Blast: Mental Health, Then and Now

What is psychotherapy used to help with?

• Physical fitness

• Emotional, psychological, or behavioral challenges

• Financial planning

• Academic success

Which philosopher is NOT mentioned as having expressed curiosity into the realm of psychotherapy?

• Plato

• Socrates

• Xenophon

• Aristotle

What process did Franz Anton Mesmer focus on for treating patients?

• Psychoanalysis

• Hypnosis

• Cognitive therapy

• Behavioral therapy

What did the Bourgeois family model support?

• Economic theory

• Social psychology

• Political science

• Religious studies

Who was exploring hypnosis around the same time as Mesmer?

• Sigmund Freud

• Walter Cooper Dendy

• Philippe Pinel

• Josef Breuer

What did the Victorian Era shift towards in terms of family ideals?

• Traditional family

• Bourgeois family

• Nuclear family

• Extended family

What was the focus of the Bourgeois family model in terms of mental health?

• Individualism

• Equality

• Hierarchy

• Tradition

Which of the following was NOT one of Freud's apprentices who contributed to psychodynamic therapy?

• Carl Jung

• Alfred Adler

• Otto Rank

• Aaron T. Beck

Who is credited with the "talking cure" for nervous disorders?

• Sigmund Freud

• Joseph Breuer

• Carl Rogers

• Aaron T. Beck

What is a major characteristic of psychotherapy today?

• Static and unchanging

• Ever-evolving

• Based solely on Freud's theories

• Focused only on cognitive therapy