Exam 14: D: Psychological Disorders

Malcolm was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital because he was found by the court to be unable to manage his affairs.Thus,Malcolm was declared __________.

Included in the category of dissociative disorders are frightening episodes in which people feel like they are outside of their bodies or behave like robots or are lost in a dream world.An episode such as this is referred to as __________.

Culturally disapproved of behaviors in the past were often given psychological labels with the so-called "mental disorder" that caused slaves in the 1840s to run away from their masters being referred to as __________.

Contrast the psychodynamic,humanistic,existential,behavioral,and cognitive views of anxiety and anxiety disorders.

In order to identify major mood disorders,personality disorders,anxiety disorders,and other psychological problems,mental health professionals in America currently use the fourth edition of a manual known as the __________-IV-TR.

Regarding ethnicity,the highest suicide rate in the United States is among __________ Americans.

A person who does not have hallucinations and whose persecutory delusions are about experiences that could occur in real life would most likely be diagnosed with the delusional disorder known as __________.

In Rosenhan's experiment in which he and several colleagues had themselves committed to mental hospitals with a diagnosis of "schizophrenia," the staff at the hospital never recognized these phony patients as "phony," although the real patients did see through their pretense.

In older persons,circulatory problems,repeated strokes,or general shrinkage and atrophy of the brain can cause major disturbances in memory,reasoning,judgment,impulse control,and personality,an organic condition known as __________.

Asking someone if he or she is thinking of committing suicide is likely to prompt a suicide attempt if the person is truly depressed.

Suicidal thoughts and feelings are most characterized by unbearable psychological pain,frustrated psychological needs,constriction of options,and __________.

People suffering from erotomanic delusions typically believe that their bodies are diseased or rotting,or infested with insects or parasites,or that parts of their bodies are defective.

Exposure to bright lights has been used successfully to treat symptoms of __________ disorder.

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

Discuss what genetic,prenatal conditions,birth complications,and types of communication patterns within families have been found to be related to the development schizophrenia.

The type of schizophrenia that is sometimes called hebephrenic schizophrenia and closely matches the stereotyped images of "madness" seen in movies is __________ schizophrenia.

Persons who are housebound and extremely fearful of leaving the security of their own homes suffer from agoraphobia.

People who suffer from Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen by proxy syndrome appear to have a pathological need to seek attention and sympathy from medical professionals.

Describe delusional disorders,including the different types of delusions individuals with this disorder usually have; and explain how delusional disorder differs from other types of psychotic disorders,especially schizophrenia.

Catatonic schizophrenia is characterized by a preoccupation with delusions or by frequent auditory hallucinations related to a single theme,especially grandeur or persecution.