Dysthymic disorder and cyclothymic disorder and two varieties of:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. What is the main between a generalized anxiety disorder and a panic disorder?

   A. A panic disorder causes connected, related panic attacks
   B. A panic disorder causes a constant feeling of worry and tension
   C. A panic disorder causes uncomfortable moments of high tension
   D. A panic disorder causes random, unrelated panic attacks

3. Which of the following is not a disorder that frequently exists in people with antisocial disorder?

   A. Schizophrenia
   B. Histrionic personality Disorder
   C. Generalized anxiety Disorder
   D. Somatization Disorder

4. Multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder often begins:

   A. as a result of combat exhaustion
   B. in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias
   C. as a consequence of post – traumatic stress disorders
   D. in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences

5. Which of the following celebrities did not have Bipolar Disorder?

   A. Winston Churchill
   B. Jean – Claude Van Damme
   C. Gary Kasparov
   D. Buzz Aldrin

6. What is the term for a structured form of short – term psychotherapy in which the goal is to change the negative, inaccurate ways of thinking associated with depression or bipolar disorder?

   A. Transactional theory
   B. Cognitive therapy
   C. EMDR
   D. Somatic trauma therapy

7. Sana has psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed an MAO inhibitor to reduce the severity of Sana’s symptoms. In this case, Sana’s therapist is MOST likely treating her for

   A. a dissociative disorder
   B. depression
   C. an anxiety disorder
   D. schizophrenia

8. What is bipolar disorder also commonly called?

   A. Manic depression
   B. Dysthymia
   C. Schizophrenia
   D. Chronic depression

9. Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed:

   A. More frequently in males than in females
   B. Relatively evenly in both males and females
   C. More frequently in females than in males
   D. Mostly in teenagers

10. Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

    A. histrionic
    B. obsessive – compulsive
    C. schizoid
    D. avoidant