CLP 3143 Midterm Review Module 3

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______ is NOT a characteristic of mania.

A decrease in goal-directed activity

Jacquie has made several suicide attempts over the years. In each instance, she swallowed pills or a poisonous liquid. On each of these attempts, her chance of dying was approximately ______.

A. 20% B. 5% ---C. 2% xx D. 10%

______ statutes allow for the ongoing civil commitment of individuals who have committed sexual crimes and who are believed to pose a continued threat if they are released.

A. Detention of sexual deviancy xx B. Detention of sexual criminals C. Sexual crime prevention --D. Sexually violent predator

In determining competence to stand trial, the most basic requirement is that the defendant have the ability to

A. manipulate information rationally ---B. communicate a choice xx C. appreciate the situation and its implications D. understand relevant information

The Tarasoff II decision made it mandatory for therapists to

A. notify the police when their patients are a harm to themselves B. warn persons who are threatened by their clients xx C. notify the police when their patients are a harm to others --D. use reasonable care to protect persons who are threatened by their clients

Parens patriae is a legal principal that holds that rulers have the authority to ______.

care for those who cannot care for themselves

Paul has a job interview but decides to not go because he believes that nothing will work for him. This belief is primarily an example of ______.

catastrophizing

The ______ model suggests that individuals with depression display biases in the way they search for and process information.

cognitive

The textbook suggests that the psychological therapy MOST often used for bipolar disorder is ______ therapy.

cognitive behavioral

The notion that depression is a protective strategy in situations involving risk is at the heart of the ______ perspective on depression.

evolutionary

The second generation of antidepressants was developed because the medications introduced in the 1950s and 1960s

had too many undesirable side effects

The requirement that health care professionals report child abuse or neglect to a state agency is known as ______ reporting.

mandated

Bipolar disorder was formerly called ______.

manic depression

Protective factors against suicide include ______.

moral objections to suicide

Which perpetrator is matched to the issue in the law and mental health to which their case is MOST relevant?

---A. Prosenjit Poddar—duty to warn/confidentiality xxB. Andrea Yates—sexual predator laws xxC. Jeffrey Dahmer—insanity defense xx D. John Hinckley—trial competency

______ therapy appears to be the MOST effect intervention for reducing suicide attempts in military personnel.

--A. Dialectical behavior B. Psychodynamic C. Emotion-focused xx D. Cognitive behavioral

Over the past 75 years, the criteria for the insanity defense have ______.

--A. become more stringent B. become less stringent C. fluctuated wildly xx D. remained constant

Having a first-degree relative with bipolar disorder increases one's own risk of the disorder by a factor of

10

The rights of those with mental illness began increasing in the ______.

A. 1970s ---B. 1980s C. 1990s xxD. 1960s

______ states have confidentiality laws protecting the information revealed in psychological therapy.

All

______ is characterized by the presence of a major depressive episode and at least one hypomanic episode.

Bipolar II disorder

Which statement is evidence suggesting that depression is NOT the result of a novel reaction of the nervous system to the modern environment?

Depression is more prevalent among females compared with males. xxThe nervous system continues to adapt to the changing environment. --Depression is seen in a variety of animals whose environments have not changed drastically in recent times. The fundamental aspects of the modern environment differ significantly from prehistoric environments.

Which high-profile individual is infamous for sexual crimes?

Jeffrey Dahmer

Which is NOT a piece of legislation that provides protection for the public against sexual offenders?

Jeffrey Dahmer Act

Which perpetrator is NOT matched to the issue in the law and mental health to which their case is MOST relevant?

Jeffrey Dahmer—solitary confinement

is NOT a treatment for depression involving direct manipulation of the brain's electrical activity.

New wave therapy Electroconvulsive therapy Deep brain stimulation Vagal nerve stimulation

Which statement is true regarding depressive episodes?

The initial episode has a stronger relationship with environmental factors than later episodes.

The factors that are used to determine whether or not a person is competent to make a decision about his or her own treatment prior to standing trial do NOT include an evaluation of the individual's ability to ______.

afford other types of treatment

A sense of irritability is associated with

both depression and mania

The duty to protect overrides the ethical principle of ______ in professional therapist-client relationships?

confidentiality

Andrea Yates ______.

drowned her children in a bathtub

Terrell is a man. Trina is a woman. As compared with Trina, Terrell is ______ likely to suffer from Bipolar I.

equally

As compared to nonfamilial major depressive disorder, familial major depressive disorder is ______.

earlier developing

As compared with healthy individuals, people with unmedicated bipolar disorder who are not currently experiencing any symptoms tend to perform cognitive tasks in a MORE ______ manner.

emotional

The textbook mentions that Charles Whitman, the 1966 University of Texas gunman, had a tumor pressing on his amygdala. This tumor would MOST likely have an impact on Whitman's ______.

emotions and impulses

The legal term for mental illness is ______.

insanity

Maria had a bad experience with the police and believes that because she knows one corrupt cop, all cops must be corrupt. This automatic thought is primarily an example of ______.

overgeneralization

Aggression is ______ related and impulsivity is ______ related to suicidal behaviors.

positively; positively

Depression in terms of ______ suggests that depressed mood protects the organism by reducing energy expenditure, thereby protecting itself and saving energy for use in the future.

resource conservation

In session, a client tells a therapist that he has been thinking about killing his exgirlfriend. The therapist can take all of the following steps to ensure the exgirlfriend's safety according to the Tarasoff II decision EXCEPT ______.

restraining the client until the police arrive

Originating in 1880s Alabama, the volitional test is a legal principle that is ______ used today.

seldom

The two basic conditions of the M'Naghten rule are (1) the presence of a mental disorder and (2) ______.

the lack of comprehension of the wrongfulness of the act at the time of the act

By the principle of informed consent, the client does NOT have a right to know ______.

whether the therapist has a mental health disorder.


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