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Exam 3 Prep Flashcards

1
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Most drug-related deaths in Canada are due to…

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Tobacco

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2
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Dysregulation of which neurotransmitter system is implicated in schizophrenia?

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Dopamine

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3
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Identify 4 things related to positive treatment outcome for addiction

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  • Premorbid functioning
  • Empathetic and engaging therapist
  • Receving and staying in treatment
  • Commitment to total abstinence
  • Receiving comprehensive services
  • Contingency management
  • Provision and participation in ongoing support services/ groups
  • Medication for drug substitution
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4
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Which of the following personality disorders puts a person at risk of subsequent schizophrenia?

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Paranoid

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5
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The highest risk group for anorexia is…

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12-20 year old females

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6
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For drug addictions roughly how long a period of abstinence is required before never relapsing are less than 50%

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2 years

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7
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Dementia is AKA

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A & B

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8
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Which of the following is false?

Gender Identity

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Conversion therapy can successfully change gender identity

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9
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Which of the following is false?

Bulimia

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The majority of bulimics have a history of physical and sexual abuse

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10
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What types of medications have the most utility for Alzheimer’s?

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ACh inhibitors and Antipsychotics

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11
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Which ofthe following disorders is related to perfectionism?

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OCD

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12
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Identify 2 PERSONALITY disorders more common in males and females

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Males: Paranoid, narcissistic, OCD, Schizoid

Females: Histrionic, BPD

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13
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4 Most commonly used substances in Canada in order of the most common are?

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Alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, opiates/ opioids

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14
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Which of the following is false?

Schizoid

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Schizotypal personality is characterized by restricted emotions and social detachment

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15
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What is the value in administering standardized psychometric tests in the assessment process??

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Able to tell how divergent the person is relative to everyone else. Provides quantitative measure of progress

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16
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Which of the following is false concerning Alzheimer’s disease?

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All of the above are false

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17
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Which is the most common type of delusion in delusional disorder?

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Persecution

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18
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Levels of SUD in DSM-5

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mild, moderate, severe

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19
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Which country has the highest per capita use of tobacco?

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Russia

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20
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Which of the following is true about mainstreaming intellectually disabled children into regular classrooms?

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It tends to achieve same results as dedicated special ed classrooms for intellectually disabled children

Same results

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21
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An OD of which drug mimics symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Amphetamines

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22
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Onset of schizophrenia is typically in the

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late teens and 20s

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23
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Explain why being overweight is the female ideal in most developping countries but being normal weight is the female ideal in most Western countries

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Historically obesity indicated fertility and access to resources in times of food scarcity. Now being overweight is easy in Western countries, so opposite is more desirable

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24
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Identify and Describe 4 subtypes of schizophrenia

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  • Brief psychotic disorder (acute form, 1 day- 1 month)
  • Schizoprheniform (Acute form, duration 1-6 months)
  • Schizoaffective (mania or depression with 2 weeks schizophrenic symtpoms)
  • Schizophrenia (chronic form, 6+ months)
25
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Which of the following is false?

Brothers and gender dysphoria

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In families with several boys, gender dysphoria tends to be slightly more common in the oldest brother

26
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Which of the following is false?

Causes of gender dysphoria

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The primary cause of gender dysphoria in environmental, how parents raise their child

27
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Which country has the highest per capita use of alcohol?

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Russia

28
Q

What is the difference between gender dysphoria and homosexuality?

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Homosexuals maintain and are comfortable with their gender identity

29
Q

Which of the following is a particularly effective treatment for anorexia

A

None of the above

Anorexia is treatment resistant

30
Q

Personality disorders are

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fairly common

31
Q

Which of the following is false?

SSRIs with bulimia

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SSRIs are first-line treatment for bulimia

32
Q

What are 2 main birth complications that can cause intellectual impairment?

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  1. Anoxia
  2. Forceps
33
Q

Which addiction is more common in women compared to men?

A

Shopping addiction

34
Q

Addictions are highest in which age group?

A

18-30

35
Q

Antipsychotics for intellectually disables are used to treat

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All of the above

36
Q

Highest prevalence of problem gambling is highest in…

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Asia

37
Q

Identify some of the environmental contributions to the development of schizophrenia

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  • Prenatal events (flu, stress, malnutrition, hypoxia
  • Living in urban envrionment
  • Cultural variations
  • Social isolation
  • Poor family communication and deviant role relationships
  • More common in immigrants
  • Substance use
38
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Which of the following is not a potential consequence of chronic self-induced vomiting in bulimia?

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All of the above are potential consequences of repeated self-induced vomiting

39
Q

Personality disorders are

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Fairly common

40
Q

Explain the evolutionary and environmental causes of paraphilias

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Males less discrimination and more susceptible to associative learning

41
Q

Which of the following is false?

Anorexia and treatment

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The majority of anorexics are cured with treatment

42
Q

Which of the following is false?

Meth and intellectual disability

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Methamphetamine use during pregnancy reliably causes intellectual disability

43
Q

Tardive dyskinesia involves

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Involuntary movements of facial muscles

44
Q

Which of the following is false?

Prevalence of Bulimia

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The prevalence of bulimia is unchanged since the 1920s

45
Q

Which of the following is not part of the reward pathway of the brain?

A

Amygdala

Reward Pathway: VTA, prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens

46
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Which of the following is false concerning perosnality disorder?

A

Schizotypal personality is characterized by restricted emotions and social detachment

47
Q

Which of the following is false?

Gender dysphoria and adolescence

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Most children with gender dysphoria continue to have this as adolescents

48
Q

Roughly what percentage of Canadians age 15 and older have used methamphetamine in the past year?

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<1%

49
Q

Identify 4 environmental contributions to the development of an addiction

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  1. ACEs
  2. Youth experimenting
  3. Lack of education and knowledge
  4. Cultural norms
  5. Stress/ Trauma
  6. Mental health problems
  7. Maladaptive coping skills
  8. Frequency of readministration
50
Q

Which of the following is false?

Conversion therapy

A

Conversion therapy can successfully change gender identity

51
Q

Which of the following is not a criterion for DSM-5 SUD

A

Using on a daily basis

52
Q

Someone who has hallucinations and delusions for 3 consecutive months would be diagnosed with

A

Schizophreniform Disorder

53
Q

Which of the following is not an indication of a better long-term prognosis for schizophrenia?

A

Male

54
Q

What are 3 diagnostic criteria for FASD?

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  1. CNS dysfunction
  2. Growth deficiency
  3. Facial features
55
Q

Downs Syndrome is caused by…

A

Three 21st chromosomes

56
Q

Suboxone is a treatment for

A

Opiate and Opioid addiction

57
Q

Which of the following is false?

Bulimia and Mortality

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Bulimia has one of the highest rates of mortality of all mental disorders

58
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Which of the following is false about traumatic brain injury?

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Younger age of onset predicts poorer recovery

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