Test 1: Questions Flashcards
A positive feature of the DSM-V-TR which helps psychologists and psychiatrists is:
it provides a common language for diagnosing disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by which of the following behaviors:
a) exaggerated worry and tension
b) fear of “loosing it”
c) avoiding social situations
d) repeatedly washing hands
exaggerated worry and tension
People with agoraphobia will avoid which of the following:
a) height
b) shopping malls
c) enclosed spaces
d) snakes
shopping mall
Lucy had an episode of palpitation, chest pain, dyspnea and had a feeling of chocking when out with friends this is an example of which of the following:
a) panic attack
b) social anxiety
c) flash back
d) shyness
panic attack
Jack feels a drop on his head as he walks out a building , he dismisses the thought that someone with HIV/AIDS has spit out of a window. To reassure himself he proceeds to knock on every door of every office on that side of the building asking if “ anyone there has spit out of a window” which of the following disorders is this behavior consistent with?:
a) obsessive compulsive disorder
b) body dysmorphic disorder
c) post traumatic stress disorder
d) general anxiety disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Your patient was a soldier in Afghanistan he reports that it is very difficult for him to drive through a parking lot because “there may be people hiding behind the cars; they may be suicide bombers” what IS THIS PERSON MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCING:
a) auditory hallucinations
b) delusions
c) flash backs
d) free floating anxiety
flashbacks
Your patient was a soldier in Afghanistan he reports that it is very difficult for him to drive through a parking lot because “there may be people hiding behind the cars; they may be suicide bombers” what TYPE OF ANXIETY DISORDER IS THIS:
a) generalize anxiety disorder
b) phobia
c) post traumatic stress disorder
d) obsessive compulsive disorder
Post traumatic stress disorder
Liz is a 42 year old who underwent liposuction and tummy tuck procedure. Prior to that she had a rhinoplasty and surgery to correct wrinkle around the eyes she regularly sees a cosmetician for botox treatments. Which of the following disorders is this behavior consistent with?:
a) post traumatic stress disorder
b) social anxiety disorder
c) conversion disorder
d) body dysmorphic disorder
body dysmophic disorder
Bob persistently worries about developing cancer. Whenever he experiences pain of any kind he immediately presents to his local ER and demands a full workup including a CT scan. According to DSM-V this behavior is consistent with which of the following?:
a) obsessive compulsive disorder
b) hypochondriasis
c) illness anxiety disorder
d) Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
hypochondriasis
Nancy has developed a sudden onset of paralysis after being victimize by crime. She has been bedridden for 8 months and needs to ambulate by wheelchair. She is asymptomatic otherwise. All blood and radio graphic test have been negative she has seen a number of specialist who are puzzled by her case which of the following disorders is this behavior consistent with:
a) post traumatic stress disorder
b) somatoform disorder
c) body dysmorphic disorder
d) conversion disorder
conversion disorder
What is likely true about people with factious disorders:
a) they intentionally falsify their symptoms
b) they have symptoms that are caused by a diagnosed medical condition
c) they do not experience real symptoms
d) they are preoccupied with contracting an infection
they intentionally falsify their symptoms
T or F: Pain disorder is always psychosocial in nature with no psychological cause:
false
The biological explanation of depression asserts that:
a) specific set of genes have been identified as the cause
b) you are what you eat
c) there may be a deficiency in the neurotransmitter serotonin
d) brain scans reveal high activity in regions regulating negative emotions
there may be a deficiency in the neurotransmitter serotonin
which of the following is consistent with depression:
a) feelings that alter between happiness and hopelessness
b) persistently happy mood
c) poor concentration, despair, anhedonia
d) social anxiety hyper anxiety grandiosity
poor concentration, despair, anhedonia
which of the following disorders is considered a chronic low level depression characterized by low self esteem. guilt, brooding, anhedonia :
a) bipolar depression
b) generalize anxiety disorder
c) post traumatic stress disorder
d) dysthymic disorder
dysthymic disorder
studies on individuals who have had episodes of depression have shown that once a person has had an episode of depression, the neurological system changes and as a result the individual is at risk for subsequent episodes of depression. This phenomenon is known as which of the following:
a) kindling
b) retrograde amnesia
c) delusions
d) agnosia
kindling
Jill has sudden and dramatic shifts in emotional extremes. One day she drags herself through chore to chore feeling helpless and ineffectual. Two days later, she is outgoing, happy go lucky, and overly confident. This is consistent with which of the following?:
a) conversion disorder
b) dysthymia
c) bipolar disorder
d) manic depressive
bipolar disorder
The greatest risk factor in the development of schizophrenia is which of the following:
a) genetic predisposition
b) maternal smoking during pregnancy
c) viral infection during the first trimester of pregnancy
d) depression
genetic predisposition
Which of the following are negative symptoms of schizophrenia:
a) flat effect, anhedonia, withdrawal from social situation
b) anheondia, hallucination, bizarre behavior
c) delusions, hallucination, ideas of reference
d) aggressiveness, violent behavior, delusions
flat affect, anheondia, withdrawl from social situation
Which of the following are positive symptoms of schizophrenia:
a) flat effect, inability to comprehend sensory information, withdrawal from social situation
b) disorganized rapid speech, hallucination, lack of motivation
c) delusion, hallucination, bizarre behaviors
d) minimal self care, impulsiveness, hallucination
delusions, hallucination, bizarre behaviors
The transmitter involved in the etiology of schizophrenia is which of the following:
a) Gamma- Aminobutylic Acid (GABBA)
b) serotonin
c) dopamine
d) sodium bicarbonate
dopamine
Jim lives in a rural Ontario. Each week he drives town to town doctor shopping at various walk in clinics. To access prescription refills for Tylenol 3. This is consistent with which of the following:
a) substance abuse disorder
b) substance induced disorder
c) intoxication
d) substance dependence
Substance dependence
