Arnold Is Working with a Client Who Has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

question 84

Multiple Choice

Arnold is working with a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder.Although he will be treating the client with cognitive-behavioral therapy,Arnold would also like to prescribe a psychotropic medication to help relieve some of the client's symptoms.Arnold should most likely try a(n)

• A) anti-anxiety drug.
• B) antipsychotic.
• C) stimulant.
• D) antidepressant.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

A stimulus is any event or situation that evokes a specific response from an organism or a part of the body, in psychology often referring to anything that impacts behavior or perception.

Macrosystem

The basic institutions and ideologies that influence the child, such as the American ideals of freedom of expression and equality under the law.

Attitudes

A learned tendency to evaluate things in a certain way, which can include evaluations of people, issues, objects, or events.

Child Development

The physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of children from infancy through adolescence.