A. Psychotic disorders
B. Anxiety disorders
C. Eating disorders
D. Substance abuse disorders
Related Mcqs:
- Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called_______disorders.
A. acute
B. free-floating
C. personality
D. reactive - 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 - Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.A. 1 & 4
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - 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 - Which type of mental health professional completes graduate training in psychological research and assessment?
A. Pastoral counselor
B. Psychiatrist
C. Clinical social worker
D. Clinical psychologist - Those who embrace a relativistic view of psychological disorders would agree that:
A. the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.
B. there are universal standards of normality and abnormality.
C. Western diagnostic concepts have validity and utility in other cultural contexts.
D. both b and c are true. - Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. dissociation
D. depression - The idea that you can’t be profoundly relaxed and fearful at the same time is basic to __________?
A. behavior modification
B. systematic desensitization
C. psychodynamic activation
D. reaction formation - Chantel’s four children were killed in an automobile accident,which Chantel survived.When police her about the events surrounding the accident, Chantel is unable to remember anything. She remembers getting into her car to drive her children to school,and she remembers her trip by ambulance to the local hospital, but everything in between is a complete “blank.” in this case, Chantel’s symptoms are MOST consistent with ___________?
A. panic disorder
B. conversion disorder
C. generalized anxiety disorder
D. dissociative amnesia - Gil has a psychological disorder, and his doctor has prescribed an antipsychotic drug to reduce the severity of Gil’s symptoms. In this case, Gil’s therapist is MOST likely treating him for
A. generalized anxiety disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. borderline personality disorder
D. panic disorder