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Juan is afraid of crowds, because it would be difficult to get out quickly if he needed to. Given only this information, the most appropriate diagnosis is:

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Agoraphobia

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A psychoanalyst would be most interested in the _____ of a phobia.

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Content

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The most common reason for school refusal in children is:

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Fear of being away from parents

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For of which of the following is hospitalisation most likely to be part of treatment

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Anorexia nervosa

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Bulimia is defined in the DSM as

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An eating disorder separate from anorexia

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Dieting has been shown to:

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Increase risk for eating disorders

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Medication treatment of bulimia typically consists of drugs targeting

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Depression

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The fact that the prevalence of eating disorders has increased in the last few decades most supports which of the following etiological theories:

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Socio cultural

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Which of the following is not an effective treatment for major depression

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Lithium

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Leslie has had several manic episodes but has never been depressed. What is the most likely diagnosis for her

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Bipolar mood disorder

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Two of the major components in Freud’s theory of depression are:

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Introjection and loss

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Which of the following statements is most likely to come from a depressed person, according to Beck’s theory

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“I will never be able to figure out how to do my job the way my boss wants me to”

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According to reformulated learned helplessness theory which of the following self-statements after failing an exam is most likely to lead to depression

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I am stupid

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Formal thought disorder refers to which symptoms of schizophrenia

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Disorganized speech

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Regarding their delusions, most schizophrenics

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.. Do not see their delusions as illogical or unusual

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Which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia would you be least likely to notice in someone you just met

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Paranoid delusions

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Which best describes the relation between schizophrenia and social class

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Sz is much more common in the lowest social class

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Electroconvulsive therapy is no longer used to treat Sz because

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it is ineffective

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The personalities of people with personality disorders tend to be

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More extreme than…

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James has only one real friend and he says that is all he needs. He seems to have no desire to interact with others all. Which of the following personality disorders is the best diagnosis for James

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Schizoid

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In which of the following personality disorder is a mood disorder most likely to be comorbid

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Borderline

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Object relations theory is a form of

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Psychoanalytic theory

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The relationship between autism and mental retardation is that:

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Mental retardation is usually also diagnosed in those diagnosed with autism

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder are

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Externalizing disorders

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What does the research on incarceration for children with conduct disorders show

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It leads to more adult crime

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Disorder in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thought and feelings

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Dissociative disorder

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An anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attack

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Panic disorder

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Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and control

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Obsessive compulsive personality disorder

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An inability to pay attention often with hyperactivity and poor impulses control

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ADHD

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A self-inflicted death which the person acts intentionally, directedly, and consciously

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Suicide

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Also know as somnambulism or noctambulism

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Sleeping walking

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Suicide attempt that does not result to death

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Parasuicide

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Influence movement, learning attention and emotion

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Dopamine

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Neurotransmitter that affects arousal and mood

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Serotonin

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False belief, often persecution or grandeur

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Delusion

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Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms

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Hypochondriasis

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Preoccupation with perfectionism and control

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OCD

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Irrational fear of specific object or situations

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Phobias

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Someone who obtain pleasure from inflicting pain

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Sadist

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Fear of enclosed space

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Clustrophobia

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