Alzheimer’s Delirium and Dementia Q 48
A client with depressive symptoms is given prescribed medications and talks with his therapist about his belief that he is worthless and unable to cope with life. Psychiatric care in this treatment plan is based on which framework?
A. Behavioral framework
B. Cognitive framework
C. Interpersonal framework
D. Psychodynamic framework
Correct Answer: B. Cognitive framework
Cognitive thinking therapy focuses on the client’s misperceptions about self, others, and the world that impact functioning and contribute to symptoms. Using medications to alter neurotransmitter activity is a psychobiologic approach to treatment. The cognitive framework is based on a unique set of elements from psychosocial theories that are consistent with economic theory, experimental data, and historical data on human behavior. The theories are consistent with one another and are easily translated into mathematical equations.
Option A: Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, is a theory of learning which states all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment through a process called conditioning. Thus, behavior is simply a response to environmental stimuli.
Option C: Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, focused, evidence-based approach to treat mood disorders. The main goal of IPT is to improve the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning to help reduce their distress. IPT provides strategies to resolve problems within four key areas.
Option D: The psychodynamic approach includes all the theories in psychology that see human functioning based upon the interaction of drives and forces within the person, particularly unconscious, and between the different structures of the personality.