Exam 8: Adolescent and Adult Development: Going Through Changes

Research into depression has identified irregularities in the use of the neurotransmitter ______.

Kate has an irrational fear of heights that is so severe she cannot even look down from the top of a flight of stairs without experiencing dizziness and anxiety. Kate would appear to have ______.

Somatoform disorders are found almost exclusively among women.

Men are more likely than women to ruminate about feelings of depression.

About ______ percent of adult Americans develop obsessive-compulsive disorder at some point in their lives.

The most common form of dissociative disorder is ______.

Biological factors do not play a factor in anxiety disorders.

Some psychiatrists believe that the disorders described by the DSM are not really disorders at all.

Compared for PTSD, acute stress disorder develops ______ and usually _______.

Which of the following is NOT a major subtype of schizophrenia?

Currently anxiety disorders affect about ______ percent of adults in the United States.

Problems such as hypertension, arthritis, or allergies that affect a mental disorder are described under _______ of the DSM-IV-TR.

The great majority of people who are diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder report ______.

Seeing things no one else can see, hearing voices no one else can hear, and believing the CIA or the KGB are out to get you are all examples of ______.

George believes he is Napoleon. Joyce believes she is Madonna. These people are both experiencing ______.

Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on Somatoform disorders.

In generalized amnesia, people forget ______.

The disorder that most closely matches popular concepts of "madness" or "insanity" is ______.

In some mental disorders, people see and hear things that are not actually there.

Summarize the various theoretical perspectives on mood disorders.