Exam 15: Psychological Disorders

Jefferson has gone in for a psychiatric assessment.He tells the clinician that he has been feeling detached from his surroundings since he started taking medication to control his high blood pressure.The clinician would use

What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the current DSM diagnostic system? Suggest an alternative system or adjustments to the systems that you feel would make it more effective.

Often,cases of dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder)receive wide press coverage,leading people to believe this disorder is a relatively common psychological problem when,in fact,it is quite rare.People's estimates of the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder may be influenced to a large extent by

Recent studies have also shown that anxiety disorders may also be related to

All of the following are considered anxiety disorders EXCEPT

Harold sits all day alone on a park bench,babbling incoherently and giggling to himself.Harold would MOST likely be diagnosed as having

Use of marijuana may precipitate schizophrenia in young people who use it by amplifying neurotransmitter activity in the

The psychological disorder that involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete,and usually very different,personalities is

Nancy Andreasen has proposed a classification scheme for schizophrenia that divides schizophrenic disorders into two categories,based on the predominance of negative versus positive symptoms.Results from research studies which have investigated this method of classification suggest that most patients

How does insanity differ from abnormality? Explain what happens to an individual after they are found not guilty by reason of insanity and how often the insanity defense leads to an acquittal?

Abnormalities in neural circuits that use ____ have recently been implicated in panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

The average duration of depressive episodes is

Of the individuals who develop either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa,approximately ____ are females.

Which of the following is a common stereotype about psychological disorders?

Kim suffers from anhedonia.This means that she

An individual gets sudden,paralyzing attacks of anxiety and fears going out in public away from her house.Which anxiety disorder does this describe?

There appear to be some similarities between posttraumatic stress disorder (current chapter and Chapter 14)and the dissociative disorders in that most cases of each type of disorder are thought to result from extreme stress.How would you justify creating separate classifications for these disorders?

The conditioning and learning explanation for the etiology of anxiety disorders best accounts for the development and maintenance of

Abby was watching a documentary on some of the horrors of the Viet Nam War.Even when she saw soldiers being blown up after stepping on land mines,she showed no emotional reaction or response.In this case,Abby is displaying symptoms of

Jay has periods of elevated mood to the point of extreme euphoria and optimism that are followed by periods of depression.Jay is MOST likely to be diagnosised with a