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1
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Approximately how many children are currently diagnosed with bipolar disorder

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nearly 1 million children

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2
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bipolar disorder is more common than _____ & _____

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Autism & diabetes

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3
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What medications were prescribed to Rebecca

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  • all of the above

Seroquel
Depakote
Clonidine

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4
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Why did rebecca have an increased chance of having mental illness

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Genetic or Environmental exposure - check up on it

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5
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How many pills per day was rebecca taking

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more than 10

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What is the definitive medical test to determine if a child is bipolar

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there is no test

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7
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what is the biggest problem with the prescription drugs used for children

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they have not been approved for children

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Who was the first patient to undergo a lobotomy

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Helen Ionesco

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how would dr.freedman render people unconscious prior to the lobotomy

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shocking them with the ECT machine

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10
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What instruments were used to perform the lobotomy operation

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ice pick

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11
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how long did the lobotomy operation usually take

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3 or 4 minutes

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12
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how many lobotomies were performed in 1949

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5000

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13
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it is estimated that how many people have undergone ECT

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100,000

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14
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is ECT a permanent cure

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NO

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15
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What percentage of patients relapse

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40%

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16
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what percentage of women who have babies will suffer from some form of post part depression

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80%

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17
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what percentage of women who have babies will suffer from severe post part depression

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10%

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18
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what did andreas doctor guarantee if she had yet another baby

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her depression and symptoms would return

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19
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the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspective is associated with ______

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Freud

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20
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Which drug is typically associated with schizophrenia

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Neuroleptics

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21
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The diathesis stress model is associated with which disorder

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schizophrenia

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22
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the “four D’s” can be used for determining abnormal behavior. The “four D’s” are

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Dangerous
Dysfunctional
Deviant
Distressing

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23
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Which is NOT a type of anxiety disorder

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bipolar disorder

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24
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which is a psychological disorder involving [persistent, excessive and/or unrealistic] feelings of worry accompanied by states of bodily tensions and heightened arousal

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Generalized Anxiety

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25
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Which disorder used to be known as multiple or split personality disorder

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dissociative identity disorder

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26
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Which is defined as a mood disorder in which mood alternates between two extremes

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bipolar

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27
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how many approaches are there to therapy treatment

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400

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28
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using drug interventions to reduce or alleviate symptoms of psychological disorder is known as

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biomedical therapies

29
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of the three approaches to therapy, which is associated with psychodynamics

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insight therapies

30
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of the three approaches to therapy, which is associated with modeling

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behavior therapies

31
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of the three approaches to therapy, which is associated with ECT

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biomedical therapies

32
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in psychoanalysis, the uncensored uttering of all thought that come to mind is known as

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free association

33
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which type of therapy draw upon the principles of classical and operant conditioning as well as observational learning

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behavior

34
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which method of psychotherapy is associated with carl rogers

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client-centered

35
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cognitive therapy was developed by

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beck

36
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which type of therapy works to change destructive thought processes, as well as associated behaviors

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cognitive-behavior

37
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the drug that is used as a mood stabilizers typically for bipolar disorder is

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benzodiazepines

38
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hans selye developed the _____ model, which describes the series of bodily reactions that occur to prolonged stress

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general adaptation syndrome

39
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ultimately, stress depends on

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how a situation is perceived

40
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alarm, resistance, and exhaustion are the terms used for describing the stages of the

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general adaptation syndrome

41
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who is responsible for the fight or flight theory

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walter cannon

42
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the corned order of the stages in the GAS are

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alarm
resistance
exhaustion

43
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the final stages of the general adaptation syndrome involves

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exhaustion

44
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according to redford williams, which of the following is NOT likely to reduce hostility and increase trust

A

keep your anger inside

45
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the major of patients with schizophrenia are not violent

A

true

46
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schizophrenia alone does not make a person dangerous. what other factors besides schizophrenia might make a person violent

A

substance abuse

47
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dr taylor defines schizophrenia as a profound disruption in our normal ability to form

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reality

48
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what area of the brain creates internal reality

A

medial pre-frontal cortex

49
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in the control group, the pre-frontal cortex is activated when looking at what type of image

A

positive

50
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what type of images (+/-) activate a schizophrenia brain

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negative

51
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schizophrenia alone does not make a person dangerous . what other factors besides schizophrenia might make a person violent

A

all of the above

parental abuse
personality disorders
substance abuse

52
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dr thompson found that brains of schizophrenic patients had a dynamic wave of

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gray matter

53
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what had been discovered about schizophrenics and distinguishing different tones

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schizophrenics have a difficult time distinguishing tones

54
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what part of the brain is responsible for auditory hallucinations

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temporal lobe

55
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why do some delusions lead to violence

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schizophrenics who abuse substances are particularly prone to violence

56
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which therapy leads to finding happiness

A

positive psychology

57
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about 5% to 20% of nurses, lawyers, police officers, social workers, managers, counselors, teachers, medical residents, and others whose jobs demand intense involvement with people suffer from _____

A

burnout

58
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the study of the relationship between the mind, the nervous system and the immune system is known as

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psychoneuroimmunology

59
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healthful stress is defined as

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eustress

60
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what is the primary cause of death today

A

lifestyles

61
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in the milgram study, what percentage of “teacher” went all the way in giving the “learners” shocks

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50% - 65%

62
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a tendency to view ones successes as stemming from internal factors and failures as stemming from external factors is known as

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self-serving bias

63
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the theory of ____ states that contradicting or clashing thoughts cause discomfort

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cognitive dissonance

64
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asch is to conformity as milgram is to

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obedience

65
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stanley milgram’s experiment in which a “teacher” gave shocks to a “learner” was actually designed to asses

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obedience

66
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the tendency we have to view internal causes as the reason for other people behavior is known as

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the fundamental attribution error

67
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the process of making inferences about the causes of ones own behavior and the behavior of others is known as

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attribution

68
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who is the best known for his research in conformity

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asch

69
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janis is about to order her coffee after waiting in line for 15 min when a stranger walks up and asks janice if she can order ahead of janice since she has an appointment in five minutes. janice lets the stranger place her order first. janice has just exhibited

A

compliance

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