The chief distinguished feature of psychotic disorders is:

Related Mcqs:

1. It has been discovered that all major anti – psychotic drugs:

   A. block the action of dopamine
   B. facilitate the action of dopamine
   C. increase levels of dopamine
   D. decrease levels of dopamine

2. In a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms and self – injurious acts, which of the following would not be observed?

   A. Auditory hallucinations
   B. Severe psychomotor retardation
   C. Auto enucleation
   D. Intellectual disorganization

3. According to Piaget, cognitive development occurs through a fixed sequence of stages, each distinguished from the prior stage by a ________________?

   A. larger number of schemes
   B. new kind of scheme
   C. increasing use of accommodation
   D. increasing use of assimilation

4. Who distinguished three types of authority namely, traditional, charismatic and rational-legal?

   A. K. Marx
   B. Max Weber
   C. Parsons
   D. None of above

5. The Freudian explanations of anxiety disorders emphasizes:

   A. the avoidance paradox
   B. learned habits of self- defeating behavior
   C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control
   D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self – image and distorted self – perceptions

6. Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with_________?

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

7. Which out of the five most common anxiety disorders, is the most frequently diagnosed?

   A. social phobia
   B. obsessive compulsive disorder
   C. panic disorder
   D. generalized anxiety disorder

8. What axis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV – TR) this disorder diagnosed on?

   A. Axis I
   B. Axis II
   C. Axis III
   D. Axis IV

9. Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

   A. social
   B. family
   C. psychological
   D. biological

10. Conversion disorders and hypochondriasis are classified as:

    A. physio-mental disorders
    B. somatoform disorders
    C. psychosomatic disorders
    D. somatization disorders