Exam 15: Mental and Behavioral Health

An uncontrollable urge to steal is ____________________.

A variety of treatment techniques that attempt to help the individual alter inaccurate or unhealthy perceptions and patterns of thinking are:

Disorders characterized by fundamental distortions of thinking and perception coupled with affects that are inappropriate or blunted are:

Fluoxetine is a(n):

Reliance on an object as a stimulus for sexual arousal and pleasure is:

Reliance on an object as a stimulus for sexual arousal and pleasure is ____________________.

Any disorder characterized by unfounded physical complaints by the patient, despite medical assurance that no physiologic problem exists, is _____ disorder.

An exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being not based on reality is ____________________.

Difficulty in controlling use of a drug is:

Any unreal sensory perception that occurs with no external cause is a(n) ____________________.

Sexual preference for children as a means of achieving sexual excitement and gratification, either in fantasy or actuality, is:

A group of developmental delay disorders characterized by impairment of communication skills and social interactions:

Anxiolytics are used to treat anxiety.

Which of the following is a test of personality characteristics?

A condition in which an individual derives sexual pleasure and gratification from surreptitiously looking at individuals engaged in intimate behavior is:

Which of the following is a test in which patients are asked to make up stories about the pictures they are shown?

An analysis of a patient's drawings of male and female individuals, used to assess personality, is called:

Patients who develop multiple personalities as a maladaptive means of coping with severe stress are exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

A preference for sexual activity that involves the infliction and/or reception of pain is:

A condition in which the patient withdraws into a fantasy world and exhibits little need for social interaction is _____ personality disorder. Most patients affected have a limited capacity to experience pleasure or express their feelings.