Mental Illness Exam 2

Those people MOST likely to develop stress disorders are:

Intolerant of uncertainty and think they cannot control negative things that happen to them

"A state of breathless euphoria, or frenzied energy, in which individuals have an exaggerated belief in their own power, is characteristic of:"

Mania

Which is typical of posttraumatic stress disorder?

"Increased arousal, negative emotions, and guilt"

The group of hormones that are referred to as stress hormones are:

Corticosteroids

"A person asks, what's the MOST effective treatment for social anxiety disorder? What is the BEST research-based answer?"

"The best cognitive-behavioral therapy eliminates symptoms as quickly as, and longer than, the best drug therapy."

A person with bipolar disorder is taking a commonly used drug to stabilize mood in the manic episodes. What is the likely impact on depressive episodes?

"There will be a reduction in suicidal thoughts, but little else will change."

What is the average age of onset unipolar depression

19

Which statement is NOT true regarding specific phobias?

A fear response comes only after repeated exposure to the object.

"Phobic and generalized anxiety disorders arise when people stop looking at themselves honestly and with acceptance and instead deny and distort their true thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Which kind of theorist would offer the preceding explanation for anxiety disorders?"

A humanistic theorist

The developmental psychopathology perspective of depression can be characterized as:

A view that ties together many of the factors that are included in other theories

Fear of public spaces (outdoors, malls, grocery stores, etc.) and not being able to find help (in the case of a panic attack occurring)

Agoraphobia

_____ is the defining characteristic of melancholic depression.

Anhedonia

Intense fear of spiders

Arachnophobia

"An individual has been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder. However, the individual has very good recall of previous life events and has a strong sense of self. The MOST likely diagnosis for this individual is:"

Depersonalization disorder

What kind of therapy entails a combat veteran undergoing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?

Exposure therapy

How does fear differ from anxiety?

Fear is a response to a specific threat, whereas anxiety is more general

Most common, general anxiety feeling, FOMO (fear of missing out)

GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

A person experiences wide-ranging and persistent feelings of worry and anxiety. This is most likely which disorder?

Generalized anxiety disorder

The cognitive explanation for panic disorders is that people who have them:

Misinterpret bodily sensations

An exposure technique in which the therapist confronts the feared object or situation while the fearful person observes is called:

Modeling

ECT has changed over the years so that patients now receive:

Muscle relaxants before the procedure

A psychodynamic theorist finds that a client is experiencing a battle between anxiety-provoking id impulses and anxiety-reducing ego defense mechanisms. He thinks that in this case this usually unconscious conflict is being played out in an open and obvious manner. He is sure this underlying conflict explains his client's:

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Which of the following accurately describes a problem with animal studies of depression?

One cannot be sure that depression-like symptoms in laboratory animals reflect human depression

"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

Panic attacks common, more intense version of GAD

Panic disorder

"Years after the U.S. Civil War was over, many veterans diagnosed with Òsoldier's heartÓ still experienced vivid flashbacks of their combat experiences, as well as nightmares and guilt about what they had done. Today, their symptoms are considered consistent with:"

Posttraumatic stress disorder

"A torture victim who is subjected to threats of death, mock executions, and degradation is experiencing which type of torture?"

Psychological

Which has been proposed as a possible cause of dissociative disorders?

Self-hypnosis

The difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is the:

Severity of the manic episodes

Awkward social situations and interactions

Social anxiety disorder

Poor health is BEST described as a:

Stressor

"Compared with people in untroubled marriages, people in troubled marriages are _____ to have a depressive disorder."

Substantially more likely

What does switching in a person with dissociative identity disorder mean?

The person has changed from one subpersonality to another.

Lucy is considering taking an antidepressant that increases levels of serotonin and improves brain function for symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. She could expect that:

This medication has a slightly better than even chance of being effective

"Researchers were searching for drugs to treat schizophrenia when they came across imipramine, which alleviated the symptoms of depression, although it was not effective against schizophrenia. It became the first of a class of drugs, all sharing a similar molecular structure, called:"

Tricyclics