A common from of mental disorder afflicting 10 – 20% of the population is:

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. Dysthymic disorder and cyclothymic disorder and two varieties of:

   A. mood disorder
   B. conversion disorder
   C. schizophrenia
   D. somatoform disorder

3. 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

4. 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

5. In a 1991 National institute of Mental Health study, it was estimated that people with bipolar disorder cost the country how much?

   A. Over 200,000 dollars
   B. Over 30 million dollars
   C. Over 40 billion dollars
   D. Over 100 billion dollars

6. DSM – IV is the fourth edition of a manual listing categories of psychiatric disorders and the criteria that must be met in order for a mental health professional to diagnose a disorder. What is DSM short for?

   A. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
   B. Disorders and Statistical Mental illness
   C. Disorders and Statistics in Mental Health
   D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

7. 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

8. Who discovered that all mental process are not accompanied by mental imagery?

   A. Willhelm Wundt
   B. E. B. Titchner
   C. J. B. Watson
   D. Oswald Kulpe

9. The authoritative source of definitions for mental disorders, that it is widely accepted and used among mental health professionals is which of the following?

   A. American Psychiatric Association
   B. American Psychological Association
   C. DSM-5
   D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

10. Bipolar Disorder develops at least once in the lifetime of approximately what percent of the population?

    A. 60 percent
    B. 20 – 25 percent
    C. 1 – 1.5 percent
    D. 10 percent