Mental Health and Behavioral Therapy Flashcards
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Which therapy is specifically designed to treat eating disorders and focuses on the therapeutic relationship, interpersonal functioning, and normalizing eating?
Answer: Family-Based Treatment (FBT/Maudsley approach) for adolescents and CBT-E for adults
FBT (Maudsley) is evidence-based for adolescent anorexia nervosa, while CBT-E (Enhanced CBT) is the leading psychological treatment for adult eating disorders across the spectrum.
What does the GAD-7 questionnaire screen for?
Answer: Generalized Anxiety Disorder severity
The GAD-7 is a 7-item validated self-report tool measuring generalized anxiety disorder symptom severity over the past two weeks, with scores indicating mild, moderate, or severe anxiety.
Which evidence-based treatment is first-line for panic disorder?
Answer: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with interoceptive exposure and panic control treatment
Panic Control Treatment (CBT for panic disorder) includes psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, breathing retraining, and interoceptive exposure to feared bodily sensations, with remission rates of 70–90%.
What is the primary goal of motivational interviewing (MI) in substance use treatment?
Answer: Elicit and strengthen a person's own motivation and commitment to change
MI uses a collaborative, person-centered approach to strengthen internal motivation by eliciting change talk and resolving ambivalence rather than imposing change from outside.
Which condition is characterized by a pattern of at least two weeks of depressed mood or anhedonia with associated neurovegetative symptoms?
Answer: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
MDD requires five or more DSM-5 criteria (including depressed mood or anhedonia) for at least two weeks, representing a change from baseline and causing significant impairment.
What is the core principle of 'contingency management' in behavioral therapy for substance use disorders?
Answer: Providing tangible rewards (vouchers, prizes) for verified abstinence to reinforce drug-free behavior
Contingency management applies operant conditioning principles by immediately rewarding negative drug tests with vouchers or prizes, leveraging reinforcement to sustain abstinence.