LearningCurve 15d. Schizophrenia; Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Despite having several features in common, what is the primary distinction between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?

Those suffering from anorexia nervosa are drastically underweight, while those suffering from bulimia nervosa are within or above the normal range.

_____ is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and diminished or inappropriate emotional reactions.

Schizophrenia

Calvin is extremely manipulative. He can look anyone in the eye and lie convincingly. His deceit often endangers the safety and well-being of those around him, but he is indifferent to their suffering as a result of his actions. Calvin's behavior BEST illustrates _____ personality disorder.

antisocial

Last week, Tate went into the hospital for a painful medical procedure. Amazingly, he did not seem worried beforehand, and he showed no signs of autonomic nervous system arousal. In addition, Tate seems to lack a conscience for wrongdoing. It is possible that Tate would be diagnosed as having:

antisocial personality disorder.

Process schizophrenia is to reactive schizophrenia as _____ schizophrenia is to _____ schizophrenia.

chronic; acute

Angel has been arrested for grand theft auto. He claims that it was not him and that he knows nothing about the crime, as another one of his personalities must have done it. The court-appointed psychiatrist knows immediately that Angel does not suffer from _____ disorder, as the original personality generally denies awareness of the others.

dissociative identity

While researchers have discovered that there are an excessive number of receptor sites for _____ in schizophrenia patients' brains, it is not the only neurotransmitter involved in schizophrenia.

dopamine

A major characteristic of schizophrenia is diminished emotion. For example, some people suffering from schizophrenia exhibit _____, often described as a zombielike state of apparent apathy.

flat affect

Michael complains that threatening voices are constantly telling him he is so evil he should kill himself. Michael is experiencing:

hallucinations.

With respect to schizophrenia, delusion is to flat affect as _____ symptom is to _____ symptom.

positive; negative

Last year, Nikki was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and one of her symptoms is related to diminished emotion. She sometimes lapses into a zombielike state of apparent apathy known as:

flat affect.

In a study examining the genetic influences on antisocial personality disorder, researchers compared the PET scans of murderers' brains to the brains of nonmurderers of the same age and sex. The study reported reduced activity in the murderers' _____, a brain area that helps with impulse control.

frontal lobes

Between 1930 and 1960, the number of dissociative identity disorder diagnoses in North America was _____ per decade.

2

_____ is characterized by excessive thinness, while _____ is characterized by normal to above average weight.

Anorexia; bulimia

Regarding the treatment of schizophrenia, dopamine-blocking drugs lessen _____ symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations.

positive

Irrationality, distorted perceptions, and a lack of contact with reality are defining features of _____ disorders.

psychotic