Exam 12: Psychological Disorders

Which of the following is not a sexual disorder listed by the DSM-IV-TR?

Clinicians report a history of child abuse in ________ percent of cases of dissociative identity disorder.

Soon after Anne has her first child, she returns to work. Her mother objects, saying that putting a child in a day-care center is immoral. After two weeks at work, Anne develops tingling and numbness in her hands that, within days, progress to total anesthesia in both hands from the wrists down. Anne's physician cannot find a physical cause for her problem. He suggests that she is suffering from a(n) ________ disorder.

Most people get the "blues" occasionally for no apparent reason.

The view that people biologically predisposed to a mental disorder will tend to exhibit that disorder when particularly affected by stress is known as the ________ model of abnormal behavior.

The legal term for a defendant's ability to understand the charges against him or her and participate in a defense in court is ________.

Nick was admitted to a mental institution because he heard voices talking to him that no one else could hear, and he saw demons attacking him, though no one else could see anything near him. Nick's symptoms are known as ________.

Psychosomatic disorders are disorders that exist only in a person's mind.

Some clinicians believe that dissociative identity disorder is an elaborate form of role-playing.

Less than ________ percent of American women suffer from antisocial personality disorder.

Taijin kyofusho is rarely seen outside of ________.

Sandra experiences multiple, intense fears, including fears of being alone, of being in public places from which escape might be difficult, of being in crowds, of traveling in automobiles, and of going through tunnels and over bridges. She is most likely suffering from ________.

Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder?

Leo is unable to relax. He feels constantly "keyed up" and restless. His muscles are chronically tense, he is hypervigilant and apprehensive about the future, he often feels his heart pounding and he has trouble sleeping. His symptoms sound most like ________ disorder.

Depression is ________ as common in women than in men.

In most cases, normal and abnormal behavior is ________ different.

Ataque de nervios (attack of nerves) is a culturally specific phenomenon that is seen predominantly among ________.

Echolalia is most likely to be found in ________ disorder.

Bipolar disorder is found ________.

Each of the following is a somatoform disorder except ________.