Which of the following mental disorders is the most common in the population.

Related Mcqs:

1. Biological models of mental disorders explain mental illness as resulting from which of the following factors?

   A. Biochemical imbalance
   B. Genetic predisposition
   C. Familial transmission
   D. Brain defects
   E. All of the above

2. People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:

   A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
   B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously

3. Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?

   A. Diathesis-stress model
   B. Attachment model
   C. Psychodynamic model
   D. Cognitive-behavioral model

4. Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with ___________?

   A. electroconvulsive shock
   B. insight therapy
   C. surgery
   D. medication

5. Which of the following disorders is more common among men then women?

   A. dissociative identity disorder
   B. bipolar disorder
   C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   D. antisocial personality disorder

6. Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.

   A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. dissociation
   D. depression

7. Which disorder has been called “the common cold of mental illness”?

   A. Major depression
   B. Bipolar disorder
   C. Schizophrenia
   D. Post traumatic stress

8. All of the following are personality disorders EXCEPT

   A. Passive-aggressive
   B. Histrionic
   C. Narcissistic
   D. Paranoid

9. Which of the following do we know to be the case, in terms of the causes of anxiety disorders and factors affecting their course?

   A. The extent of heritability is the same for all anxiety disorders.
   B. People prone to anxiety disorders are born with behaviors exhibition.
   C. All anxiety disorders have the same range of biological causes.
   D. Cognitive, behavioural and life stress factors affect risk for anxiety disorders.

10. All of the following are types of anxiety disorders EXCEPT:

    A. Phobic disorders
    B. Dissociative order
    C. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    D. Post-traumatic stress