Abnormal Psych Final 13

positional changes,grimacing, complaining about pain to others

What are some examples of pain behaviors

cognitive disturbance, vegetative symptoms, loss of interest

Which of the following is usually a component of a major depressive episode?

Delaying or preventing future episodes of major depression is often an important treatment goal instead of merely recovering from current depression

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the treatment of mood disorders

Ability to avoid walking into things even though the patient reports being unable to see anything

Which of the following would be typical for a patient suffering from a patient suffering from a conversion disorder?

removal of any benefits that patients receive for limitations imposed by the disorder

Your textbook authors describe a treatment plan for conversion disorder involving...

psychological factors including stress, the immune systems, the nervous system

a new medical specialty called psychoneuroimmunology reflects the relationship among

a profile of negative emotions

a predictor of which patients will suffer from chronic pain is

anorexia and bulimia occurs in some students who were raised in countries where these disorders do not exist

a study of foreign born students who are attending western universities shows that

9 months

a typical episode of major depression last......... with very severe cases lasting as long as several years

parasomnias

abnormal events such as nightmares, sleep terrors, and sleepwalking that occur during sleep or during the twilight time between sleep and waking are classified as

both up and down

according to consensus research in which direction do pain signals travel to contribute to the experience of pain

dorsal horns

according to the gate control theory of pain the ......... of the spinal cord act as a gate and may open and transmit sensations of pain if the stimulation is sufficiently intense

depressed patients with psychotic symptoms should be treated with medications not ECT

all of the following statements are true about electroconvulsive therapy except:

infectious diseases

at the beginning of the twentieth century the leading cause of death in the United States was

cyclothymia

at various times, Cynthia a 20 year old college student has always been considered by her family and or friends to be moody high strung explosive or hyperactive. knowing the criteria for mood disorders you would diagnose Cynthia with.........

dysfunctional thoughts; actual disordered behaviors

based on the research reported in your text regarding available treatments for bulimia nervosa we can conclude that the treatment focuses on ......... and........ is most effective in gaining rapid control of bulimia and maintaining these gains over the long term

karen, a very social woman with many good friends

based on your knowledge of recent research studies, which one of the following people would you predict is least likely to catch a cold following exposure to the virus

early life exposure to a viral infection such as mononucleosis

before a clinician can diagnose hypersomnia it is necessary to rule out all of the following except

cancer and AIDS patients

brief psycho social treatments aimed at reducing stress while increasing coping and control lead to improved immune systems and prolonged life in what kind of patients

depressive and anxiety disorders

children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder are most at risk for later developing

tell off people they dont like as as a way of reducing stress

cognitive therapy is used in stress management programs to help clients to learn all of the following except

a higher rate of depression in men

for individuals who had not been previously been depressed research studies indicate that a marital separation or divorce resulted in

an inactive, sedentary life style combined with high fat high energy diet

henderson and brownell believe that the largest contributor to the obesity epidemic is......

flight or travel

in dissociative fugue the term fugue relates to...

stress or a traumatic event

in healthy, well adjusted individuals dissociation typically occurs following

alarm, resistance, exhaustian

in response to sustained stress the body goes through several stages that together constitute the general adaptation syndrome, a concept proposed by researcher hans selye. This GAS consists of all the following stages

people can become quite convinced of events that never happened

in studies conducted by Elisabeth Loftus and her colleagues, individuals were told about false events that had supposedly happened when they were children. the results of these studies indicate that................

amount of sleep time that the patient believes is appropriate

in the diagnosis of insomnia the clinician takes into account several factors one of which is the patients

a dyssomnia

individuals who dont feel rested despite sleeping a reasonable number of hours might be suffering from

binge eating disorder

individuals who experience loss of control of their eating and consume great quantities of food but do not enegage in any type of compensation for their binge would be diagnosed with......

negative thinking

interpersonal psychotherapy helps depressed patients resolve relationship problems. All of the following issues are a possible focus of IPT except....

double depression

jack has experiences major episodes of major depressive episodes. in the intervals between the episodes, he does not seem to return to "normal". in fact during those periods he has been diagnosed as having low grade depression. jacks condition is referred to as

sleep terrors

joan is a six year old child who cries out in the middle of the night, appearing frightened and inconsolable. her parents are unable to comfort her during these episodes , and joan has no memory of the event in the morning. joan appears to be experiencing

changing their attitudes regarding body and self image

many clinicians suggest that the most difficult part of treatment for anorexia, and the part where most poeple fail is

the learned helplessness model

martin seligmans theory that people become anxious and depressed because they believe that they have no control over the stress in their lives is informed by

modulate mood

neurohormones main function is to

become addicted to the medications during a sever manic state

one of the problems encountered by psychiatrists who prescribe medication for patients with bipolar disorder is that patients often

anxiety disorder; mood disorder

patients with bulimia Nervosa often present with additional psychological disorders particularly ........ and ..............

