Exam 13: Psychological Disorders

Ben was usually in the hospital at least 15 times a year. He was taking 19 different medications, and his mother said that she desperately wanted him to be healed. The doctors discovered that there was nothing wrong with Ben. It was determined that Ben's mother had a pathological need to seek attention and sympathy from medical professionals by "keeping her child sick." Ben's mother had which of the following disorders?

Fear of using a public rest room or eating in public would both be considered symptoms of a(n)

A history of childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse, is found in a high percentage of persons whose personalities fragment into multiple identities.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is especially prevalent in the northern latitudes during the spring and summer months.

Regarding mood disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Tanya has been mildly to moderately depressed for most of the time for over two years and has experienced no psychotic episodes and no mania. Tanya would most likely be diagnosed with the disorder called __________.

A woman believes that she has noticeable curvature of the spine even though two doctors have examined her independently and found no problem. Delusions of this sort would be of which type?

The fear of closed spaces is the most common specific phobia among Americans.

Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who displays social isolation, extremely odd behavior, and disturbed thought patterns, but who is not actively psychotic?

The most common psychotic hallucinations are tactile sensations in which the person feels like "insects are crawling under his or her skin."

You tell your friend that in your psychology class you are learning about the different mental disorders. Your friend asks you to explain a "nervous breakdown." Explain what this term "nervous breakdown" means, and then describe the symptoms, causes, and treatments for the clinical diagnosis that comes closest to being a "nervous breakdown."

Discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder by providing a definition and three examples of common obsessions and a definition and three examples of compulsions,; and explain what the diagnosis would be if a person's obsessive-compulsiveness involved just extreme orderliness and following a rigid routine.

Which of the following is part of the DSM-5 category called bipolar and related disorders?

Explain the role that biology plays in the development of mood disorders, including one's genetic vulnerability and the effects of different levels of neurotransmitters; discuss the psychoanalytic, behavioral, and cognitive explanations for mood disorders and the effects of social and environmental stresses.

In order to identify dissociative disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and other psychological problems, mental health professionals in America currently use the fifth edition of a manual known as the __________-5.

If a person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care, he or she would be diagnosed with Munchausen __________ syndrome

Women are 50 percent more likely to experience depression than men, with the main reason for this difference being

Not all symptoms are equally prominent in every person who has schizophrenia. Similarly, the different symptoms in any individual can become more or less prominent over time. For these reasons, the various manifestations of schizophrenia are referred to as

Researchers believe that the main reason that women are 50 percent more likely to become depressed than men is __________ conditions.

Which psychological perspective explains that people who are anxious are living in "bad faith," that is, they have collapsed in the face of the awesome responsibility to choose a meaningful existence and have, instead, made choices that do not truly reflect what they value, feel, and believe?