If You Go to Medical School and Decide to Specialize

question 75

Multiple Choice

If you go to medical school and decide to specialize in psychological disorders, you would most likely consider entering the practice of

• A) health psychology.
• B) counseling psychology.
• C) psychiatry.
• D) clinical psychology.

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Definitions:

Growth-Impeding

Factors or conditions that hinder or slow down the natural development or enlargement of an organism, system, or process.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach that explores unconscious drives and conflicts, originated by Sigmund Freud.

Insight Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that aims to increase a patient's awareness of underlying motives and defenses to improve mental health.

Psychotherapy

A general term for treating mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist, or another mental health provider, focusing on understanding and resolving problematic behaviors, beliefs, feelings, and relationship issues.