Question

QUESTION 5

Chemicals that cause changes in brain function or activity are called:

		psychoactive.
		neurotrophic.
		ions.
		precursors.

QUESTION 6

Aaron Beck developed a cognitive therapy that is based on the idea that many stressful thoughts are:

		universal.
		automatic.
		unconscious.
		encrypted.

QUESTION 7

According to the textbook, how many Americans receive therapy for psychological disorders every year?

		10 million
		24 million
		50 million
		between 15 and 20 million

QUESTION 8

A personality disorder is a disorder in which:

		inflexible styles of thinking exist.
		delusions affect personal identity.
		people have a bad personality.
		people are mean, hurt others, and have no empathy.

Answer 1

5. Psychoactive chemicals are those substances that can change brain functions and affect mental processes such as alter perception, cognition, mood or even behavior. These substances are often used as drugs ( cocaine, heroin, alcohol...)

6. Automatic thoughts are personalized notions that clients have in response to particular stimuli. He focused on the negative automatic thoughts and how they lead to cognitive distortions (faulty assumptions).

7. Between 15 and 20 million: according to statistics, only about half of the population affected by mental illness in the U.S. receive treatment every year.

8. A personality disorder is a disorder in which inflexible styles of thinking exist. The person develops unhealthy and rigid thought patterns which cause trouble with relating to other people and situations.