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A treatment for depression in which electrodes attached to a patient's head, send an electrical current through the brain causing a convulsion

electro convulsive therapy (ECT)

What are the steps does a counselor on a suicide prevention hotline take when initial contact is made?

1. Establish a positive relationship 2. Understand and clarify the problem. 3. Assess suicide potential 4. Assess and mobilize the callers resources 5. Formulate a plan

"I have this vague sense that something isn't right, but I can't describe it," is a statement most likely said by someone experiencing:

Alexithymia

A foreign invader of the body, such as a bacteria or virus

Antigen

A man appeared at the emergency room complaining of bloody diarrhea. The Doctor Who examined him found that the man was intentionally creating the diarrhea through use of laxatives and anticoagulant medication, and liked being a patient. The man is most likely:

Experiencing a factitious disorder.

I disorder in which a person feigns or includes physical symptoms, typically for the purpose of assuming the role of a sick person.

Factitious disorder

Consequences of anorexia nervosa include all the following except:

Fever and high blood pressure

A person feels well rested during the day, does not have burning sensations in the stomach, and appears to have normal breathing function. If you are told this person has a psychophysiological disorder, your best guess about what the disorder is would be:

Hypertension

Chronic high blood pressure

Hypertension

The part of the brain most closely associated with the control of eating and body weight

Hypothalamus

The bodies network of activities in cells that identify and destroy antigens and cancer cells

Immune system

What is an example of malingering?

Intentionally faking a back problem to avoid military service.

Treatment for unipolar depression that is based on the belief that clarifying and changing one's interpersonal problems helps lead to recovery.

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)

A metallic element that occurs in nature as a mineral salt and is an effective treatment for bipolar disorder

Lithium

White blood cells that circulate through the lymph system and bloodstream, helping the body identify and destroy antigens and cancer cells.

Lymphocytes

An antidepressant drug that prevents the action of the enzyme monoamine oxidase

MAO inhibitor

A disorder in which people become excessively distressed, concerned, and anxious about bodily symptoms that they are experiencing, and their wives are greatly and disproportionately disrupted by the symptoms

Somatic symptom disorder

A woman has experienced a wide range of vague and disturbing physical symptoms over a period of several years. Doctors cannot find a cause for the problems; medically, The Woman appears normal. Based on this information, the best diagnosis would be:

Somatic symptom disorder (Somatization pattern)

A patient with a heart condition complained of adhesions from his post operative scar, leg cramps, and joint stiffness. He seemed to be hurting all over, but no medical reason could be found to explain the symptoms. The best diagnosis for this disorder is:

Somatic symptom disorder (predominate pain pattern)

The primary feature of somatic symptom disorder - Predominant pain pattern - is pain, the person is said to have predominant pain

Somatic symptom disorder - predominant pain pattern

People with a somatization pattern of somatic symptom disorder or experience many long-lasting physical ailments. Elements that typically have little or no physical basis.

Somatic symptom disorder - somatization pattern

A death in which the victim plays an indirect, hidden, partial, or unconscious roll

Sub intentional death

An antidepressant drug such as imipramine that has three rings and it's molecular structure

tricyclic

A person who eats large amounts of food in a short period, and does this repeatedly, with no other symptoms, would be said to have:

A binge eating disorder

"It's obvious that the patient observed friends who had symptoms of illness, then imitated those symptoms to get attention," says the therapist. Most likely, the therapist has which theoretical perspective

Behavioral

A field that combines psychological and physical interventions to treat or prevent medical problems.

Behavioral medicine

Disorder that is characterized by eating binges followed by forced vomiting is called:

Bulimia nervosa

If Ben's eating is followed by a period of strenuous exercise to compensate for the food, the diagnosis is probably

Bulimia nervosa

Which is not considered to be a traditional psychophysiological disorder?

Cancer

A therapy developed by Aaron Beck that helps people identify and change the maladaptive assumptions and ways of thinking that help because their psychological disorders

Cognitive therapy

A 35-year-old woman hobbles into the office of the physician complaining of a debilitating illness that has robbed her of her use of her left leg and right arm. The physician finds no physical basis for her symptoms. She appears totally unaware that the cause of her symptoms may be psychological. The diagnosis would be:

Conversion disorder

A disorder in which a person's bodily symptoms affect his or her voluntary motor and sensory functions, but the symptoms are inconsistent with known medical diseases

Conversion disorder

A person who is ambivalent about the wish to die even as he or she attempts suicide

Death Darer

A person who attempt suicide without recognizing the finality of death

Death ignorer

A person who attempts suicide believing that the process of death is already underway and that he or she is simply hasting the process

Death initiator

A person who clearly intends to and his or her life at the time of suicide attempt

Death seeker

A treatment procedure for depression in which a pacemaker powers electrodes that have been implanted in brodmann area 25 thus stimulating that brain area

Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Which of the following is a medical condition more common in bulimia then anorexia?

Dental problems

Viewing problems and solutions in rigid either\or terms

Dichotomous thinking

Salvador Minuchin describes a family system in which the members are overly involved in each other's affairs as:

Enmeshedl family pattern

Psycho tropic drugs that help stabilize the moods of people suffering from bipolar disorder. Also known as antibiotic polar drugs

Mood stabilizing drugs

People suffering from anorexia nervosa tend to:

Overestimate their body size

The study of the connections between stress, the bodies immune system, and illness

Physchonueroimmunology

According to the psychodynamic view, conversion disorder symptoms function to keep unacceptable thoughts and conflicts out of consciousness this is called:

Primary gain

In psychodynamic theory, the gain people derive when their somatic symptoms keep their internal conflicts out of awareness

Primary gain

Disorders in which biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors interact to cause or worsen a physical illness. Also known as psychological factors affecting other medical conditions

Psychophysiological disorders

A psychological autopsy and which clinicians piece together information about a person's suicide from the person's past.

Retrospective analysis

Chemical changes within a neuron just after the neuron receives a Neurotransmitter message and just before he responds

Second messengers

In psychodynamic theory, the gain people derive when they're somatic symptoms elicit kindness from others or provide an excuse to avoid unpleasant activities

Secondary gain

A group of second germination antidepressant drugs that increase serotonin activity specifically, with affecting other neurotransmitters.

Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors

The "weight set point" is:

The way a person is predisposed to maintain

A treatment procedure for depression in which an electromagnetic coil, which is placed on the floor or above the patient's head, sends a current into the individuals brain

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

A personality pattern characterized by hostility, cynicism, driven this, inpatients, competitiveness, and ambition

Type "A" personality style

A personality pattern in which a person is more relaxed, less aggressive, and less concerned about time.

Type "B" personality style

What would lead you to expect someone has a conversion disorder rather than is exhibiting medical symptoms?

Uniform and even numbness in the "damaged" hand.

The treatment procedure for depression and which and implanted pulse generator sends regular electrical signals to a person's Vagus nerve; the nerve then stimulates the brain

Vegus nerve stimulation

If therapy format in which the therapist works with two people who share a long-term relationship

couple therapy