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QUESTION 35

1. 35. Lillian has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. What medication is likely to be prescribed for her?

   	a.	Xanax
   	b.	Prozac
   	c.	lithium carbonate
   	d.	a tricyclic

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QUESTION 36

1. Today, a modified form of electroconvulsive shock treatment may be used in the treatment of:

   	a.	schizophrenia.
   	b.	bipolar disorder.
   	c.	antisocial personality disorder.
   	d.	suicidal depression.

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QUESTION 37

1. 37. William and his girlfriend have a terrible fight and she ends their relationship. At his next appointment, William complains to his therapist, "You're just like my father, never, ever there when I need you. You don't care about me at all." What may be happening here?

   	a.	free association
   	b.	repression
   	c.	transference
   	d.	systematic desensitization

Answer 1

• 35.Lithium carbonate is used to treat and prevent episodes of mania in people with bipolar disorder. Lithium is in a class of medications called antimanic agents, which work by decreasing abnormal activity in the brain.
• 36.Today, a modified form of electroconvulsive shock treatment may be used in the treatment of suicidal depression.
• Currently ECT is mainly used to treat severe depression, particularly if complicated by psychosis. It is also used in cases of severe depression where antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or both have proven ineffective, when medication cannot be taken, or when other treatments would be too slow (for example, in a person with delusional depression and intense, unremitting suicidal tendencies).
• 37.Transference  describes a situation where the feelings, desires, and expectations of one person are redirected and applied to another person. Most commonly, transference refers to a therapeutic setting, where a person in therapy may apply certain feelings or emotions toward the therapist.