Module 39

About what percentage of interviewed subjects from the United States between the ages of 15 and 54 reported experienceing a psychological disorder at some point during their lives?

50%

Based on the limited amount of information provided, of the following individuals, who is most likely to develop an eating disorder?

Amy, American, female, 16

Preventing and treating psychological disorders is especially challenging in a society such as ours, which has a culturally diverse population. Which of the following is NOT a constructive way of dealing with this challenge?

Clients should be treated by therapists who represent the dominant culture so that they can best adapt to their new environment

One night, Ahmad, a usually quiet and withdrawn young man from Malaysia, went into a wild outburst in which he severely injured another individual. This disorder is known as:

amok

Of all the major adult disorders included in the DSM categorization, only four are found across all cultures of the world. Which of the following is not one?

antisocial personality disorder

Of the following which is possibly not a cause of concern for considering professional help

bizarre fantasies

An intense craving for human flesh and the fear that one will turn into a cannibal, were characteristics of Wendigo psychosis, among Algonquian Indian, but the disorder has probably disappeared with urbanization. Wendigo psychosis illustrates the fact that

culture has an important role in the development of psychological disorders

The two most common psychological disorders in contemporary America are, in order:

depression and alcohol dependence

A Native American client is interviewed by a psychologist. The client stares at the floor, and answers questions politely, but during the entire consultation, he looks away continually, never meeting the doctor's eye. The psychologist should infer that

in the client's culture eye contact might have a different social function

A 12-year-old girl complains of a fear that she might harm herself, but later says she fears the ghost of her grandfather. It is found that her father is from the United States and her mother is from Tonga, in the South Pacific, and maintains close ties with the cultural traditions of her country which include a fear to ghosts. A therapist treating her probably should

involve her cultural values and beliefs in the treatment

Different surveys have found less guilt and less low self-esteem among depressed Chinese, Senegalese, and Filipino people. Based on what you have read in the textbook, an accurate conclusion would be that:

people in different cultures are socialized in different ways to deal with their problems, and thus common disorders might have different symptoms

Which of the following is the less common?

schizophrenia

Every __________ person you meet in the United States is likely to suffer, at some point during his or her life, from a psychological disorder.

second

It is likely that people in early societies believed that ____________ caused abnormal behavior

supernatural forces

Koro is a condition found in Southeast Asian males who develop an intense panic that

the penis is about to withdraw into the abdomen.

Cross-cultural surveys show that from one culture to another the incidence of major depression

varies significantly