Introduction to Psychological Disorders
What is the term associated with psychologists not sharing their clients’ personal information with others?
What is Confidentiality?
Phobic and panic disturbances are examples of which of the following kinds of disorder?
What are anxiety disorders?
Delusional thinking is central to what disorder?
What is Schizophrenic disorders?
Joan displays anxiety, irritability, inability to concentrate, and apathy. She also reexperiences a disastrous event through nightmares and vivid memories. Joan is experiencing
What is PTSD?
a personality disorder in which a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members.
What is anti-social personality disorder?
In treating a patient for depression, Dr. Pratt focuses on changing the ways in which the patient interprets events. What type of therapy is Dr. Pratt using?
What is cognitive therapy?
What psychological theory would explain posttraumatic stress disorder as being the result of irrational beliefs and ideas?
What is Cognitive theory?
An individual has recurring unwanted thoughts of doing harm to his family. This is consistent with a diagnosis of
What is OCD?
What are two positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
What are inappropriate behaviors that are present? (answers may vary)
What are the three dissociative disorders that we covered in class?
What is DID, Dissociative amnesia, and Depersonalization disorder?
What two eating disorders end with the term nervosa?
What is Anorexia & Bulimia?
The therapeutic technique that stresses that the patient should determine the course of therapy is known as
What is person/client-centered therapy?
Francine’s therapist believes that her anxiety is the result of unresolved trauma from her childhood. Her therapist most likely endorses what psychological perspectives?
What is Psychoanalytic?
Vic has unpredictable and repeated attacks of overwhelming anxiety that frequently leave him dizzy, nauseous, short of breath, and in tears. A psychologist is likely to view Vic’s behavior as indicative of
What is panic disorder?
What are two negative symptom of Schizophrenia?
What is appropriate behaviors that are not present? (Answers can vary)
A man who experiences sudden blindness on witnessing the death of his wife is probably suffering from a
What is conversion disorder?
An unwarranted sense of self-importance is a key characteristic of this personality disorder.
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
A client whose improvement during therapy is the result of his or her expectation of improvement rather than the result of the therapy itself is showing
What is a placebo effect?
Dalton developed a phobia of dogs after watching his older cousin act fearfully when he interacted with dogs in their neighborhood. What theory best explains why Dalton developed his phobia of dogs?
What is Social-Learning Theory?
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have? (symptom, not disorder)
What is a compulsion?
One suspected cause of schizophrenia is the abnormal increase of what neurotransmitters in the brain?
What is dopamine?
A somatoform disorder is best described as an illness that
What is physical in nature and caused by psychological factors?
How many clusters of personality disorders are there?
What is three? (A,B, and C)
Carmen’s psychiatrist has prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor to help Carmen feel better. Carmen has most likely been diagnosed with what disorder?
What is depression?
What contemporary approach asserts that psychological disorders occur when environmental factors negatively influence individuals who have genetic vulnerabilities to developing psychological disorders?
What is Diathesis-stress?
What Neurotransmitter is known for it's calming effect? Therefore utilized to reduce anxiety.
What is Gaba?
How are the frontal lobes associated with schizophrenia?
What is abnormally low brain activity in the frontal lobes?
What four disorders falls under the category of somatic symptom and related disorders?
What is Illness-anxiety disorder, Factious disorder, Somatic Symptom disorder, Conversion disorder?
What are the four personality disorders in cluster B?
What is antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder?
A medication that primarily enhances the activity of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain would likely be used for the treatment of which disorder?
What is anxiety disorder?