Exam 8: Adolescent and Adult Development: Going Through Changes

An emotional state that is characterized by worrying, fear of the worst things happening, fear of losing control, inability to relax, trembling, and avoidance is ______.

Disorders characterized by disturbance in expressed emotions and that generally involve sadness or elation are ______ disorders.

People who hold the persistent belief that they are suffering from serious illness, who become preoccupied with physical sensations, although no medical evidence can be found to support their fears, are usually suffering from ______.

The DSM provides just a diagnosis of a patient.

Which of the following is true of men, women, and suicide?

Regarding men, women, and depression, ______.

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz believes that labeling people as being sick is ______.

Of the following, ______ is most likely to be associated with later development of posttraumatic stress disorder.

It is estimated that ______ percent of the adult US population suffers from generalized anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.

Schizophrenia afflicts about ______ percent of the general population.

Mildred goes to her therapist to get treatment for her severe depression. He says that her depression is the result of her holding in her anger and turning it inward on herself. His beliefs are based on the ______ explanation of depression.

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz believes that disorders described in the DSM are ______.

When we take into account the people directly affected by psychological disorders, their families, as well as the economic costs of caring for people with mental health problems, ______ affected by these disorders.

Disorders that are characterized by nervousness, fears, worrying, feelings of foreboding, perspiration, rapid heartbeat, muscle tension, trembling, and shakiness are called ______.

About one adult in ______ suffers from a diagnosable psychological disorder in any given year.

Jumping quickly, and somewhat impulsively, from topic to topic, such as commonly occurs during manic episodes, is known as ______.

It is abnormal to feel depressed.

Each year about ______ college students attempt suicide.

Elwood's behavior is marked by an absence of psychotic behavior, but the presence of excessive fantasy and suspicion, odd word usages, and feelings of being unreal. He is most likely a ______ disorder.

Symptoms such as sweating, a pounding or racing heart, elevated blood pressure, and faintness are ______features of anxiety.