how this chapter highlighted two of the text's unifying themes.
23. Discuss when and where to seek therapy, and the potential importance of a therapist's sex, theoretical approach, and professional background.
24. Summarize what one should look for in a prospective therapist and what one should expect out of therapy.
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