Exam 13: Psychological Disorders

When mania is experienced in bipolar depression, it often does not involve the expected feelings of euphoria but instead irritability, intrusive racing thoughts, and agitation.

Sane and insane are primarily medical terms referring to the degree to which a person's behavior reflects societal norms or is dysfunctional.

This view of mental illness, introduced by Thomas Szasz, is very critical of the medical model of mental illness.

The chemical imbalance description of depression and the link to serotonin levels in the brain is controversial because

Which of the following phobias is most likely to develop in a person who also suffers from panic disorder?

_________________ is the rarest but also the most crippling of the anxiety disorders.

Because risk factors of PTSD, like generalized anxiety and previous exposure to trauma, are highly correlated with diagnosis, especially in war veterans, they are the most likely causes of the disorder.

Horowitz and Wakefield assert that the so-called epidemics of disorders like depression and anxiety are the result of overdiagnosis.

This negative symptom of schizophrenia is very similar to apathy, especially when the schizophrenic patient must decide to do something.

Things often seem unreal during a panic attack, and sufferers may conclude that they are having a heart attack, dying, or losing their minds.

The disorders with the highest mortality rates from suicide are the anxiety disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder.

Schizophrenic disorders are the leading cause of disability in the United States and among the leading causes of disability in every continent of the world other than Africa.

The most common negative symptoms experienced by schizophrenics are hallucinations and delusions.

The tendency to focus inwardly and brood on the possible causes and consequences of negative emotions and events is called

Though depressive disorders and anxiety disorders are common, they also may be overdiagnosed. Identify two potential harms of overdiagnosis for both depression and anxiety disorders.

Gur and colleagues found that schizophrenic patients and their nonschizophrenic relatives performed more poorly than people without schizophrenic relatives on this type of psychological test.

Patrick is driven by uncontrollable worry and apprehension about the future. His condition has lasted for several years and sometimes leads to physical symptoms like headaches. Patrick most likely has

Jesus generally avoids being in a crowd, shopping mall, movie theater, or driving a car, because he is worried about his ability to escape or find safety in those places. He is likely suffering from

Though they seem to arrive "out of the blue," these intense anxiety experiences tend to be caused by a specific trigger like experiencing an anxiety-provoking situation.

If obsessive-compulsive personality disorder occurs along with a major mental disorder, it is commonly an eating disorder or mood disorder.