A. their mental impairment causes them to forget.
B. of the unpleasant side effects.
C. most schizophrenics don’t believe they are ill.
D. all of the above.
Related Mcqs:
- Jefferson has gone in for a psychiatric assessment. He tells the clinician that he has been feeling detached from his surroundings since he started taking medication to control his high blood pressure. The clinician would use
A. Axis III of the DSM-IV to record this medical information
B. either Axis I or Axis II of the DSM-IV to record this medical information
C. Axis X of the DSM-IV to record this medical information
D. both Axis IV and Axis V of the DSM-IV to record this medical information - Which during has provided help to schizophrenia patients experiencing auditory hallucinations and paraonia?
A. Ativan
B. Xanax
C. Thorazine
D. ithium - About________of patients with eating disorders are female
A. 40%
B. 50%-60%
C. 75%
D. 90%-95% - A delude Scotsman, Daniel M’Naughten, tried to assassinate a government official in 1843.He was sent to a mental hospital rather than to a prison because he was judge to: ___________?
A. be mainic
B. be insane.
C. be depressed
D. neurotic - A chest implant that intermittently stimulates the vagus nerve has been used to treat some patients with:
A. bulmia.
B. anxiety dis orders.
C. schizophrenia.
D. chronic depression. - Which form of therapy would most likely help depressed patients by teaching them how to resolve disagreements with their friends?
A. humanistic therapy
B. interpersonal psychotherapy
C. psychoanalysis
D. cognitive therapy - In a study by David Rosenhan (1973) researchers were admitted as patients into various mental hospitals after they falsely claimed to be “hearing voices.” This study best illustrated the negative effects of: __________?
A. linkage analysis.
B. the medical model.
C. hallucinations.
D. diagnostic lobels - 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 - Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about taking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is:
A. Xanax.
B. Prozac
C. Thorazine.
D. Ati9van. - Many people repeatedly go in and out of mental hospitals. Typically such people are released readmitted because________
A. they have been stabilized through drug therapy; their condition deteriorates once again because of inadequate out patient care
B. they run out of funds to pay for hospitalization, they once again can afford it
C. they have been cured of their disorder, they develop another disorder
D. they no longer want to be hospitalized; they voluntarily re-commit themselves
