The Text Authors Predict That the Future of Constructivist Therapies

question 57

Multiple Choice

The text authors predict that the future of constructivist therapies will include:

• A)a considerable down-turn with the ascension and progression of evidence-based practices.
• B)increased controlled research studies of these promising approaches to psychotherapy,particularly in the treatment of individuals with severe clinical diagnoses.
• C)increasing emergence as a challenging response to the dominance of evidence-based practices in mental health.
• D)consolidation of the available constructivist therapies into an over-arching post-modern therapy that elaborates more fully its theory of personality and psychopathology.

Understand the characteristics and diagnostic criteria of various psychological disorders.

Recognize the biological, psychological, and social factors involved in the development of psychological disorders.

Identify the treatment and assessment methods for psychological disorders.

Differentiate among various personality and anxiety disorders.

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