Ch. 15 Questions Abnormal psychology comer

D

12. The milieu therapy approach to treating schizophrenia is based on ___________ principles. A. sociocultural B. psychodynamic C. behavioral D. humanistic

C

1. Conventional antipsychotic drugs are referred to as _____________ drugs because of their undesirable movement-related side effects. A. dangerous B. controlled C. neuroleptic D. neuropsychotic

C

10. As a result of institutionalization, many patients developed: A. severe depression. B. schizophrenia. C. social breakdown syndrome. D. diathesis-stress.

D

11. Most people with schizophrenia who live in poorly supervised or unsupervised settings survive on: A. family support. B. community support. C. support from religious institutions. D. government disability payments.

B

13. Many people who are recovering from schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders receive occupational training in a(n) __________ workshop, which is a supervised workplace for individuals who are not ready to work independently in competitive or complicated jobs. A. assisted B. sheltered C. halfway D. probationary

A

14. Antipsychotic drugs reduce psychotic symptoms, at least in part, because they block excessive activity of neurotransmitters at the brain's __________ receptors. A. dopamine D-2 B. GABA C. dopamine D-4 D. serotonin

D

15. Use of at least one atypical antipsychotic, Clozapine, has been associated with the development of: A. tardive dyskinesia. B. akathisia. C. brain tumors. D. agranulocytosis.

B

16. The use of antipsychotic medication dates back to the 1940s, when ___________ drugs were used to calm patients about to undergo surgery. A. beta blocking B. antihistamine C. anticholinergenic D. opioid

A

17. Of the following living circumstances, __________ describes approximately one-third of those who suffer from schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders. A. unsupervised living B. living with a family member C. jail or prison D. living in a hospital

A

18. Of the few psychotherapists who treated schizophrenic patients before the discovery of antipsychotic drugs, most believed that the first task of therapy was to: A. win the trust of patients and build a close relationship with them. B. get the patient to openly admit that their hallucinations were not real. C. challenge the delusions that so many patients held, so that they could treat the "real" person and not just the symptom. D. make the family members understand that schizophrenia had no real cure, and that only a modicum of improvement could or should be expected.

A

19. Day hospitals first appeared in _____________ when a shortage of hospital beds led to the premature release of many patients. A. Moscow B. Paris C. London D. Boston

C

2. The Parkinsonian and movement-related side effects of certain antipsychotic medications seem to be caused by reductions of specific transmitters in the basal ganglia and __________ regions of the brain. A. pia mater meninx B. corpus callosum C. substantia nigra D. putamen

D

20. Which of the following trends with regard to the treatment of schizophrenia in people of different racial backgrounds is not true? A. African Americans with schizophrenia are less likely than white Americans to be prescribed atypical antipsychotic drugs. B. African Americans are more likely to experience tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal effects than white Americans. C. African American patients are more likely to have a family physician rather than a psychiatrist prescribe their psychotropic drugs. D. African American patients are more likely to be noncompliant with the directions on how often to take their medication than white Americans.

B

3. Who received the Nobel Prize for research that led to the development of the lobotomy procedure? A. Walter Freeman B. Egas Moniz C. Phillipe Pinel D. Elliot Valenstein

C

4. The premise of _________ was that institutions needed to promote productive activity, self-respect, and individual responsibility. A. social treatment B. token economy program C. milieu therapy D. rational-emotional-behavior therapy

A

5. Token economy programs relied on the systematic application of __________ techniques. A. operant conditioning B. classical conditioning C. social modeling D. cognitive restructuring

B

6. Which is not an extrapyramidal effect of using antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia? A. Parkinsonian-type symptoms B. Huntington's-type symptoms C. neuroleptic malignant syndrome D. tardive dyskinesia

B

7. The discovery of ___________ revolutionized treatment for schizophrenia. A. milieu therapy B. antipsychotic drugs C. token economies D. leucotomy

A

8. Research has repeatedly shown that: A. antipsychotic drugs reduce symptoms in the majority of patients with schizophrenia. B. drugs are not as effective as milieu therapy. C. electroconvulsive therapy is more effective than drugs in treating schizophrenia. D. milieu therapy and token economies are more effective than drugs in treating schizophrenia.

C

9. The ______________ requires that people with mental disorders receive treatment in their communities rather than being transported to institutions far from home. A. Civil Rights Act B. Mental Health Insurance Parity Act C. Community Mental Health Act D. Deinstitutionalization Act of 1963