Disorders 1
TRUE OR FALSE: Research suggests that there is a genetic predisposition to Schizophrenia
True
Frequent Nightmares, insomnia, and the intrusion of painful memories are commonly associated with ________
PTSD
________ therapists believe that your thoughts cause mental disorders
Cognitive
__________ therapists believe that your behaviors are at the root of whatever mental distress you are experiencing
Behavior
DSM-IV is a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders. What does DSM stand for?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
___________ is characterised by a continuous state of tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Mental health treatments that involve drugs or other procedures that act directly on a paitent's nervous system are called ______
Biomedical therapies
Which type of therapist would most likely try to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?
A psychoanalyst
Part of schizophrenia manifests itself in the symptom of _______, best described as an unintelligible series of words and phrases
word salad
______ is a rare disorder in which a person exhibits two distinct and alternating personalities
Dissociative Identity disorder
this mental disorder causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels
Bipolar Disorder
Which branch of therapy would be most interested in a patient's dreams?
Psychoanalytic
which branch of therapy would most likely agree and adhere to maslov's hierarchy of needs?
Humanistic therapy
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that accompany psychotic disorders are known as ________
Delusions
_________ is an eating disorder characterised by binge eating followed by purging
Bulimia Nervosa
a ________ is an irrational, unreasonable fear of an object or situation
Phobia
________ involves exposing patients to an anxiety source without the intention to cause danger. Doing so is thought to help them overcome their anxiety or stress
exposure therapy
_______ involves associating a pleasant relaxed state anxiety-inducing stimuli
Systematic desensitisation
Prozac is a drug used to treat which mental illness?
Depression
One side effect of anti-psychotic meds includes muscle tremors and stiffness, also known as
Tardive Dsykinesia
people confuse ____________ and _____________ because they confuse the idea of "hearing voices" as having multiple personalities
Dissociative Identity Disorder, Schizophrenia
in ________, unwanted behavior is systemically associated with unpleasant experiences
Aversive conditioning
the goal of ________ is to change the patterns of thinking or behaviors that are behind people's difficulties
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
During the run up to the 2016 United States presidential election, a psychiatrist launched a petition claiming that Donald Trump was unfit to be president. He provided a subsequent analysis of Donald Trump's behavior and claimed that it was consistent with what personality disorder?
Narcissistic personality disorder