Professor Bensfield Emphasizes That Recovery from Bipolar Disorder Involves a Continuous

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Multiple Choice

Professor Bensfield emphasizes that recovery from bipolar disorder involves a continuous interplay among patients' physical reactions to mood-stabilizing drugs, their positive expectations that their lives will improve, and the supportive responses of patients' families and friends. The professor's emphasis best illustrates a(n) ________ approach to therapy.

• A) Psychodynamic
• B) client-centered
• C) biopsychosocial
• D) operant conditioning

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Definitions:

Neural Pathway

A series of connected neurons that transmit signals between different parts of the brain or between the brain and the rest of the nervous system.

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, controlling basic emotions and drives such as fear, pleasure, and anger.

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the brain, associated with processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Thalamus

A major part of the brain that acts as a relay station, transmitting information from the sensory organs to the cerebral cortex.