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Concept Checks Flashcards

1
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Which term refers to a slender, slightly muscled physique?

Dysplastic
Pyknic
Asthenic

A

Asthenic

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People who develop schizophrenia are more likely to be born during what time(s) of the year?

Winter and early spring
Summer
Early spring and early fall
Late summer and early fall

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Winter and early spring

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What are the most frequent type of hallucinations?
  Visual 
  Tactile 
  Auditory 
  Olfactory
A

Auditory

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What type of eye movements are frequently seen in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia?
  Vestibulo-ocular 
  Vergence 
  Smooth pursuit 
  Saccades
A

Saccades

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90% of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia are also addicted to what substance:
  Nicotine 
  Opioids 
  Inhalants 
  Alco
A

Nicotine

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Which term emphasizes early onset change in cognition?
  Dementia precox 
  Cognitive dissonance 
  Cognitive dysfunction 
  Flight of thoughts
A

Dementia precox

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What type of therapy involves a multidisciplinary, mobile team that provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support activities in a patient’s natural environments?

Case management
Assertive community treatment
Group therapy
Social skills training

A

Assertive community treatment

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Select the negative symptom(s) of schizophrenia.  There may be more than one.
  Delusions 
  Anhedonia 
  Hallucinations 
  Apathy 
  Blunt affect 
  Paranoia
A

Anhedonia
Apathy
Blunt affect

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Select the positive symptom(s) of schizophrenia.  There may be more than one.
  Blunt affect 
  Paranoia 
  Delusions 
  Hallucinations 
  Apathy 
  Anhedonia
A

Paranoia
Delusions
Hallucinations

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If a patient seems to have sociopathic tendencies, what is the most likely diagnosis?
Depression
Dysthymic
Bipolar II
Cyclothymic
A

Cyclothymic

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Depression is more common in older persons than in the general population.
True
False

A

True

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What is defined as a pervasive and sustained emotion or feeling tone that influences a person’s behavior and colors his or her perception of being in the world?
Mood
Labile
Perception
Affect
A

Mood

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13
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What percentage of patients with bipolar experience delusions?
25
75
95
50
A

75

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What is the life event most associated with developing depression?
Divorce
Loss of a spouse
Loss of employment
Losing parent before the age of 11
A

Losing parent before the age of 11

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Merriment is much more likely in which type of diagnosis?
Schizophrenia
Dysthymia
Bipolar

A

Bipolar

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What term refers to the phenomenon of patients committing suicide as their depression improves due to poor impulse control?
Unintentional suicide
Paradoxical suicide
Asynchronous suicide

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Paradoxical suicide

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What is the minimum amount of time a patient should participate in their pharmacological treatment for depression?
3 months
4 weeks
6 months
6 weeks
A

6 months

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Which diagnosis is characterized by episodes of major depression and hypomania?
Bipolar II disorder
Cyclothymia
Dysthymic disorder
Bipolar I disorder
A

Bipolar II disorder

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What type of episode usually begins a bipolar episode?
Manic
Depressive

A

Depressive

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Which term describes a response to a known external threat?

Anxiety
Fear
Concern
Worry

A

Fear

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How long does a panic attack typically last?
  1-2 hours 
  3-5 minutes 
  10-15 minutes 
  20-30 minutes
A

20-30 minutes

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22
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Caffeine and carbon dioxide are examples of what kind of substance?
Hallucinogens
Panicogens
Depressants

A

Panicogens

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Which type of phobia is more likely to develop in adulthood?
  Situational 
  Animal 
  Natural environment 
  Blood-injection-injury
A

Situational

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People who experience panic attacks are likely to develop which diagnosis?
  Agoraphobia 
  Hoarding 
  Asthma 
  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A

Agoraphobia

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Which type of phobia has a high familiar tendency?
  Animal 
  Situational 
  Blood-injection-injury 
  Natural environment
A

Blood-injection-injury

26
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Which type of therapy is most appropriate for someone diagnosed with agoraphobia?
  Virtual 
  Behavioral 
  Cognitive 
  Psychodynamic
A

Behavioral

27
Q 
What refers to excessive fear of a specific object, circumstance, or situation?
  Anxiety 
  Panic 
  Terror 
  Phobia
A

Phobia

28
Q

The top three obsessions:

A

Pathological doubt
Intrusive thoughts
Contamination

29
Q

What is a recurrent or intrusive thought, feeling, idea, or sensation?

Obsession
Compulsion

A

Obsession

30
Q

Completion of a compulsion reduces anxiety.
True
False

A

False

31
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Resisting a compulsion reduces anxiety.
True
False

A

False

32
Q

The top three compulsions:

A

Counting
Washing
Checking

33
Q 
90% of people with which diagnosis have also been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder?
  Agoraphobia 
  Fragile X 
  Autism spectrum disorder 
  Tourette’s syndrome
A

Tourette’s syndrome

34
Q

What is a conscious, standardized, recurrent behavior?
Obsession
Compulsion

A

Compulsion

35
Q

What type of symptoms include flashbacks?
Intrusion
Avoidance
Increased arousal

A

Intrusion

36
Q

What type of symptoms include anhedonia?
Increased arousal
Intrusion
Avoidance

A

Avoidance

37
Q

Soldiers diagnosed with Gulf War syndrome also experienced an increase in which diagnosis?

