Exam 15: Psychological Disorders-Part C

People with narcissistic personality disorder often become devastated by the end of a romantic relationship.

Many people engage in self-injury as a means of communicating distress or eliciting help from others.

An obsession is a ritualistic behavior designed to reduce anxiety.

The dopamine hypothesis is widely accepted among psychologists.

Infants who display excessive shyness are at an increased risk for developing phobias later in life.

Antidepressant medications usually take several weeks before they begin to alter neurotransmitter levels in the brain.

Agoraphobia is a common cause of panic attacks.

People with antisocial personality disorder are at high risk for substance abuse.

Girls have higher rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)than do boys by a ratio of about 3:1.

One reason the RDoC was created was in response to the criticism that the biopsychosocial factors that appear to cause psychopathology do not map neatly onto individual DSM diagnoses.

Most of the situations and objects of people's phobias could pose a real threat.

The term sociopath refers to someone diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder.

Autism is regarded as a childhood form of schizophrenia.

A person who lives through a terrifying and uncontrollable experience may develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),a disorder characterized by chronic physiological arousal,recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma,and avoidance of things that call the traumatic event to mind.

People with schizophrenia who assume an uncomfortable position and then remain there for hours are exhibiting catatonic behavior.

People with schizoid personality are often described as loners.

Before the introduction of the medical model of psychological disorders,people believed mental illness was a result of possession by demons or a punishment from God for their wrongdoings.

At some time over the course of their lives,about 7% of Americans are estimated to suffer from PTSD because the effects of PTSD are now recognized not only among the victims,witnesses,and perpetrators of war but also among ordinary people who are traumatized by terrible events in civilian life.

Generalized anxiety disorder is especially prevalent among high-income people with management-level jobs.

Hearing voices in one's head is a common symptom associated with dissociative identity disorder.