Research Comparing Therapists with Varying Types and Amounts of Training

question 209

Multiple Choice

Research comparing therapists with varying types and amounts of training has found that

• A) the effectiveness of a therapist is directly proportional to his or her years of experience.
• B) for patients with mild disorders, a therapist trained in psychiatry is more effective than one trained in psychology.
• C) therapists who received their doctorate degree after 1986 are generally more effective than those who received their education earlier.
• D) therapists with different types of training are about equally effective, on average.

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Definitions:

Concerns

Matters of interest or importance to someone.

Catatonic Schizophrenia

A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by extremes of behavior, including motor immobility, excessive motor activity, and echo of speech or movement.

Somatoform

A category of mental disorders characterized by physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be fully explained by a medical condition.

Physician

A professional who practices medicine, which involves promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.