Schizophrenia
Believing that aliens and/or supernatural beings are spying on you is an example of this type of symptom:
Delusion of control
A patient is overly anxious, clingy, and terrified of making decisions without reassurance from others. This disorder belongs to which personality disorder cluster?
Cluster C
A child refuses to speak at school but talks normally at home. What disorder best fits this case?
selective mutism
The five major personality traits in the Big Five theory can be remembered using this acronym:
OCEAN
Lack of motivation and reduced emotional expression are classified as:
negative symptoms
A person deeply distrusts others, assumes people are talking behind their back, and believes the world is threatening. What disorder best fits this case?
Paranoid Personality Disorder
A therapist uses toys and games to help children express unresolved conflicts and emotions. What treatment is this?
Play therapy
What disorders where mentioned in the documentary "The Medicated Child"
ADHD and Bipolar
A patient believes strangers on television are sending them secret personal messages through commercials and news broadcasts. What type of delusion is being demonstrated?
delusion of reference
A patient displays unstable relationships, impulsive behaviors, self-harm, and intense fear of abandonment. What disorder best fits this case?
Borderline Personality Disorder
A child struggles to maintain attention in class, acts impulsively, interrupts others frequently, and has difficulty remaining seated even when expected to stay still. Symptoms began before starting school. What disorder best fits this case?
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
What are the traits associated with each cluster of personality disorders?
odd/eccentric behaviors (extreme suspiciousness, social withdrawal, peculiar ways of thinking)
Dramatic, emotional, or erratic
Anxiety, fearfulness, and cautiousness often leading to social withdrawal or rigid control
A clinician explains that schizophrenia symptoms may emerge after stress activates an inherited biological vulnerability during late adolescence or early adulthood. What model BEST explains this?
diathesis-stress model (biological view)
A clinician explains that one personality disorder involves social detachment WITHOUT distorted thinking, while another includes eccentric behavior and unusual perceptions. Which two disorders are being compared?
Schizoid PD and Schizotypal PD
A child shows severe communication deficits and repetitive behaviors beginning before age 3. Researchers suspect abnormal communication between the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, thalamus, and corpus callosum. Which theoretical perspective is this explanation MOST associated with?
biological model
A patient experiences severe hallucinations and delusions for one month, followed by continued social and occupational dysfunction for two additional months. Does this meet criteria for schizophrenia?
No, symptoms must last 6 months total
A college student gradually stops socializing, acts emotionally distant, and begins speaking oddly before developing hallucinations months later. What phase of schizophrenia is this?
prodromal phase
Two adolescents frequently break rules. Teen A constantly argues with adults, refuses rules, and deliberately annoys others, while Teen B physically harms animals, steals, destroys property, and threatens peers. Identify BOTH disorders.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
A child repeatedly wets the bed after a traumatic family event. According to the cognitive-behavioral perspective, what likely contributed to the behavior?
psychosocial stress
A patient shows impulsivity, irresponsibility, and risk-taking behaviors. Which DSM-5 dimensional trait domain BEST fits?
Disinhibition