Thyroid cancer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

38
Q 
What is the most likely type of trauma exposure for women resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder?
Combat
Illness
Natural disaster
Rape
A

Rape

39
Q 
What is the least important risk factor for developing posttraumatic stress disorder?
Proximity
Duration
Familial pattern
Severity
A

Familial pattern

40
Q 
What is the most likely type of trauma exposure for men resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder?
Combat
Sexual abuse
Natural disaster
Illness
A

Combat

41
Q

What refers to the unconscious defense mechanism involving the segregation of any group of mental or behavioral processes from the rest of the person’s psychic activity?

Derealization
Dissociation
Aloofness
Depersonalization

A

Dissociation

42
Q 
What is defined by the inability to identify and describe emotions?
Dysarthria
Alexithymia
Emotional intelligence deficiency
Blunted affect
A

Alexithymia

43
Q 
Which age groups are particularly susceptible to developing posttraumatic stress disorder?  Select all that apply.
Older adults
Young children
Middle-aged adults
Young adults
A

Older adults
Young children
Young adults

44
Q 
What refers to a period of feeling disconnected or detached from one’s body or thoughts?
Hallucination
Derealization
Depersonalization
Delusion
A

Depersonalization

45
Q

Which term refers to purposeful, sudden, and unexpected travel and an inability to recall one’s identity after a traumatic event?

Acute amnesia

Dissociative amnesia

Dissociative fugue

Generalized amnesia

A

Dissociative fugue

46
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What term refers to the inability to recall events related to a circumscribed period of time?
Group of answer choices

Generalized amnesia

Systematized amnesia

Localized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

Selective amnesia

A

Localized Amnesia

47
Q

What is the most common trauma associated with dissociative identity disorder?
Group of answer choices

Combat trauma

Childhood trauma

Loss of spouse

A

Childhood trauma

48
Q

Which type of intervention has a negative outcome for people diagnosed with dissociative personality disorder?
Group of answer choices

Psychoanalytic therapy

Self-help groups

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Assertive community training

A

Self-help groups

49
Q

What term refers to the failure to remember a category of information, such as all memories relating to one’s family or to a particular person?
Group of answer choices

Localized amnesia

Systematized amnesia

Generalized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

Selective amnesia

A

Systematized amnesia

50
Q

What term refers to the failure to recall successive events as they occur?
Group of answer choices

Systematized amnesia

Localized amnesia

Selective amnesia

Generalized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

A

Continuous amnesia

51
Q

What term refers to the failure to recall one’s entire life?
Group of answer choices

Generalized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

Localized amnesia

Selective amnesia

Systematized amnesia

A

Generalized amnesia

52
Q

Which disorder is manifest by a temporary, marked altercation in the state of consciousness or by a loss of the customary sense of personal identity without the replacement by an alternate sense of identity?
Group of answer choices

Recovered memory syndrome

Brainwashing

Ganser syndrome

Dissociative trance disorder

A

Dissociative trance disorder

53
Q

Which disorder is described as identity disturbance due to prolonged and intense coercive persuasion?

Recovered memory syndrome

Brainwashing

Ganser syndrome

Dissociative trance disorder

A

Ganser syndrome

54
Q

What term refers to the ability to remember some, but not all, of the events occurring during a circumscribed period of time?
Group of answer choices

Generalized amnesia

Localized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

Selective amnesia

Systematized amnesia

A

Selective amnesia

55
Q

Which disorder is characterized by the giving of approximate answers together with a clouding of consciousness and is frequently accompanied by hallucinations and other dissociative, somatoform, and conversion symptoms?
Group of answer choices

Ganser syndrome

Brainwashing

Recovered memory syndrome

Dissociative trance disorder

A

Ganser syndrome

56
Q

Which disorder is commonly experienced by people with epilepsy or migraines?
Group of answer choices

Acute stress disorder

Depersonalization disorder

Hoarding

Dissociative disorder

A

Depersonalization disorder

57
Q

Patients diagnosed with which eating disorder are less likely to recover?

A

Anorexia nervosa (restricting)

58
Q

Which disorder is characterized by purging behaviors after consuming a small amount of food in persons of normal weight who have a distorted view of their weight or body image?

A

Purging disorder

59
Q

Patients diagnosed with which eating disorder are at an elevated risk for suicide?

A

Anorexia nervosa (binge/purge)

60
Q

Which diagnosis consists of a cluster of abnormalities associated with obesity that contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes?

A

Metabolic syndrome

61
Q

Which is the most common eating disorder?

A

Binge eating disorder

62
Q

Which sensory system plays a role in satiety?

A

Olfactory

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