Chapter 14 - Psychological Disorders

The symptoms of schizophrenia begin to appear at a median age of about:

20

This disorder was once referred to as mental retardation

Intellectual disability

Lynette is released after a four-week stay at a psychiatric hospital. She needs to find an apartment near her job because she cannot afford a car. When she talks to potential landlords, how should she describe herself?

She should not tell them she was in a psychiatric hospital. Many people react negatively to those labeled mentally ill.

Elsa is a 50-year-old teacher who is openly gay. According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Elsa's homosexuality:

is not classified as an illness

Helena believes that people with psychological disorders are suffering from diseases that have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and sometimes even cured. Helena believes in the _____ model of psychological disorders.

medical

Seventy-five-year-old Walter lost his wife to a heart attack two years ago, and most of his friends have passed away. His children live in other states and he has no pets. In terms of risk factors for suicide, Walter is _____likely to attempt suicide _____.

more; because the suicide rate surges among older men

Eight-year-old Jack has severe temper tantrums at times and experiences irritability. He has been diagnosed with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. One of the significant negative outcomes of labeling Jack is that:

people may view jack differently because of the label

Marjalayne is 10. She is beginning to show some unusual, even disturbed feelings and actions. Based on this information alone, Marjalayne may be starting to show signs of:

phobic disorder

Qwan often finds himself anxious in social situations. He avoids eye contact with others and regularly dismisses his fears of blushing uncontrollably as shyness. If Qwan were Japanese, he might be suffering from:

taijin-kyofusho

Criticisms of the DSM-5 suggest that, if Rosenhan's study were replicated today:

the results would be much the same

One of the criticisms about the DSM-5 involves how clinicians go about defining behavior as a disorder. This is because:

these diagnostic labels are determined subjectively rather than scientifically.