Unit 12 (Modules 68-69)

Question 1

What disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminshed, inappropriate emotional expression?

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Answer 1

schizophrenia

Question 2

What group of disorders are marked by irrational ideas, distorted perceptions, and a loss of contact with reality?

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Answer 2

psychotic disorders

Question 3

What symptom is characterized by false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus?

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Answer 3

hallucination

Question 4

What symptom is characterized as a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders?

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Answer 4

delusion

Question 5

What disorder is characterized as a form of schizophrenia in which symptoms usually appear by late adolescence or early adulthood? As people age with this disorder, psychotic episodes last longer and recovery periods shorten? (also called process schizophrenia)

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Answer 5

chronic schizophrenia

Question 6

What disorder is characterized as a form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age; frequently occurs in response to a traumatic event? (also called reactive schizophrenia)

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Answer 6

acute schizophrenia

Question 7

What is the main difference between acute and chronic schizophrenia when it comes to their development?

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Answer 7

• acute rapidly develops
• chronic slowly develops

Question 8

Which form of schizophrenia is more likely to develop in response to a person experiencing a traumatic event?

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Answer 8

acute schizophrenia

Question 9

Which form of schizophrenia is more likely to develop in late adolescence or early adulthood?

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Answer 9

chronic schizophrenia

Question 10

Which form of schizophrenia has psychotic episodes that last longer with shorten recovery periods in response to age?

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Answer 10

chronic schizophrenia

Question 11

Recovery is possible for both forms of schizophrenia, however, which form of schizophrenia has a higher rate of recovery?

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Answer 11

acute schizophrenia

Question 12

What disorder is characterized as a psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical casue (formerly called somatoform disorder; see conversion disorder and illness anxiety disorder)?

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Answer 12

somatic symptom disorder

Question 13

What disorder is characterized as a disorder related to somatic symtpom disorder in which a person experiences very specific, physical symptoms that are not compatible with recognized medical or neurological conditions (also called functional neurological symptom disorder)?

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Answer 13

conversion disorder

Question 14

What disorder is characterized as a disorder related to somatic symptom disorder in which a person interprets normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease (formerly called hypochondriasis)?

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Answer 14

illness anxiety disorder

Question 15

What group of disorders are marked as controversial, rare disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings?

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Answer 15

dissociative disorders

Question 16

What symptom is characterized as a sudden loss of memory or change in identity, often in response to an overwhelmingly stressful situation?

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Answer 16

fugue state

Question 17

What disorder is characterized as a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities (formerly called multiple personality disorder)?

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Answer 17

dissociative identity disorder (did)

Question 18

What group of disorders are marked by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning?

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Answer 18

personality disorders

Question 19

What disorder is characterized as a personality disorder in which a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong doing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist?

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Answer 19

antisocial personality disorder

Question 20

What disorder is characterized as an eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescet female) maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight; sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise?

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Answer 20

anorexia nervosa

Question 21

What disorder is characterized as an eating disorder in which a person’s binge eating (usually of high-calorie foods) is followed by inappropriate weight-loss promoting behavior, such as vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise?

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Answer 21

bulimia nervosa

Question 22

What disorder is characterized by significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory behavior that marks builima nervosa?

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Answer 22

binge-eating disorder