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:

Related Mcqs:

1. Norton hears disembodied voices all the time that give him strange commands. Yesterday he finished building a concrete landing paid in his backyard for a UFO.The voices have told him that the space craft will land over the weekend and take him to more advanced civilization 27 light years from earth.In this case the voices that Norton hears are ___________?

   A. delusions
   B. compulsions
   C. loosening of associations
   D. hallucinations

2. 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

3. Stuart feels like he has been worrying constantly for the past 4 months. He is worried about making his car payments, losing his job, and how his children are doing in school.He has also started to experience dizziness and occasional heart palpitations.In this case, Stuart’s symptoms are MOST consistent with ______________?

   A. hypochondriasis
   B. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   C. major depression
   D. generalized anxiety disorder

4. Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the treatment of: __________?

   A. hellucinations.
   B. depression.
   C. personality disorders.
   D. phobias

5. 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

6. Naila feels terrified every time she leaves her house, and avoids doing so whenever possible. Naila is MOST likely suffering from

   A. claustrophobia
   B. obsessive-compulsive disorder
   C. agoraphobia
   D. panic disorder

7. Although Shawn felt terribly depressed when he began psychotherapy, he was much happier by the time he reasonable to attribute some of his improvement to:_________?

   A. therapeutic touch.
   B. regression toward the mean.
   C. the double-blind technique.
   D. transference.

8. 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

9. In order to help Mr. Masood overcome his addiction to alcohol, his therapist first attempt to discover whether the substance dependency was somehow a reaction to his wife’s behavior. The therapist’s concern is most likely to be characteristic of a:

   A. biomedical therapist.
   B. psychoanalyst.
   C. family therapist.
   D. cognitive therapist.

10. Mr.Gotanda mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

    A. transference.
    B. counterconditioning.
    C. unconditional positive regard.
    D. the placebo effect