Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

The powerful reward of immediate relief from anxiety keeps self-defeating avoidance behaviors alive, according to the __________ hypothesis.

In 90 percent of all suicides, a diagnosable mental disorder was a factor, usually depression or a(n)__________ disorder.

Even if he doesn't suffer from schizophrenia, the older a man is when he fathers a child the more likely it is that the child will develop schizophrenia due to the aging male reproductive cells having genetic __________.

An important use of the DSM-5 includes being a(n)

Schizophrenia and delusional disorders are types of __________disorders.

Factors that contribute to women's greater risk of depression include

Although people with bipolar II disorder are usually sad and guilt-ridden, they do exhibit an occasional episode in which they are excessively cheerful, aggressive, or irritable. They may brag, talk too fast, interrupt conversations, or spend too much money, and usually irritate everyone around them. These episodes involve

Thomas tends to be so overly suspicious of people's motives that he appears to trust no one. Whenever someone compliments him, Thomas always thinks to himself that they are just "buttering him up for a favor." Thomas fits the description of which personality disorder?

Patricia believes that her body is "rotting away" on the inside, her hair is falling out, and her skin is completely drying out. Patricia is experiencing the type of delusions known as __________ delusions.

The core feature of all psychopathological behavior is that it causes subjective discomfort.

Johann has the most common type of delusional disorder, which is

The susceptibility to anxiety-based disorders appears to be

People with which of the following disorders are usually mothers who fabricate their children's illnesses and sometimes even deliberately harm their children to make them sick?

Lisa has an intense, irrational fear of being observed, evaluated, embarrassed, or humiliated by others in everyday situations, which prevents her from eating or speaking in public. Lisa has an anxiety disorder known as a(n)__________.

It has been 24 hours since Jazmine gave birth to a healthy baby boy. However, during this second day, Jazmine has been very tense and irritable and cries frequently. By the end of the next day, she is beginning to feel more like "her old self." Jazmine is experiencing

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of seasonal affective disorder?

Although distress is a key ingredient in anxiety disorders, it does not appear to underlie dissociative and somatic symptom disorders.

Very few criminal trials end with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Women who are exposed during the middle of pregnancy to which of the following have children who are more likely to become schizophrenic?

Impairment of the brain and nervous system due to an HIV infection contracted during adulthood would be diagnosed as a ___________ disorder.