According to the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (2004), the most effective treatment for alleviating symptoms of depression is:
A. Medication (fluoxetine).
B. Cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C. Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
D. Social skills training.
E. Combined medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Question 2...Risk factors for depression in children include all of the following except:
A. Relatives with depression.
B. Birth order among siblings.
C. Child abuse.
D. Divorce in family.
E. Death of pet.
Question 3...According to Ollendick and Mayer, specific fears commonly reported by children with school phobia include all of the following except:
A. Fear of failure. B. Fear of interpersonal interactions. C. Fear of getting germs. D. Fear of tests. E. Fear of entering a new school.
Question 4...Guided by Beck's cognitive model of depression, clinicians have found correlations between depression and all of the following except:
A. Cognitive errors. B. Negative self-schemata. C. Serotonin depletion. D. Low self-esteem. E. Social information processing.
Question 5...The development of the internalizing disorders of anxiety and depression may be related to all of the following predisposing factors except:
A. Genetic factors. B. Aggression factors. C. Environmental factors. D. Family factors. E. Cognitive factors.
Question 6...Primary methods for reducing fear and anxiety in children include all of the following except:
A. Removal from all sources of fear and anxiety. B. Modeling. C. Cognitive strategies. D. Systematic desensitization. E. Operant conditioning
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