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Delusions of grandeur occur when a patient with schizophrenia believes that they are extremely powerful

True

Flight of ideas in Bipolar disorder occurs when thoughts rapidly and loosely shirt from topic to topic

True

In schizophrenia, greatly reduced speech is call alogia

True

Of all the groups portrayed on tv, people with psychological disorders are the most stigmatized

True

One of the key symptoms of PTSD is that the person experiences unwanted and intrusive thoughts about the traumatic event

True

Persistent depressive disorder is characterized by many of the symptoms of major depression, but the symptoms are less intense

True

The terms mental disorder and psychological disorder mean the same thing and are interchangeable

True

Visual and auditory hallucinations are the most common type of hallucination experienced during a schizophrenic episode

True

According to the findings of the National Comorbidity Study (NCS-R), the majority of people who experience the symptoms of a psychological disorder seek professional help to deal with their symptoms

False

According to the findings of the National Comorbidity study (NCS-R), about one in twenty adults have experienced the symptoms of a psychological disorder at some point in their lifetime

False

The acronym "DSM-5" stands for "dissociative and somatic mental disorders

False

The term psychopathology refers to the study of people who have been judged insane

False

Women are four times as likely as men to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder

False

Along with overwhelming feelings of sadness and hopelessness, the person experiencing major depressive disorder often has problems concentrating and completing routine tasks

True

Another term for generalized anxiety disorder is free-floating anxiety

True

Compared to normal feelings of anxiety, pathological anxiety is irrational, uncontrollable, and disruptive

True

The difference between "normal" behavior and "abnormal" behavior is sometimes determined by the degree, intensity, or duration of the particular behavior

True

An obsession is a repetitive behavior that a person feels driven to perform

False

Antidepressant medications help reduce the symptoms of major depression by decreasing brain levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin

False

Feelings of anxiety are always abnormal and indicate the existence of a serious psychological disorder

False

If a person experiences two or more episodes of bipolar depression in less than a year, it is called double depression

False

Men suffer from anxiety disorders more than women

False

PTSD only occurs in response to extreme traumas associated with military combat and war

False

People with generalized anxiety disorder experience high levels of anxiety only when they are in the particular situation that triggers their anxiety

False

Persistent, recurring thoughts are to compulsions as persistent urges to perform certain actions are to obsessions

False

The National Comorbidity Study (NCS-R) found no gender differences in the prevalence of any of the psychological disorders

False

A symptom commonly seen in schizpohrenia is called flat affect, mean that the person responds in an emotionally "flat" way that lacking in normal facial and verbal expressiveness

True

According to the findings of the (NCS-R), roughly one out of every four people have experienced the symptoms of a psychological disorder during the previous year

True

People with psychological disorders about four times as likely to commit a violent crime as the average person

False


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