Abnormal Psych (Dissociative, somatic, feeding/eating, elimination and sleep disorders)

Question 1

_______ involved the inability to recall important personal information that cannot be attributed to ordinary forgetfulness and most often takes the form of localized or ______ amnesia

Answer 1

Dissociative Amnesia; selective

Question 2

A diagnosis of conversion disorder requires the presence of symptoms involving disturbances in voluntary ______ functioning that suggests a serious neurological or other medical condition

Answer 2

motor or sensory

Question 3

Factitious Disorder

Answer 3

when a person falsifies physical or psychological symptoms associated with his/her deception in him/herself or another person in the absence of and external reward for doing so

Question 4

Factitious Disorder must be distinguished from ______, which is characterized by the intentional production of symptoms for the purpose of obtaining an external reward

Answer 4

Malingering

Question 5

The essential features of Anorexia Nervosa are:

Answer 5

• a restriction of energy intake that leads to significantly low body weight
• an intense fear of gaining weight
• disturbance in the way the person experiences his/her weight/shape

Question 6

The onset of Anorexia Nervosa is most often in ________

Answer 6

adolescence or young adulthood

Question 7

One theory of Anorexia is that it is due to a higher-than-normal level of _________ which causes restlessness, anxiety, and obsessive thinking and that food restriction lowers the level of this neurotransmitter and thereby decreases unpleasant feelings

Answer 7

serotonin

Question 8

The first priority in treatment for Anorexia is:

Answer 8

get the individual to gain weight

Question 9

Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by recurrent episodes of _______ that are accompanied by a sense of lack of control, inappropriate compensatory behaviours to prevent weight gain; and self image that is unduly influenced by body shape and weight

Answer 9

binge eating

Question 10

Medical complications from Bulimia include

Answer 10

-electrolyte imbalances that in some case can result in cardiac arrhythmias and arrest

Question 11

The onset of Bulimia is often during or after a period of ________

Answer 11

dieting

Question 12

Enuresis is usually treated with the ______, which wakes the child up when he/she urinates in bed at night

Answer 12

bell-and-pad (night alarm)

Question 13

The primary non-pharmacological treatment for Insomnia Disorder is a cognitive-behavioural approach that incorporates which 4 strategies?

Answer 13

• sleep hygiene education
• stimulus control
• relaxation training
• cognitive therapy

Question 14

Narcolepsy is characterized by attacks of an _______ need to sleep with lapses into sleep or daytime naps and ________ (loss of muscle tone), a hypocretin deficiaency, or rapid eye movement latency less than or equal to ___minutes

Answer 14

irrepressible; cataplexy; 15

Question 15

Non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorders involve:

Answer 15

recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening that usually occur during stage 3 or 4 and are accompanied by sleepwalking or sleep terror

Question 16

A hypnagogic hallucination is:

Answer 16

a vivid dream that occurs just before falling asleep

Question 17

At least eight times in the past month, Mark has experienced a sudden arousal from sleep that starts with a loud scream and is accompanied by signs of autonomic arousal. When his partner tries to comfort him during these episodes, Mark does not respond and, in the morning, does not remember what happened. Assuming that Mark’s episodes usually happen in the first third of the night during stage 3 or 4 sleep, the most likely diagnosis is?

Answer 17

Non-REM Sleep Arousal Disorder

Question 18

Dissociative Amnesia is most associated with:

Answer 18

an inability to recall personal information

Question 19

Lead poisoning is associated with what disorders?

Answer 19

Pica

Question 20

Research evaluating the effects of imipramine as a treatment for Enuresis suggests that it is:

Answer 20

less effective than the bell-and-pad in terms of long-term effects

Question 21

The research suggests that a person with Anorexia Nervosa restricts his or her food intake to alleviate restlessness, anxiety, and obsessive thinking, which are caused by _____ than normal levels of _______

Answer 21

higher; serotonin

Question 22

Two weeks ago, Amy A., age 17, suddenly began experiencing weakness in both legs and a loss of balance, which causes her to fall down when she tries to walk. Amy hasn’t been able to go to school because of her symptoms and says she thinks they started after she had an argument with her best friend. A thorough physical examination has not found a medical explanation for her symptoms, and the symptoms are not compatible with any known neurological or medical condition. The most likely diagnosis for Amy is:

Answer 22

Conversion Disorder