Exam 15: Mental and Behavioral Health

Persons with the eating disorder characterized by eating large quantities of food and then purging have ____________________ nervosa.

A disorder characterized by an inappropriate elevation of mood that may include positive and negative aspects is:

An uncontrollable impulse to pull out one's hair by the roots is:

An uncontrollable impulse to steal is:

Behavior refers to observable, measurable activities that can be used to evaluate treatment.

Sleepwalking is:

Repetition of words or phrases is:

A DAP test is an assessment of personality by means of a patient's drawings of male and female individuals.

DSM stands for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Another term for mood disorders is:

A generalized negative mood characterized by depression is:

Fear of leaving home and entering crowded places is ____________________.

A method of inducing convulsions to treat affective disorders in patients who have been resistant or unresponsive to drug therapy is:

A therapeutic attempt to alter an undesired behavior by substituting a new response or set of responses to a given stimulus is:

PTSD is an extended emotional response to a traumatic event.

A term used to describe a class of central nervous system depressant drugs that exert a calming effect is:

What is dissociation and impaired perception of reality, often accompanied by hallucinations, delusions, incoherence, akathisia, or disorganized behavior?

Weather-induced depression due to decreased exposure to sunlight in autumn and winter is:

Patients with hypomania have an inappropriate elevation of mood.

Catatonia is a paralysis from psychologic or emotional causes.