Concept Checks Flashcards
Which term refers to a slender, slightly muscled physique?
Dysplastic
Pyknic
Asthenic
Asthenic
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
Winter and early spring
What are the most frequent type of hallucinations? Visual Tactile Auditory Olfactory
Auditory
What type of eye movements are frequently seen in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia? Vestibulo-ocular Vergence Smooth pursuit Saccades
Saccades
90% of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia are also addicted to what substance: Nicotine Opioids Inhalants Alco
Nicotine
Which term emphasizes early onset change in cognition? Dementia precox Cognitive dissonance Cognitive dysfunction Flight of thoughts
Dementia precox
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
Assertive community treatment
Select the negative symptom(s) of schizophrenia. There may be more than one. Delusions Anhedonia Hallucinations Apathy Blunt affect Paranoia
Anhedonia
Apathy
Blunt affect
Select the positive symptom(s) of schizophrenia. There may be more than one. Blunt affect Paranoia Delusions Hallucinations Apathy Anhedonia
Paranoia
Delusions
Hallucinations
If a patient seems to have sociopathic tendencies, what is the most likely diagnosis? Depression Dysthymic Bipolar II Cyclothymic
Cyclothymic
Depression is more common in older persons than in the general population.
True
False
True
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
Mood
What percentage of patients with bipolar experience delusions? 25 75 95 50
75
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
Losing parent before the age of 11
Merriment is much more likely in which type of diagnosis?
Schizophrenia
Dysthymia
Bipolar
Bipolar
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
Paradoxical suicide
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
6 months
Which diagnosis is characterized by episodes of major depression and hypomania? Bipolar II disorder Cyclothymia Dysthymic disorder Bipolar I disorder
Bipolar II disorder
What type of episode usually begins a bipolar episode?
Manic
Depressive
Depressive
Which term describes a response to a known external threat?
Anxiety
Fear
Concern
Worry
Fear
How long does a panic attack typically last? 1-2 hours 3-5 minutes 10-15 minutes 20-30 minutes
20-30 minutes
Caffeine and carbon dioxide are examples of what kind of substance?
Hallucinogens
Panicogens
Depressants
Panicogens
Which type of phobia is more likely to develop in adulthood? Situational Animal Natural environment Blood-injection-injury
Situational
People who experience panic attacks are likely to develop which diagnosis? Agoraphobia Hoarding Asthma Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Agoraphobia
Which type of phobia has a high familiar tendency? Animal Situational Blood-injection-injury Natural environment
Blood-injection-injury
Which type of therapy is most appropriate for someone diagnosed with agoraphobia? Virtual Behavioral Cognitive Psychodynamic
Behavioral
What refers to excessive fear of a specific object, circumstance, or situation? Anxiety Panic Terror Phobia
Phobia
The top three obsessions:
Pathological doubt
Intrusive thoughts
Contamination
What is a recurrent or intrusive thought, feeling, idea, or sensation?
Obsession
Compulsion
Obsession
Completion of a compulsion reduces anxiety.
True
False
False
Resisting a compulsion reduces anxiety.
True
False
False
The top three compulsions:
Counting
Washing
Checking
90% of people with which diagnosis have also been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder? Agoraphobia Fragile X Autism spectrum disorder Tourette’s syndrome
Tourette’s syndrome
What is a conscious, standardized, recurrent behavior?
Obsession
Compulsion
Compulsion
What type of symptoms include flashbacks?
Intrusion
Avoidance
Increased arousal
Intrusion
What type of symptoms include anhedonia?
Increased arousal
Intrusion
Avoidance
Avoidance
Soldiers diagnosed with Gulf War syndrome also experienced an increase in which diagnosis?
Thyroid cancer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
What is the most likely type of trauma exposure for women resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder? Combat Illness Natural disaster Rape
Rape
What is the least important risk factor for developing posttraumatic stress disorder? Proximity Duration Familial pattern Severity
Familial pattern
What is the most likely type of trauma exposure for men resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder? Combat Sexual abuse Natural disaster Illness
Combat
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
Dissociation
What is defined by the inability to identify and describe emotions? Dysarthria Alexithymia Emotional intelligence deficiency Blunted affect
Alexithymia
Which age groups are particularly susceptible to developing posttraumatic stress disorder? Select all that apply. Older adults Young children Middle-aged adults Young adults
Older adults
Young children
Young adults
What refers to a period of feeling disconnected or detached from one’s body or thoughts? Hallucination Derealization Depersonalization Delusion
Depersonalization
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
Dissociative fugue
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
Localized Amnesia
What is the most common trauma associated with dissociative identity disorder?
Group of answer choices
Combat trauma
Childhood trauma
Loss of spouse
Childhood trauma
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
Self-help groups
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
Systematized amnesia
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
Continuous amnesia
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
Generalized amnesia
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
Dissociative trance disorder
Which disorder is described as identity disturbance due to prolonged and intense coercive persuasion?
Recovered memory syndrome
Brainwashing
Ganser syndrome
Dissociative trance disorder
Ganser syndrome
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
Selective amnesia
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
Ganser syndrome
Which disorder is commonly experienced by people with epilepsy or migraines?
Group of answer choices
Acute stress disorder
Depersonalization disorder
Hoarding
Dissociative disorder
Depersonalization disorder
Patients diagnosed with which eating disorder are less likely to recover?
Anorexia nervosa (restricting)
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?
Purging disorder
Patients diagnosed with which eating disorder are at an elevated risk for suicide?
Anorexia nervosa (binge/purge)
Which diagnosis consists of a cluster of abnormalities associated with obesity that contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes?
Metabolic syndrome
Which is the most common eating disorder?
Binge eating disorder
Which sensory system plays a role in satiety?
Olfactory
