Abnormal Psych Final 13
positional changes,grimacing, complaining about pain to others
What are some examples of pain behaviors
cognitive disturbance, vegetative symptoms, loss of interest
Which of the following is usually a component of a major depressive episode?
Delaying or preventing future episodes of major depression is often an important treatment goal instead of merely recovering from current depression
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the treatment of mood disorders
Ability to avoid walking into things even though the patient reports being unable to see anything
Which of the following would be typical for a patient suffering from a patient suffering from a conversion disorder?
removal of any benefits that patients receive for limitations imposed by the disorder
Your textbook authors describe a treatment plan for conversion disorder involving...
psychological factors including stress, the immune systems, the nervous system
a new medical specialty called psychoneuroimmunology reflects the relationship among
a profile of negative emotions
a predictor of which patients will suffer from chronic pain is
anorexia and bulimia occurs in some students who were raised in countries where these disorders do not exist
a study of foreign born students who are attending western universities shows that
9 months
a typical episode of major depression last......... with very severe cases lasting as long as several years
parasomnias
abnormal events such as nightmares, sleep terrors, and sleepwalking that occur during sleep or during the twilight time between sleep and waking are classified as
both up and down
according to consensus research in which direction do pain signals travel to contribute to the experience of pain
dorsal horns
according to the gate control theory of pain the ......... of the spinal cord act as a gate and may open and transmit sensations of pain if the stimulation is sufficiently intense
depressed patients with psychotic symptoms should be treated with medications not ECT
all of the following statements are true about electroconvulsive therapy except:
infectious diseases
at the beginning of the twentieth century the leading cause of death in the United States was
cyclothymia
at various times, Cynthia a 20 year old college student has always been considered by her family and or friends to be moody high strung explosive or hyperactive. knowing the criteria for mood disorders you would diagnose Cynthia with.........
dysfunctional thoughts; actual disordered behaviors
based on the research reported in your text regarding available treatments for bulimia nervosa we can conclude that the treatment focuses on ......... and........ is most effective in gaining rapid control of bulimia and maintaining these gains over the long term
karen, a very social woman with many good friends
based on your knowledge of recent research studies, which one of the following people would you predict is least likely to catch a cold following exposure to the virus
early life exposure to a viral infection such as mononucleosis
before a clinician can diagnose hypersomnia it is necessary to rule out all of the following except
cancer and AIDS patients
brief psycho social treatments aimed at reducing stress while increasing coping and control lead to improved immune systems and prolonged life in what kind of patients
depressive and anxiety disorders
children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder are most at risk for later developing
tell off people they dont like as as a way of reducing stress
cognitive therapy is used in stress management programs to help clients to learn all of the following except
a higher rate of depression in men
for individuals who had not been previously been depressed research studies indicate that a marital separation or divorce resulted in
an inactive, sedentary life style combined with high fat high energy diet
henderson and brownell believe that the largest contributor to the obesity epidemic is......
flight or travel
in dissociative fugue the term fugue relates to...
stress or a traumatic event
in healthy, well adjusted individuals dissociation typically occurs following
alarm, resistance, exhaustian
in response to sustained stress the body goes through several stages that together constitute the general adaptation syndrome, a concept proposed by researcher hans selye. This GAS consists of all the following stages
people can become quite convinced of events that never happened
in studies conducted by Elisabeth Loftus and her colleagues, individuals were told about false events that had supposedly happened when they were children. the results of these studies indicate that................
amount of sleep time that the patient believes is appropriate
in the diagnosis of insomnia the clinician takes into account several factors one of which is the patients
a dyssomnia
individuals who dont feel rested despite sleeping a reasonable number of hours might be suffering from
binge eating disorder
individuals who experience loss of control of their eating and consume great quantities of food but do not enegage in any type of compensation for their binge would be diagnosed with......
negative thinking
interpersonal psychotherapy helps depressed patients resolve relationship problems. All of the following issues are a possible focus of IPT except....
double depression
jack has experiences major episodes of major depressive episodes. in the intervals between the episodes, he does not seem to return to "normal". in fact during those periods he has been diagnosed as having low grade depression. jacks condition is referred to as
sleep terrors
joan is a six year old child who cries out in the middle of the night, appearing frightened and inconsolable. her parents are unable to comfort her during these episodes , and joan has no memory of the event in the morning. joan appears to be experiencing
changing their attitudes regarding body and self image
many clinicians suggest that the most difficult part of treatment for anorexia, and the part where most poeple fail is
the learned helplessness model
martin seligmans theory that people become anxious and depressed because they believe that they have no control over the stress in their lives is informed by
modulate mood
neurohormones main function is to
become addicted to the medications during a sever manic state
one of the problems encountered by psychiatrists who prescribe medication for patients with bipolar disorder is that patients often
anxiety disorder; mood disorder
patients with bulimia Nervosa often present with additional psychological disorders particularly ........ and ..............
