IPT recognizes that those life events most likely to precipitate depression and related disorders are those:
a. for which patients have little or no control or responsibility.
b. that are caused primarily by patients.
c. that result from poor social skills.
d. for which patients share responsibility.
Q. 2IPT views anxiety and self-esteem as:
a. located primarily between people.
b. irrelevant.
c. located within individuals but originating between people.
d. the by-product of an individual's social skills.
Q. 3IPT views medication for the treatment of psychological disorders like depression as:
a. a necessity for the IPT process to be optimally beneficial.
b. contrary to the tenets and goals of IPT which is to change interpersonal functioning.
c. a useful adjunct to therapy when indicated.
d. only necessary in cases of severe depression.
Q. 4Following the completion of the cathartic phase of IPT for depression, the therapy will move toward:
a. consciousness-raising about the onset of interpersonal problems and depression.
b. development of improved social skills.
c. understanding the connection between past and current relationship problems.
d. working to change the interpersonal conditions that trigger depression.
Q. 5In a case of unresolved grief, an IPT therapist might facilitate catharsis by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. focusing on a client's interpersonal deficits.
b. exploring associated positive and negative feelings.
c. relating symptom onset to loss of the significant other.
d. considering possible ways of becoming involved with others.
Q. 6The therapeutic strategies of IPT:
a. always involve direct instruction of social skills.
b. emphasize cathartic processes of change to resolve loss issues.
c. vary depending upon which of the interpersonal problem areas has been targeted for change.
d. always includes adjunctive use of medications.
Q. 7In the second phase of IPT, the therapist typically works to address:
a. all the problem areas identified.
b. the one key (or, at most, two) problem areas addressed.
c. social skill deficits, followed by any other remaining problem areas.
d. the need for medication and/or electroconvulsive therapy if the treatment has not shown adequate progress during the initial and intermediate sessions.
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