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What does an integrative approach to psychological treatment involve?
Free Practice Quiz Question List
Psychological Treatment and Therapy Online Quiz Questions
Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review Psychological Treatment and Therapy, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.
20 questions
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True or false
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True or false: Psychotherapy is delivered only to individuals in person, rather than to couples, families, or groups or through telehealth.
- A
True
- B
False
03
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During assessment, a clinician compares several conditions because they have overlapping symptoms. What process is the clinician using?
- A
Measuring whether a treatment is cost-effective
- B
Explaining how biological and social factors interact in a case formulation
- C
Distinguishing among conditions with similar symptoms
- D
Choosing a treatment without considering the person’s preferences
04
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A clinician is considering lithium for a person with bipolar disorder. Which monitoring plan is most consistent with the material?
- A
Only visual acuity and hearing
- B
Only daily body temperature
- C
Blood levels and kidney and thyroid function
- D
Only the number of psychotherapy sessions attended
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Which treatment plan best illustrates exposure therapy for a person whose fear is maintained by avoidance?
- A
Avoiding every feared situation until anxiety disappears permanently
- B
Gradually and safely facing feared situations while learning that anxiety can decrease without avoidance
- C
Using medication without any behavioral practice
- D
Interpreting early experiences to uncover unconscious conflicts
06
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Which measures can appropriately contribute to evaluating whether a psychological treatment is helping? Select all that apply.
- A
Changes in symptom severity or frequency
- B
Changes in daily functioning at work, school, home, or in relationships
- C
The clinician’s preferred theoretical orientation, regardless of the person’s outcome
- D
Side effects, adverse events, or treatment burden
- E
Whether the person received exactly one session
07
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Which actions reflect shared decision-making when selecting psychological treatment? Select all that apply.
- A
Discussing expected benefits and uncertainties
- B
Considering the person’s preferences, values, and prior experiences
- C
Selecting the treatment solely according to the clinician’s preference
- D
Discussing risks, costs, time demands, and alternatives
- E
Ignoring practical constraints because they are not clinical information
08
True or false
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True or false: Once an initial assessment is complete, reassessment is generally unnecessary during treatment.
- A
True
- B
False
09
True or false
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True or false: Clinical significance concerns whether a treatment improvement matters in a person’s real life, rather than only whether the change is statistically detectable.
- A
True
- B
False
10
Written response
1 point
What level of prevention focuses on reducing disability, relapse, and complications after a psychological condition has developed?
11
Written response
1 point
In the United States, what three-digit number can a person call or text for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline during a mental-health or suicide crisis?
12
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uses a controlled electrical stimulus to induce a brief seizure under medical supervision and may be considered when a rapid response is necessary.
13
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asks whether a treatment works in ordinary clinical settings with diverse patients, varying resources, and typical barriers.
14
Open ended
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A person has recurrent depression, troublesome medication side effects, impaired work functioning, and limited family support. Explain how a coordinated, evidence-based treatment plan could address this situation. Include how the team should assess the person, select and coordinate care, monitor progress, and respond if improvement is inadequate.
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A clinician measures a person’s depressive symptoms at intake and later reviews sleep, work performance, relationships, medication effects, and suicidal thoughts. Which principle of assessment does this example best illustrate?
- A
Assessment is completed once a diagnostic label is assigned.
- B
Assessment is revisited as symptoms, functioning, risk, and treatment effects change.
- C
Assessment should use only standardized psychological tests.
- D
Assessment focuses exclusively on identifying symptoms.
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Which treatment plan best reflects the central mechanism of exposure therapy for a person who fears bodily sensations associated with panic?
- A
Replacing all distressing thoughts with positive thoughts before facing the fear.
- B
Avoiding feared situations until anxiety disappears completely.
- C
Gradually facing feared experiences while learning that anxiety can decrease without avoidance.
- D
Using medication to prevent any physical sensations associated with anxiety.
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Written response
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What is the established term for an approach to psychological care that combines scientific evidence and professional expertise with a person’s goals, preferences, culture, and circumstances?
18
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A clinician explains several treatment options, including expected benefits, uncertainties, risks, costs, and time demands, while the person discusses personal values, prior experiences, and practical constraints. What principle is being applied?
- A
The clinician selects the treatment based only on the diagnosis.
- B
The person selects a treatment without discussing risks or alternatives.
- C
The clinician follows the most common treatment regardless of the person’s circumstances.
- D
The clinician and person discuss options, uncertainties, risks, and practical constraints before choosing a plan.
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A therapy produces improvement when delivered in community clinics serving diverse patients with limited resources and common barriers to attendance. Which concept is most directly being evaluated?
- A
Efficacy, because the treatment was tested under tightly controlled conditions.
- B
Effectiveness, because the treatment was evaluated in routine care with diverse patients and typical barriers.
- C
Clinical significance, because the result was statistically detectable.
- D
Routine outcome monitoring, because only symptoms were measured once.
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Written response
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A client has intense emotional swings and recurrent interpersonal crises. A clinician uses both acceptance strategies and change-oriented skills training, including distress tolerance, emotion regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. What therapy is being used?