A. Most people with major depressive disorder experience only isolated episodes or depression.
B. Depression is a disorder of adulthood and does not affect children.
C. Major depressive disorder follow a recurrent course.
D. Early onset of major depressive disorder a better course of depression over time.
Related Mcqs:
- Symptoms of major depressive disorder might include:
1: Specific phobias.
2: Losing interest or pleasure in things that you usually enjoy.
3: Changes in appetite.
4: An excessively euphoric mood.A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 2 & 3
D. 1 & 4 - Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s in all her college courses meant she was incompetent.Her therapist calmly challenged his assertion commenting. “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was most typical of a(n)______therapist.
A. electic
B. psychoanalytic
C. cognitive
D. behavior - The MOST accurate statement about why ECT works to the degree that it does is that
A. no one is really certain why it works
B. it acts as a form of aversion therapy
C. it alters neural circuits in the brain
D. it performs strong operant condition techniques - 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 - A major focus of cognitive therapies is to __________?
A. Expose unhealthy emotions
B. Interpret childhood events
C. Reinforce positive behavior
D. Change false beliefs - All of the following are goals of the major therapies EXCEPT:
A. Effecting a leasting cure
B. Reaching a diagnosis
C. Making a prognosis
D. Proposing an etiology - Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are major symptoms of: ___________?
A. OCD.
B. ADHD
C. DSM
D. DID. - The major characteristics of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of: _________?
A. sleep
B. perception
C. memory
D. appetite - 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. - Noha’s therapist suggests that Noah developed a dissociative identity disorder in order to misbehave without feeling a strong sense of personal shame. The therapist’s suggestion most directly reflects a_____perspective.
A. social-cognitive
B. biological
C. humanistic
D. psychoanalytic
