Exam 15: Psychological Disorders

Low levels of dopamine are linked to depression.

The symptoms of acute stress disorder and PTSD are almost identical.

How is antisocial personality disorder related to anxiety?

What percentage of people in the United States qualifies for the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder?

Define the concept of catatonia.

Which of the following groups of disorders is characterized by a loss of contact with reality?

People whose lives are isolated and without intimacy are less prone to becoming depressed in times of stress.

______ theorists propose that psychological disorders result largely from a combination of problematic learned behaviors and dysfunctional thought processes.

Panic disorder is often accompanied by _____ a fear of venturing into public places, especially when one is alone.

In a given year, approximately ____ percent of adults in the U.S. display serious psychological disturbance requiring treatment . I would remove this - see page 568. The book does not say the 30% require treatment.

People who experience _______ become deeply concerned about some imagined or minor defect in their appearance.

Studies of combat veterans from the wars in Vietnam and Iraq have found higher rates of PTSD among ______ veterans than among white American veterans.

______ is a low, sad state in which life seems dark and its challenges seem overwhelming. ______ the opposite of depression, is a state of breathless euphoria, or at least frenzied energy, in which people may have an exaggerated belief that the world is theirs for the taking.

Depression is related to the insufficient activity of which of the following neurotransmitters?

Increasing dopamine activity helps reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Societies undergoing the process of __________ usually show a rise in mental disorders due to overcrowding and migration.

What stage of fixation may help explain obsessively neat behavior?

Currently the International Classification of Diseases (ICD ) is in its _____ edition, while the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is in its _____ edition.

According to the concept of ______ children can start from the same point and eventually function in very different ways.

Albert Ellis believed that abnormal patterns of functioning are caused by