helping patients reduce depression thus reducing cortisol

psycho social interventions such as stress reduction techniques for chronically ill individuals are thought to affect the disease process via the immune system by

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putname examined 100 cases of dissociative identity disorder and found that............... percent of the subjects had experienced significant trauma

show few differences in severity of symptoms or personality

recent research suggests that the restricting and binging/ purging sub types of anorexia nervosa........

depression

research finding have suggested that it might not be stressful event itself that affectsimmune systems functioning but rather the accompanying

PTSD

research has shown that exessive secretion of the stress hormone cortisol can result in cell death on the hippocampal region of the brain in cases of

sleep apnea

sam sleeps for eight or more hours every night but never feels rested. He cant understand why he is always tired despite the fact he reports no difficulties with the quality of his sleep. of the following, Sam's most likely diagnosis is

social rank

sapolsky and colleagues found that physical health in wild baboons was associated with

acting out a dream

sleepwalking is characterized as by all of the following except

it has the potential to be stigmatizing for women

some psychologists were reluctant to make premenstrual dysphoric disorder a formal diagnosis because

tricyclics

the antidepressant medication known as impramine (tofranil) and amitrpyline (elavil) are included in the class of drugs called

t4 helper cells

the immune system is weakened in AIDS patients because the human immunodeficiency virus directly attacks the lymphocytes called

were victims of severe abuse and trauma

the victims most likely to have amnesia as a result of trauma are those who

has only been tested in a few individuals

trans cranial magnetic stimulation is currently not a widely used form of treatment for depression it is.....

melatonin and light

two factors that help regulate our natural sleep/wake cycles are

would be considered moody

when referring to the mood disorders called cyclothymia and dysthymia. it would be accurate to say that an individual with cyclomythia probably.............

rapid speech expressing many exciting ideas at once

when used in connection with mood disorders "flight of ideas" means

medications for bipolar disorder are very potent and have serious side effects

which of the following is a risk associated with misdiagnosing children with bipolar disorder when in fact they have ADHD

over 80% of people with bulimia had an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives

which of the following statement is true?

almost all depressed patients are anxious but not every anxious patients are depressed

which of the following statements is accurate regarding the relationship between anxiety and depression?

vomiting reduces almost 100% of calories consumed if done immediately after eating

which of the following statements is true regarding effectiveness of purging for reducing calorie intake

African Americans are more likely to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than caucasions

which of the following statements is true regarding hypertension in the united states

the number of people who smoke in china approximates the entire population of the united states

your textbook reports on a behavorial change program that adresses the high rate of smoking in china. This was an important study because

suppresses the virus in people who are HIV+

AIDS is now treated with new combinations of drugs called Highly Active Retroviral Therapy which

avoiding strangers

According to the text injury prevention programs have proven effective in teaching children about all of the following except

sleep rebound

All of the following are examples of causes of circadian rhythm sleep disorder except

Deliberate actions directed towards making a child sick

An example of factitious disorder imposed on another is...

tends to occur in lower socioeconomic groups where there is less medical knowledge

Evidence for the influence of social and cultural factors in a conversion disorder includes the fact that conversion disorder....

primary gain

Freud called the reduction on anxiety by converting unconsious conflicts into physical symptoms

Voluntarily makes up symptoms with no apparent motivation

In factious disorders, the patient....

clients respond well to CBT

In treating conversion disorder which of the following statements is true

Dissociative disorder

Min has been experiencing repeated seizures, but none of the neurologists he has visited could find any abnormal EEG activity. He is likely exhibiting a case of....

decreased slow wave sleep the deepest stage of sleep

One symptom of depression is an increase in sleeping. What other symptom related to sleep occurs in depression?

an overwhelming urge to be thin

The chief motivating factor in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is

excessive or maldaptive responses to physical symptoms or to associated health concerns

The common aspect of all somatic symptom disorders is a set of:

a normal reaction

The experience of dissociation ( feelings of unreality, blunting of emotional experience and physical pain) during or immediately following a life threatening situation

Quickly

The process of changing from on personality to another generally occurs.................. in most patients with dis associative identity disorder

Amok

..................... is a dissociative disorder that is not found in western cultures and appears to have some similarities to disassociative fugue

sudden loss, Physical collapse, slight muscle weakness

Cataplexy as experienced by patients with narcolepsy can characterized by

a purging of emotionally traumatic events

Catharsis is....

mood stabilizer; bipolar disorder

Lithium is a.......... and is prescribed as the gold standard for treatment of...........

a somatic symptom disorder

Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions is considered....