Substance Use Disorders
An individual who gets "the shakes," anxiety, and cold sweats following cessation of alcohol use is experiencing this phenomenon associated with alcohol use disorder
What is withdrawal?
Catatonia is an example of this type of symptom of schizophrenia
What is a negative symptom?
Individuals with this Cluster B personality disorder tend to be female, are "always on stage," and always seek to be the center of attention.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
This disorder of childhood is very commonly co-diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder
What is Selective Mutism?
This class of drugs increases the activity of the central nervous system
What are stimulants?
This type of schizophrenia is dominated by positive symptoms and is the most common form of schizophrenia
What is Type I schizophrenia?
Due to the clients' severe anxiety, therapists may struggle to gain the trust of patients with a personality disorder in this cluster
What is Cluster C?
A child with an anxiety disorder may display more physical symptoms and fewer of these symptoms compared to an adult with an anxiety disorder
What are cognitive symptoms?
Narcotics Anonymous and other self-help groups are examples of this type of substance use treatment model (hint: it's not biological)
What is sociocultural?
This hypothesis of the etiology of schizophrenia posits that psychotic symptoms are a result of an excess of a neurotransmitter, for which it gets its name
What is the dopamine hypothesis?
This Cluster C personality disorder is easily mistaken for Social Anxiety Disorder
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
This class of drugs is commonly used to treat ADHD
What are stimulants?
This substance is classified as a hallucinogen, stimulant, and a depressant
What is marijuana?
This controversial therapeutic tool is frequently used in inpatient hospitals and rewards patients with schizophrenia for acceptable behavior
What is a token economy?
Ronald, a politician, frequently declares loudly and often that "I am the greatest politician that ever lived". Throughout his career, he continues to act as if he were the greatest politician despite numerous blunders. Ronald may suffer from this Cluster B personality disorder
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Steven clears his throat several times an hour despite not being sick. Steven likely suffers from this neurological disorder
What is Tourrette's Disorder?
Jeffrey is hospitalized because he combined xanax and alcohol, which nearly stopped his heart. Xanax exacerbated the effects of alcohol due to this s-letter phenomenon.
What is a synergistic effect?
Believing that messages you see on tv, in movies, or in media (e.g., newspapers, billboards) are meant specifically for you is an example this type of delusion
What is a delusion of reference?
This Cluster A personality disorder is characterized by a range of interpersonal problems, extreme discomfort in close relationships, very odd patterns of thinking/perceiving, and behavior eccentricities.
What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
This type of aggression is characterized by bullying others and is most frequently observed in girls with conduct disorder
What is relational aggression?