A Clinical Psychologist Is Interested in Minimizing the Delusions in a Patient

question 58

Multiple Choice

A clinical psychologist is interested in minimizing the delusions in a patient with schizophrenia. A method for doing this involves ____.

• A) weakening and then directly challenging the delusions
• B) relaxation training and response prevention
• C) exaggeration and humor, followed by aversive conditioning
• D) agreeing with the delusional ideas until they seem absurd

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