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Rosita swings between periods of bottomless depression and high-flying enthusiasm. She never hits the middle. Her physician is MOST likely to recommend treatment with:

A mood-stabilizing drug.

After a couple divorced you learn that one of them is suffering from depression it is most likely that

A troubled marriage led to the depression

What is the best example of a motivational symptom of unipolar depression

A woman who no longer goes out with friends and stays home alone for weeks

Just before 8 AM my young daughter did something that annoyed me as I was about to leave home for the short drive to campus my daughter was apparently familiar with my

Absentmindedness

A woman constantly avoids crowded streets and buildings and she is very reluctant to leave home even with a friend most likely this woman would be diagnosed with

Agoraphobia and panic disorder

During combat Carlos died when he intentionally stepped in front of a bullet that was intended for the soldier for whom he was responsible Durkheim would call this an example of

Altruistic suicide

If we ultimately find that people with unipolar depression have certain bio chemical characteristics that predispose them to certain cognitive characteristics that are exacerbated by certain life stressors then we will have evidence that

An interaction between factors causes depression

Which is the best example of a broad social anxiety

Apprehension about being evaluated by others

If one assumes that the frequency of text messaging is positively correlated with psychological problems then what would be the predicted relationship between the number of text messages people send in their self reported levels of stress and unhappiness and anxiety

As one increases the others also increase

If the psychodynamic exclamation for suicide is correct then suicide rates should

Below are among those persons who experience symbolic losses children

Piper shot herself by placing the gun barrel in her mouth, in the middle of a dense wood where she knew she wouldn't be heard or found. Piper is an example of what Edwin Shneidman refers to as a:

Death seeker

How do results from evoked potential studies support the idea of the existence of multiple personalities?

Different sub personalities have been found to show different brainwave patterns

What is the best combination of treatments to treat OCD related disorders

Exposure therapies and antidepressant drugs

Why has suicide become the second leading cause of death in the adolescent age group?

Fatal illnesses are uncommon among the young.

A couple has been married for almost 50 years and then one of them dies the probability that the surviving spouse will commit suicide

Is much higher than normal

Neurochemically both unipolar depression and bipolar disorder are associated with

Low serotonin activity

A clinically depressed individual who has been threatening suicide finally shows a diminishing of depressive symptoms this persons risk of committing suicide

May have increased because the person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse

A person is being treated for social anxiety disorder a therapist watch is the person act out a social scene points out what she did correctly and incorrectly and praises her for what she did well with behavioral techniques did the therapist not use

Modeling

Which statement is NOT usually true of those persons with body dysmorphic disorder?

Most disorder-specific behaviors would be considered normal for a teenager.

Unlike unipolar depression bipolar depression is associated with high ___ Activity

Norepinephrine

Which is the best example of the sub personalities and dissociative identity disorder differing and preferences

Once a personality loves alternative rock music another hates it but does love country music

A friend says to you, "I know someone who is a combat veteran who was just diagnosed with PTSD. Do think therapy will help this person?" Which is the BEST answer you can give based on current research?

Probably about 2/3 of those receiving therapy for PTSD eventually show improvement

A school's star athlete commits suicide. To prevent further student suicides, the school should:

Provide postvention

If a therapist gave a client homework that required the client to challenge faulty assumptions and replace them with healthier ones the therapist would be using

Rational emotive therapy

What do ECT, vagus nerve stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation have in common?

Research on their use suggests that brain stimulation is effective in treating severe forms depression.

A person taking in a depressant medication is starting to gain weight and reports decreasing interest in sexual activity these changes are most common among people taking which kind of antidepressant medication

Second generation antidepressants

A person says, "I've been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, and my therapist wants me to use drug therapy, not psychological therapy. I don't know which to choose." Based on current research, the BEST answer would be:

Some therapists think psychological therapy should always be used, even with drug therapy; there's less chance of relapse.

Which statement about the relationship between religion and suicide is MOST accurate?

The degree of a person's devoutness is a more important predictor of suicide than his or her specific religion.

Norepinephrine is to ___ As corticosteroid is to___

The sympathetic pathway the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal pathway

If someone asked you about the effectiveness of psychological debriefing following a disaster you should be correct in saying that

There is little evidence that debriefing works

How do death darers primarily differ from those in shneidmams other categories of people who attempt suicide

They are ambivalent about their deaths

What is the biggest difference between treatment outcomes for persons with agoraphobia and persons with specific phobia is

Treatment of agoraphobia brings less relief to individuals then do the highly successful treatments for specific phobia is

Add a suicide prevention center you hear a counselor say can you tell me what you think are the most important factors that are making you feel hopeless right now which of the goals and techniques of suicide prevention do these questions best represent

Understanding and clarifying the problem

The belief that the prefrontal cortex has a very important part to play in the development of depression is probably:

correct; unusually high activity in some parts and unusually low activity in other parts of the prefrontal cortex are associated with depression.

Which research finding supports the idea that individuals may inherit a predisposition to posttraumatic stress disorder?

elevated cortisol levels in babies born to women who were pregnant during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Trevor has posttraumatic stress disorder and reports symptoms of derealization. He is:

experiencing reduced responsiveness.

Compared with adults who commit suicide, teenagers who commit suicide are:

more impulsive and have poorer problem-solving skills.

Sebastian was outside the parking garage when, out of nowhere, he suddenly felt overwhelming fear. Sebastian noticed that his fear increased, he started to feel out of control, and the intensity of the feelings seemed to reach a peak and then pass within a few minutes. This is an example of a:

panic attack.

Every once in a while, Ona feels nervous to the point of terror. This feeling seems to come on suddenly and randomly. Her experience is an example of a(n):

panic disorder.

Which person is MOST likely to develop severe unipolar depression based on their demographic characteristics?

teenage boy who lives in poverty