Psychological Disorders

Question 1

What is schizophrenia

Answer 1

Psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances in content and form of thought, perception, and behavior.

Question 2

What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 2

Hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thought and behavior.

Question 3

What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 3

Disturbance of affect and avolition.

Question 4

What is major depressive disorder

Answer 4

Contains at least one major depressive episode

Question 5

What is pervasive depressive disorder

Answer 5

A depressed mood (either dysthymia or major depression) for at least two years

Question 6

What is seasonal affective disorder

Answer 6

The colloquial name for major depressive disorder with seasonal onset, with depression occurring during winter months

Question 7

What is Bipolar I disorder

Answer 7

Contains at least one manic episode

Question 8

What is Bipolar II disorder

Answer 8

Contains at least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive episode

Question 9

What is cyclothymic disorder

Answer 9

Contains hypomanic episodes with dysthymia

Question 10

What is generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 10

Constant disproportionate and persistent worry

Question 11

What are specific phobias

Answer 11

Irrational fears of specific objects

Question 12

What is social anxiety disorder

Answer 12

Anxiety due to social or performance situations

Question 13

What is agoraphobia

Answer 13

Fear of places or situations where it is hard for an individual to escape

Question 14

What is panic disorder

Answer 14

Recurrent attacks of intense, overwhelming fear and sympathetic nervous system activity with no clear stimulus. It may lead to agoraphobia.

Question 15

What is OCD

Answer 15

Obsessions (persistent, intrusive thoughts and impulses) and compulsions (repetitive tasks that relieve tension but cause significant impairment)

Question 16

What is body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 16

Unrealistic negative evaluation of one’s appearance or a specific body part

Question 17

What is dissociative amnesia

Answer 17

Inability to recall past experience. May involve dissociative fugue, a sudden change in location that can involve the assumption of a new identity

Question 18

What is dissociative identity disorder

Answer 18

Two or more personalities that take control of behavior

Question 19

What is depersonalization/derealization disorder

Answer 19

Feelings of detachment from the mind and body, or from the environment

Question 20

What is somatic symptom disorder

Answer 20

At least one somatic symptom, which may or may not be linked to an underlying medical condition, that causes disproportionate concern

Question 21

What is illness anxiety disorder

Answer 21

Preoccupation with having or coming down with a serious medical condition

Question 22

What is conversion disorder

Answer 22

Unexplained symptoms affecting motor or sensory function

Question 23

What are personality disorders

Answer 23

Patterns of inflexible, maladaptive behavior that cause distress or impaired functioning

Question 24

What are cluster A disorders

Answer 24

(odd, eccentric, “weird”): paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid

Question 25

What are cluster B disorders

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(dramatic, emotional, erratic, “wild”): antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic

Question 26

What are cluster C disorders

Answer 26

(anxious, fearful, “worried”): avoidant, dependent, obsessive–compulsive