Question 1

Describe the token economy procedure, and use an example to demonstrate how it could be used to increase social behaviours among people with mental illness who are living in a group home environment.

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Question 2

Discuss three major areas of concern about the use of drug treatments for mental disorders.

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Question 3

Describe Albert Ellis' rational emotive behaviour therapy, including the ABCDEs of that approach.

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Question 4

Identify one empirically supported therapy, and one drug treatment for anxiety disorders and for major depression.

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Question 5

Use an example to explain how spontaneous remission and the placebo effect could lead someone to believe that an ineffective treatment is actually effective. Be sure to define both spontaneous remission and the placebo effect.

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Question 6

What decisions need to be made before a patient has electroconvulsive therapy or psychosurgery?

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Quiz 16: Psychological and Biological Treatments