helping patients reduce depression thus reducing cortisol
psycho social interventions such as stress reduction techniques for chronically ill individuals are thought to affect the disease process via the immune system by
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putname examined 100 cases of dissociative identity disorder and found that............... percent of the subjects had experienced significant trauma
show few differences in severity of symptoms or personality
recent research suggests that the restricting and binging/ purging sub types of anorexia nervosa........
depression
research finding have suggested that it might not be stressful event itself that affectsimmune systems functioning but rather the accompanying
PTSD
research has shown that exessive secretion of the stress hormone cortisol can result in cell death on the hippocampal region of the brain in cases of
sleep apnea
sam sleeps for eight or more hours every night but never feels rested. He cant understand why he is always tired despite the fact he reports no difficulties with the quality of his sleep. of the following, Sam's most likely diagnosis is
social rank
sapolsky and colleagues found that physical health in wild baboons was associated with
acting out a dream
sleepwalking is characterized as by all of the following except
it has the potential to be stigmatizing for women
some psychologists were reluctant to make premenstrual dysphoric disorder a formal diagnosis because
tricyclics
the antidepressant medication known as impramine (tofranil) and amitrpyline (elavil) are included in the class of drugs called
t4 helper cells
the immune system is weakened in AIDS patients because the human immunodeficiency virus directly attacks the lymphocytes called
were victims of severe abuse and trauma
the victims most likely to have amnesia as a result of trauma are those who
has only been tested in a few individuals
trans cranial magnetic stimulation is currently not a widely used form of treatment for depression it is.....
melatonin and light
two factors that help regulate our natural sleep/wake cycles are
would be considered moody
when referring to the mood disorders called cyclothymia and dysthymia. it would be accurate to say that an individual with cyclomythia probably.............
rapid speech expressing many exciting ideas at once
when used in connection with mood disorders "flight of ideas" means
medications for bipolar disorder are very potent and have serious side effects
which of the following is a risk associated with misdiagnosing children with bipolar disorder when in fact they have ADHD
over 80% of people with bulimia had an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives
which of the following statement is true?
almost all depressed patients are anxious but not every anxious patients are depressed
which of the following statements is accurate regarding the relationship between anxiety and depression?
vomiting reduces almost 100% of calories consumed if done immediately after eating
which of the following statements is true regarding effectiveness of purging for reducing calorie intake
African Americans are more likely to develop hypertension and have hypertensive vascular diseases than caucasions
which of the following statements is true regarding hypertension in the united states
the number of people who smoke in china approximates the entire population of the united states
your textbook reports on a behavorial change program that adresses the high rate of smoking in china. This was an important study because
suppresses the virus in people who are HIV+
AIDS is now treated with new combinations of drugs called Highly Active Retroviral Therapy which
avoiding strangers
According to the text injury prevention programs have proven effective in teaching children about all of the following except
sleep rebound
All of the following are examples of causes of circadian rhythm sleep disorder except
Deliberate actions directed towards making a child sick
An example of factitious disorder imposed on another is...
tends to occur in lower socioeconomic groups where there is less medical knowledge
Evidence for the influence of social and cultural factors in a conversion disorder includes the fact that conversion disorder....
primary gain
Freud called the reduction on anxiety by converting unconsious conflicts into physical symptoms
Voluntarily makes up symptoms with no apparent motivation
In factious disorders, the patient....
clients respond well to CBT
In treating conversion disorder which of the following statements is true
Dissociative disorder
Min has been experiencing repeated seizures, but none of the neurologists he has visited could find any abnormal EEG activity. He is likely exhibiting a case of....
decreased slow wave sleep the deepest stage of sleep
One symptom of depression is an increase in sleeping. What other symptom related to sleep occurs in depression?
an overwhelming urge to be thin
The chief motivating factor in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is
excessive or maldaptive responses to physical symptoms or to associated health concerns
The common aspect of all somatic symptom disorders is a set of:
a normal reaction
The experience of dissociation ( feelings of unreality, blunting of emotional experience and physical pain) during or immediately following a life threatening situation
Quickly
The process of changing from on personality to another generally occurs.................. in most patients with dis associative identity disorder
Amok
..................... is a dissociative disorder that is not found in western cultures and appears to have some similarities to disassociative fugue
sudden loss, Physical collapse, slight muscle weakness
Cataplexy as experienced by patients with narcolepsy can characterized by
a purging of emotionally traumatic events
Catharsis is....
mood stabilizer; bipolar disorder
Lithium is a.......... and is prescribed as the gold standard for treatment of...........
a somatic symptom disorder
Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions is considered....