Question 1

What percentage of individuals with anxiety disorders seeks any mental health treatment at all?

Accepted Answer

4-11% of individuals with anxiety disorders seek any mental health treatment at all.

Question 2

The old saying,"Different strokes for different folks" seems especially apt when it comes to matching different therapies to patients' coping style and level of resistance.In fact,Beutler and colleagues (1993,2000)have found across a series of studies that patients with internalizing coping style:

Accepted Answer

The answer of The old saying,"Different strokes for different folks"...

Question 3

Homework assignments or "between-session experiments" are part of several therapy systems,but their value has largely been examined in the context of CBT. One meta-analysis including 27 studies (Kazantis et al.,2000)found that:

Accepted Answer

The meta-analysis found that CBT with homework assignments produced better outcomes than CBT without them.

Question 4

The estimated dropout rates among adult clients who begin psychological treatment is in the range of:

Accepted Answer

Research indicates that dropout rates for adult clients in psychological treatment typically fall within the 20-30% range.

Question 5

Controlled studies of CBT for chronic fatigue syndrome have demonstrated generally:

Accepted Answer

Controlled studies of CBT for chronic fatigue syndrome have shown moderate effect sizes at the end of treatment, indicating that CBT can be beneficial for managing symptoms of this condition.

Question 6

Early in the therapy,a cognitive processing therapist typically asks clients to write an impact statement of how their trauma affected them in order to:

Accepted Answer

The impact statement helps the therapist understand the client's trauma-related maladaptive beliefs, which are crucial for guiding the cognitive processing therapy process.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

CBT can be effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, particularly when used alongside medication, to help manage symptoms and improve functioning.

Question 8

From a behavioral perspective,perhaps the strongest criticism of cognitive therapy concerns its:

Accepted Answer

Behavioral critics argue that cognitive therapy often fails to demonstrate a direct correlation between changes in cognitions and improvements in behavior or emotional outcomes, questioning the causal relationship.

Question 9

Meta-analytic findings that efficacy and effectiveness studies of CBT for adult anxiety disorders yield generally comparable effect sizes is interpreted by the text authors to mean that application to routine clinical practice:

Accepted Answer

The authors interpret the comparable effect sizes of CBT in both efficacy and effectiveness studies as evidence that CBT is well supported for use in routine clinical practice for adult anxiety disorders.

Question 10

Meta-analysis of effectiveness studies of CBT for adult anxiety disorders has documented generally:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Meta-analysis of effectiveness studies of CBT for...

Question 11

The text authors caution that,despite the heavy research support for cognitive therapy and CBT,it would benefit from additional attention to:

Accepted Answer

The answer of The text authors caution that,despite the heavy...

Question 12

Meta-analytic studies comparing the durability of CBT or medication in the treatment of eating disorders have shown that,at follow-up:

Accepted Answer

Meta-analytic studies have shown that CBT tends to produce more durable behavior changes compared to medication in the treatment of eating disorders, with lower relapse rates at follow-up.

Question 13

Applications of CBT to obsessive-compulsive disorder have tended to show that cognitive restructuring and exposure alone produce:

Accepted Answer

Research has shown that cognitive restructuring and exposure, key components of CBT, tend to produce equivalent efficacy in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 14

The final phase of cognitive processing therapy typically includes:

Accepted Answer

The final phase of cognitive processing therapy focuses on identifying and challenging common themes and overgeneralized beliefs related to the trauma, helping the individual to develop a more balanced perspective.

Question 15

Prospective studies by Beutler and colleagues have shown that cognitive therapy is particularly effective with clients who show:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Prospective studies by Beutler and colleagues have...

Question 16

Meta-analysis of the short- and long-term effects of CBT for pathological gambling compared to no treatment has found:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Meta-analysis of the short- and long-term effects...

Question 17

In a recent comprehensive meta-analysis of REBT that included 191 studies (DiGiuseppe et al.,2010),findings indicated that REBT:

Accepted Answer

The meta-analysis by DiGiuseppe et al. (2010) found that Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is as effective as other treatments, indicating comparable efficacy in treating various psychological issues.

Question 18

Cognitive processing therapy was developed for the treatment of children and adults with:

Accepted Answer

Cognitive processing therapy was specifically developed to treat individuals with a history of trauma, particularly those suffering from PTSD.

Question 19

In a meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of CBT and medication for bulimia,it was found that:

Accepted Answer

The answer of In a meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of...

Question 20

Several meta-analyses of the value of homework assignments in CBT have found that compared to in-session work only,homework assignments generally produce:

Accepted Answer

Meta-analyses have shown that homework assignments in CBT typically result in a medium effect size difference, indicating a moderate improvement in outcomes compared to in-session work alone.

Quiz 10: Cognitive Therapies