Exam 12: Extension: Psychological Disorders

Barney loves sex, but the only way he can achieve sexual arousal is to have his partner tie him up and whip him. His disorder is ________.

The classic "con artist" exemplifies many of the features of ________ personality disorder.

Conversion disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and hypochondriasis are all ________ disorders.

Ned seeks therapy after having recurrent episodes of feeling "outside himself" for several months. He reports chronically feeling groggy, dizzy, and preoccupied, and his friends have recently labeled him "space cadet, first class." He notes that his interactions with others seem mechanical and dreamlike. He is most likely suffering from ________.

The DSM-IV-TR distinguishes between ________ forms of depression.

The psychoanalytic model of mental illness was developed during the ________.

An anxiety disorder in which a person feels driven to think disturbing thoughts and/or to perform senseless rituals is ________ disorder.

Depressed people tend to evoke ________ in others.

While doing volunteer work in a mental hospital, Mary is put on a ward for adults with severe mental disorders. One patient is very suspicious of everyone, hears voices, and suffers from the delusion that the CIA is trying to kill her so she won't reveal information that threatens the nation's security. The psychiatrist tells Mary that this patient suffers from ________.

Mental illnesses without a strong biological component ________.