Exam 15: Psychological Disorders-Part C

Scott has always gotten into trouble.At home,he routinely bullies his little brother,throws food and toys at family members,kicks his dad,and has been getting into trouble for stealing from the local store.Scott is likely suffering from conduct disorder.

The dopamine hypothesis states that schizophrenia involves a deficit in dopamine levels.

The DSM-5 requires that symptoms of ADHD be present before the age of 12 in order to meet the criteria for this disorder.

Women attempt suicide more often than do men.

A panic attack typically lasts for about 20 minutes.

In obsessive-compulsive disorder,the obsessive thoughts typically produce anxiety and the compulsive behaviors are performed to reduce it.

People with avoidant personality disorder actually yearn for social contact.

The long-term goal of the RDoC is to better understand which abnormalities cause different disorders and to classify disorders based on those underlying causes,rather than on observed symptoms,which will bring the study of mental disorders in line with the study of other medical disorders.

People who live in large cities are more likely to have GAD than are people who live in rural areas.

According to helplessness theory,individuals prone to depression attribute negative experiences to causes that are internal,unstable,and global.

Progressive brain tissue loss in schizophrenics usually begins in the parietal lobe.

Meeting criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)requires having multiple symptoms of inattention (e.g. ,persistent problems with sustained attention,organization,memory,following instructions),hyperactivity-impulsiveness (e.g. ,persistent difficulties with remaining still,waiting for a turn,interrupting others),or both for at least 6 months in at least two settings (e.g. ,home and school)to the point where they impair the child's ability to perform at school or get along at home.

Borderline personality disorder is associated with unstable moods and stormy personal relationships.

Approximately 3 to 6% of adults report engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)at some point in their lifetime.

Phobias usually involve stimuli that humans are evolutionarily prepared to find threatening.

Believing that the president is sending you coded messages during televised speeches is an example of a delusion.

Paranoid personality disorder is in the odd/eccentric cluster.

The brains of those diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder tend to exhibit increased activity in the amygdala.

Major depressive disorder is also known as unipolar depression.

People with narcissistic personality disorder are "drama queens" who live their lives like they are on stage.