EPPP PRACTICE QUESTIONS Flashcards
For a DSM-5-TR diagnosis of Tourette’s disorder, the client must have which of the following?
multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic.
When assigning a DSM-5-TR diagnosis of intellectual disability to a child, the level of severity of the disorder is determined by considering the child’s:
adaptive functioning.
The most effective intervention for children with childhood-onset fluency disorder is likely to be which of the following?
habit reversal training
Neuroimaging studies have linked ADHD to a:
smaller-than-normal prefrontal cortex.
The DSM-5 diagnosis of ADHD requires an onset of symptoms before ____ years of age.
12
The most common comorbid disorder for specific learning disorder is:
adhd
Which of the following is most associated with a better prognosis for autism spectrum disorder?
functional language skills by age five
A reformulated version of the dopamine hypothesis proposes that the negative symptoms of schizophrenia are due t
dopamine hypoactivity in certain cortical areas.
A poor prognosis for people with schizophrenia is least associated with which of the following?
female gender
The most likely diagnosis for a client who had auditory hallucinations and disorganized speech for five weeks and odd behaviors and anhedonia for an additional seven months is:
schizophrenia.
A person who abuses an amphetamine or other ________-enhancing drug may develop symptoms similar to those associated with schizophrenia.
dopamine
A person whose biological mother and father have both received a diagnosis of schizophrenia is about _____ times more likely to receive the same diagnosis as a person whose only biological relative with schizophrenia is his or her non-twin siblin
5
Schizoaffective disorder is likely to be the appropriate diagnosis for a client if her psychotic symptoms have:
occurred concurrently with mood symptoms except for a period of at least two weeks when her mood symptoms were absent.
As reported by I. I. Gottesman (1991), the concordance rate for schizophrenia is about ___% for monozygotic twins and ____% for dizygotic twins
48;17
Which of the following is considered the most effective antipsychotic drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia?
clozapine
A high level of expressed emotion by family members toward patients with schizophrenia has been linked to:
an increased risk for relapse.
Barton, a 20-year-old college sophomore, has come to therapy at the urging of his parents who are concerned about recent changes in his behavior. Barton tells you that, in the last six months, he’s experienced several periods in which he feels tired all the time despite sleeping more than usual, has trouble concentrating while reading for his classes and studying for exams, has low energy, and has no appetite. He says that each of the times he’s felt this way lasted for two or three weeks. The presence of which of the following will confirm a diagnosis of major depressive disorder for Barton?
loss of interest or pleasure in most activities
Your new client, a 29-year-old physician’s assistant, describes experiencing alternating periods of hypomania that do not meet the criteria for a hypomanic episode and periods of depression that do not meet the criteria for a major depressive episode. To assign the diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder, the client must have experienced these symptoms for at least:
2 YEARS
Ketamine has been found most useful for treating:
treatment-resistant depression.
Research has found that the experience of depression is associated with:
Research has found that the experience of depression is associated with:
Which of the following best describes rates of depression for males and females?
The rates of depression for males and females are similar during childhood but the rates for females are higher in adolescence and adulthood.
Which of the following symptoms is least useful for distinguishing bipolar disorder from ADHD in children and adolescents?
irritability
As a treatment for major depressive disorder, _______ has the highest response and remission rates and fastest time to remission.
ECT
Which of the following best describes the likely effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on memory when it is used as a treatment for severe depression?
Retrograde amnesia caused by ECT will be more persistent than anterograde amnesia.
