Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma, and stressor-related disorders
T/F
Exposure therapy for phobia of spiders would force the patient to sit in a room and hold spiders until they were no longer scared
F
Gradual exposure, talk about spiders, pictures of spiders, fake spiders, seeing a spider at a store, touching a spider while using relaxation/coping strategies
The ________ disorders are a group of disorders in which people experience significant physical symptoms for which there is no apparent organic cause.
Somatic
T/F Women are more likely to develop bipolar than men?
F
Women and men are equally likely to develop bipolar disorder
T/F: Prenatal and birth difficulties have been implicated as factors contributing to the development of schizophrenia?
T
Women are ________ likely than men to attempt suicide and ________ likely than men to complete suicide.
More/less, more/more, less/more, less/less
More/ less
Regulation of which neurotransmitter assists with OCD symptoms?
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
GABA
Serotonin
Multiple personality disorder is an outdated term for which diagnosis?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Cognitive theories of depression:
What were the key findings of Seligman and colleagues' animal study?
Aaron Beck?
Learned helplessness
Negative cognitive triad: neg view of themselves, the world, and future
Ben suddenly experienced delusions, hallucinations, and catatonia, but these symptoms lasted for only 2 days. Ben is most likely to be diagnosed with ________ disorder
brief psychotic
What does light therapy do and which disorder can it be a treatment for?
Helps reset circadian rhythym and can be beneficial for seasonal affective disorder
A fear of public speaking could be considered which type of anxiety disorder?
Social anxiety
Jan left home in the middle of the night with nothing but a backpack. A few months later she returned home with no memory of leaving or being gone. Jan would most likely be diagnosed with?
Dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue
What are 4 features of mania?
1) Increased/inflated self esteem
2) Rapid speech
3) Impulsive behaviors
4) Marked change in mood (elevated, expansive, irritable etc.)
What neurotransmitters is thought to play a role in schizophrenia?
Dopamine
The agitation some people experience while taking an SSRI may contribute to an increase in suicidal thoughts and behavior. This risk may be greatest for:
Children/adolescents
Adolescents/adults
Adolescents/elderly adults
Children/elderly adults
children/ adolescents
What are the 2 primary criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how do you define them
Obsessions: recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced and individual tries to ignore or suppress such by actions (i.e. compulsions)
Compulsions: repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules applied rigidly
Which of the following somatic symptom disorders is considered to be the most dramatic due to symptoms like blindness, seizures, loss of hearing, and mutism?
Conversion disorder- symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function
It is probable that ________ percent of people who commit suicide had been suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder.
Less than 25%
30-60%
60-90%
90+%
90+%
What are the negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?
What are the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Alogia, Avolition, Anhedonia, flat affect, lack of insight, catatonia
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, inappropriate affect
When a patient experiences catharsis, it means that the person has
A release of emotions
What are the 8 criteria for PTSD?
1) exposure to actual or threatened danger
2) Presence of intrusion symptoms
3) Persistent avoidance of stimuli
4) Negative alterations in cognitions/mood associated with traumatic events
5) Marked alterations in arousal and reactivity
6) disturbance is more than one month
7) Disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other setting
8) Disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance
In which country is DID diagnosed the most, and what is one possible explanation as to why DID develops?
USA and as a way to cope with traumatic events
Which hormone is used to measure stress?
Which adult group has the lowest reported rate of depression?
Cortisol
African Americans
Which of the following is true of schizophrenia?
Auditory hallucinations are the most common type of hallucination
Delusions are fixed, false beliefs
Believing that the CIA is after you is an example of a delusion
All are true
Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder listed in the DSM-5?
Social phobia
Cyclothymic Disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Cyclothymic Disorder