Karen is dangerously thin and has been admitted to the hospital because of her anorexic condition. The initial goal of treatment will be to ____.
a. help her understand that she is in danger of killing herself
b. restore weight
c. begin family therapy sessions
d. involve her in a group program with other anorexic girls
Question 2A 90-year-old woman kills herself rather than continue suffering with terminal bone cancer. A teenager commits suicide when his girlfriend breaks up with him and his parents are unconcerned. A religious fanatic kills himself to protest religious persecution. These examples of suicide suggest that ____.
a. suicide cannot be studied in a scientific manner
b. all suicide stems from mental disorder
c. there are many different reasons for suicide
d. suicide is basically a sociological phenomenon
Question 3Evaluate the evidence for a biological cause for all mood disorders. How does this relate to methods of treatment?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 4A group-based intervention program described by Chapman et al. (2010), and Richardson and Paxton (2010) for adolescent girls at risk for eating problems involved which goal?
a. Learning the appropriate ways to diet
b. Learning to develop a neutral attitude toward their bodies
c. Increasing their comfort in expressing their feelings to others
d. Increasing compensatory skills
Question 5Compare and contrast Lewinsohn's explanation of major depression with Seligman's attribution-learned helplessness approach.
What will be an ideal response?
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