Personality Disorders
Which of the following phrases best describes borderline personality disorder?
A) Self-destructive & Impulsive
B) Happiness & Pleasure
C) Calm & Satisfied
D)Loving and Caring
A) Self-destructive & Impulsive
What does the term schizophrenia mean?
A) Having multiple personalities
B) Extreme Inability to not care about a situation
C) Having a split mind
C) Having a split mind
How has the diagnosis of autism trend the last 20 years?
A) Increasing exponentially
B) Decreases exponentially
A) Increasing exponentially
Which of the following is a behavior pattern of ADHD
A) Calm
B) Hyperactivity
C) Restful
B) Hyperactivity
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Models like the diathesis-stress model proposes that mental disorders are a product of _____ vulnerability
A) Environmental
B) Genetic
C) Societal
D) Aggressive
B) Genetic
When should a personality disorder be diagnosed?
A) Infancy
B) Early Childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Adulthood
C) Adolescence
What did Psychiatrist Daniel Weinberger refer to schizophrenia as?
A) ‘Heart disease’ of mental illness
B) ‘Cancer’ of mental illness
C) ‘Athlete’s foot’ of mental illness
B) ‘Cancer’ of mental illness
Which of the following is NOT a condition of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
A) Deficit in communication
B) Deficit in social bonding
C) Deficit in imagination
D) All are true
D) All are true
T/F: Alcohol and substance abuse is linked with ADHD?
A) True
B) False
A) True
People with psychopathic personality have a history of conduct disorder, which is described by…..
A) Loving & Emotional Attachment
B) Killing & Hunting
C) Lying & Stealing
D) Depression & Suicide Attempts
C) Lying & Stealing
What is the definition of delusions?
A) Speaking in an incomprehensible way, described as word salad
B) Movement problems, either hyperactive on some days or inactivity on others
C) Sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimulus
D) False Beliefs that have no basis in reality
D) False Beliefs that have no basis in reality
What is the characterized by dissociative identity disorder?
A) An inability to accept who you are as a person
B) Two or more personalities that disrupt the person’s sense of identity
C) Constant forgetting of important events after stressful experiences
B) Two or more personalities that disrupt the person’s sense of identity
Which is NOT an abnormality in genes inherited by ADHD?
A) Various levels of serotonin and dopamine
B) Smaller brain volume
C) Decreased amount of sleep
D) Decreased frontal brain activation
C) Decreased amount of sleep
What percent of prison inmates have psychopathic personality disorder?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 90%
A) 25%
Which of the following is NOT a brain abnormality in schizophrenia?
A) Increase in activation of amygdala
B) Decrease in size of temporal lobes
C) Decrease in activation of hippocampus
A) Increase in activation of amygdala
How does Dissociative Identity Disorder NOT traumatically form?
A) Through physical abuse growing up
B) Through mental abuse
C) Through sexual abuse
B) Through mental abuse
Why is Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder Challenged?
A) Its findings are still too early, need more info
B) Its symptoms are not persistent, making it hard to tell
C) Hard to distinguish with ADHD
D) It is overdiagnosed/inconsistently diagnosed
C) Hard to distinguish with ADHD