Abnormal Study Harder Details

Question 1

The Sullivan et al meta-analysis studied how many twins?

Answer 1

21,000

Question 2

What was the genetic influence in developing major depression in twins?

Answer 2

31-42%

Question 3

How many people took part in the Caspi 5-HTT gene study?

Answer 3

127

Question 4

How many years did the Caspi study go on for?

Answer 4

25 years

Question 5

What percentage of people with two short 5-HTT alleles were diagnosed with major depression disorder after 3 or more negative life events?

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

What percentage of people with two long 5-HTT alleles were diagnosed with major depression after three or more negative life events?

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

How long was the Alloy longitudinal study?

Answer 7

6 years

Question 8

In the Alloy study, what percentage of the low risk group developed depression?

Answer 8

1%

Question 9

In the high risk group in the Alloy study, what percentage developed depression?

Answer 9

17%

Question 10

How many clinical trials were used in Mitchel’s meta-analysis?

Answer 10

41

Question 11

How many patients were involved in Mitchel’s meta-analysis?

Answer 11

50,000

Question 12

What percentage reliability did GPs have in diagnosing healthy patients in Mitchel’s study?

Answer 12

80%

Question 13

What percentage reliability did GPs have in identifying depressive patients in Mitchel’s study?

Answer 13

50%

Question 14

How many psychiatrists and students were used in Mendel’s study?

Answer 14

75 of each

Question 15

What year were the students in in Mendel’s study?

Answer 15

4th year

Question 16

How many pieces of information could participants view in Mendel’s study? How many pieces of information looked at meant you were more likely to be wrong?

Answer 16

12

6 or less

Question 17

What percentage of psychiatrists and students initially diagnosed depression in Mendel’s study?

Answer 17

97% psychiatrists

95% students

Question 18

What percentage of psychiatrists and students eventually diagnosed Alzheimer’s in Mendel’s study?

Answer 18

59% psychiatrists

64% students

Question 19

How many psychiatrists were used in Lewis’ study?

Answer 19

139

Question 20

How many times more likely were British psychiatrists likely to diagnose depression and Americans schizophrenia in Cooper’s study?

Answer 20

Twice as much

Question 21

Where is gururumba a culture-bound syndrome?

Answer 21

Papa New Guinea

Question 22

How many patients were used in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 22

10

Question 23

What cultures were the psychiatrists from in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 23

Chinese American and European American (white)

Question 24

What cultures were the patients from in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 24

European American and Chinese

Question 25

What conditions did the Chinese patients have in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 25

3 schizophrenic, 1 neurotic, 1 depressive

Question 26

What conditions did the European American patients have in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 26

2 schizophrenic, 1 neurotic, 1 depressive, 1 character disorder

Question 27

How many videos was each psychiatrist randomly assigned to watch in Diana Li-Repac’s study?

Answer 27

4

Question 28

How many people were used in Brown and Harris’ study?

Answer 28

458

Question 29

How many people in Brown and Harris’ study became depressed in the previous year?

Answer 29

37 | 8%

Question 30

How many of those who became depressed in the previous year in Brown and Harris’ study experienced an adverse life event?

Answer 30

90% | 33

Question 31

What percentage of people not depressed in the past year in Brown and Harris’ study did suffer from an adverse life event?

Answer 31

30%

Question 32

How many men and women were used in Rosenhan’s study?

Answer 32

3 sane men | 5 sane women

Question 33

How many hospitals did the pseudopatients seek admittance to?

Answer 33

12

Question 34

What range of days were the patients in the mental hospital for in Rosenhan’s study?

Answer 34

7-52 days

Question 35

How many patients were rated as fake by at least one member of staff in Rosenhan’s study?

Answer 35

20%

Question 36

How many patients had suspicions the pseudopatients were fake in Rosenhan’s study?

Answer 36

35/118

Question 37

How many pseudopatients in Rosenhan’s study were not diagnosed with schizophrenia?

Answer 37

1