anxiety disorders
somatoform disorder
affective disorders
personality disorders
defining disorders
100
Tressa has an intense, irrational fear of gray squirrels. So intense is this fear that Tressa will not have a picnic lunch in the park. Tressa has:
What is a specific phobia.
100
Psychological problems in which a person shows the symptoms of some physical disorder for which there is no physical cause.
What is somatoform disorders.
100
False beliefs, such as those experienced by people suffering from schizophrenia or severe depression.
What is delusions.
100
A long-term, persistent pattern of impulsive, selfish, unscrupulous, even criminal behavior.
What is antisocial personality disorder.
100
Patterns of thinking and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, or uncomfortable for the affected person or for others.
What is psychopathology.
200
For the past five years, Agnes, a serene, seventy-five year old widow, has been afraid to leave her house. The fear started when her sister was run over by a car. Since then, she has been grateful to her good friends who come to visit and bring her groceries. Agnes is probably suffering from:
What is agoraphobia.
200
A strong, unjustified fear of physical illness.
What is hypochondriasis.
200
Avery is a "loner" who has always felt uncomfortable in social situations. He is also extremely sensitive to criticism and rejection. Avery's description is typical of which personality disorder?
What is avoidant.
200
"Well, I think all normal people know how to act," states Susan, "We all know the rules that govern behavior. A person who doesn't follow the rules must be abnormal." Susan appears to take which approach to defining abnormality?
What is norm violation.
300
Dr. Allen believes that a combination of genetic predisposition and the precipitating event of her boyfriend breaking up with her caused Patricia's schizophrenia. Dr. Allen's view is consistent with which of the following models?
What is diathesis-stress
300
Freida, an ambitious CEO of a major banking corporation in Boston, experienced a major trauma. She then seemed to disappear. Several months later, she was found by police officers in Libertyville, Illinois. She answered to the name Helen Price, and she worked at an amusement park selling balloon animals. Freida is most likely suffering from:
What is dissociative fugue.
300
For the past six weeks, Ronald has been feeling sad, exhausted, and utterly hopeless. This morning when he woke up, however, there was a complete turnabout. Now he feels as if he has limitless energy. In the past hour, he's resolved to sign on to run a marathon, to buy an expensive sports car, to start a charity drive, and to write the leaders of the Middle East offering his services as a peacemaker. Ronald is suffering from:
What is bipolar disorder.
300
a personality disorder when a person has a lack of stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotion; impulsivity; intense fear of abandonment and recurring suicidal gestures.
What is borderline personality disorder
300
Which model states that abnormality is due to internal conflict and turmoil?
What is psychological.
400
Joyce's depression initially manifested when her ex-husband kidnapped their daughter. When Joyce is first evaluated by her psychiatrist, that event would be noted on which dimension of the DSM-IV?
What is Axis IV
400
Nineteen-year-old Cara, who was sexually abused by her stepfather when she was a child, is bothered by the fact that she can't remember any details of her nights out with men. Her latest date has told her that when they went out together, she acted like different person, someone much more immature. Which disorder do Cara's history and symptoms suggest?
What is Dissociative identity disorder.
400
An affective disorder characterized by an alternating pattern of mood swings that is less extreme than that of bipolar disorder.
What is cyclothymic personality (cyclothymic disorder).
400
what marks a antisocial personality disorder?
What is impulsive, irresponsible, and unscrupulous behavior patterns that often start as a child.
400
Hippocrates' assertion that mental illnesses result from an imbalance in the body's fluids was a precursor to which model of psychopathology?
What is the sociocultural model.
500
when are the highest numbers of suicide? and what country has the highest rate?
What is late spring/ early summer and in Japen.
500
what is the differences between dissociative fugue and dissociative amnesia?
What is both deal with memory loss, however its only in dissociative fugue that the person starts a new identity and adopts a new personality.
500
what is the differences between bipolar i and bipolar ii?
What is A person with bipolar I has manic episodes, while someone with bipolar II has hypomanic episodes
500
having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
What is narcissistic personality.
500
which axis is dependent personality disorder on?
What is Axis II
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