Patient A has been diagnosed with alcohol dependence or alcoholism. Alcoholism may be treated as a substance dependence disorder characterized by behavior patterns resulting from uncontrolled use of alcohol and continued, or even increased, use, often despite awareness that the substance is disrupting one's life.

a.

inability to resist peer pressure to drink

b.

lack of healthy personal relationships

c.

addictive personality

d.

poor diet that increases alcohol cravings

Answer: An existential/humanistic approach might view A's lack of healthy personal relationships as a potential cause of alcoholism.

a.

A's childhood traumas

b.

the onset of A's drinking

c.

environmental influences that might lead A to drink

d.

A's unexpressed feelings that interfere with psychological well-being

Answer: An existential/humanistic approach might examine A's unexpressed feelings that interfere with psychological well-being.

a.

electroconvulsive therapy that stimulates the parts of A's brain involved in addiction

b.

therapy that involves listening, reflecting, and sometimes restating A's evaluative statements and feelings

c.

therapy that requires A to end relationships that interfere with her or his well-being

d.

behavioral goals for A to achieve over the course of treatment

Answer: An existential/humanistic treatment approach might include listening, reflecting and sometimes restating A's evaluative statements and feelings.