Exam 16: Psychological Disorders

A strong, intense fear of being in public or performing behaviours in public is characteristic of ________.

Do you think that there is truly room for the concept of "insanity" when a person has been found to have committed a crime? What are the various legal/psychological/ethical considerations that must be given attention in this issue?

The research data suggest that schizophrenia results from

Suppose that Owen has recently attempted to take his own life, but did not complete the suicide. You would most probably predict that he will be ________ to make a future suicide attempt.

According to the biological perspective, obsessive-compulsive disorder is ________.

After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He appears to be suffering from ________.

The ________ rule is a test of legal insanity that came from an 1843 British trial.

Public health officials and researchers assert that the number of suicides reported each year is a(n)________.

Pessimism and other symptoms of depression can set the stage for negative life events, but at the same time negative life events can also lead to pessimism and other symptoms of depression. The uncertainty of the direction by which these relationships exist indicates the importance of remembering the principle of ________.

According to Aaron Beck's cognitive model of depression, people with this condition focus on the negative cognitive triad, which sustains the depression. This triad includes all but WHICH of the following?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding suicide?

The DSM-5 is a valuable resource, but it is not without its limitations. Critics of this manual have suggested which of the following as a problem with the DSM?

The most severe psychological disorder is ________.

Dr Brown has been invited to speak at a prestigious psychological conference on the topic of autism. He will talk on the current scientific knowledge regarding this disorder. What is a key point you would expect him to make based on the authors' discussion of the disorder in the chapter?

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz would argue that the entire concept of mental illness is a(n)________.

Maria is a retired factory worker who lives with anxiety. Due to the fear of having anxiety attacks, she does not leave her house. This makes her feel trapped in her home, which creates an enormous sense of discomfort for Maria. Which criterion would be most appropriate in deciding whether Maria's case represents an example of abnormality?

What mood disorder is characterised by alterations between periods of extremely high levels and extremely low levels of activity?

Which of the following is one definition of abnormal behaviour?

Troy feels that the legal system and his ex-wife are unfairly out to get him and are making him pay more child support than he should. One persistent belief he has is that the Director of Public Prosecutions, the police department, and his ex-wife have conspired to send the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" into his head. Troy clearly is suffering from ________.

Diagnosing children with mental disorders is a very delicate topic, and it must be handled with extreme care. Recently, a trend has emerged where difficulty has been seen in distinguishing the symptoms of ADHD from the symptoms of ________.