Exam 17: Psychiatry

A patient whose fear of flying in an airplane is due to claustrophobia would most likely be treated with which psychotherapeutic technique?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

The three combining forms ment/o-,phren/o-,and psych/o- have a meaning of ________.

Which type of disorder is characterized by a temporary or permanent impairment of thinking and memory?

A loss of connection between personal thoughts and a sense of self and the environment is known as ________.

The combining form orex/o- means ________.

James Meade is unable to recognize his own face in the mirror because of advanced Alzheimer's disease.This is because of degeneration in the area of his ________.

Which of the following medical words is spelled CORRECTLY?

An exaggerated sense of self-worth and importance is characteristic of a ________ personality.

Fetishism is an overwhelming impulse to steal things.

Preoccupation with,and misinterpretation of,minor body sensations with the fear that those indicate disease is known as ________.

A ________ disorder is a sudden attack of severe,overwhelming anxiety without an identifiable cause.

Dementia causes all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A person's emotional state of mind may contain many emotions at the same time (fear,guilt,and anger),but the prevailing,predominant emotion is known as the person's ________.

Hebephrenia,which is inappropriate,childish,and silly behavior,is a subtype of the psychosis known as ________.

The patient admitted to bingeing on food and purging with laxatives because she was driven by the fear of getting fat.This eating disorder is known as ________.

Thanatophobia is the fear of ________.

The personality disorder that is characterized by disregard for rules,lying,truancy,fighting,drinking,and sexual promiscuity is known by all these names EXCEPT ________.