A. a defendant is unable to understand the nature and purpose of legal proceedings
B. a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness
C. a person has a chronic mental illness that is not responsive to treatment
D. an individual is dangerous to themselves or to others
Related Mcqs:
- The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?
A. Unconscious motives
B. Poor parenting
C. Chemical imbalance
D. Anger turned inward - Hafsa has a psychological disorder and her doctor has prescribed an MAO inhibitor to reduce the severity of Hafsa’s symptoms. In this case, Hafsa’s therapist is MOST likely treating her for ____________?
A. a dissociative disorder
B. depression
C. an anxiety disorder
D. schizophrenia - The use of the anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization allows for the ____________?
A. transfer of treatment to real-life situations
B. direct confrontation with the feared object
C. use of virtual reality to confront the fear
D. gradual approach to the feared object - The charismatic founder of Gestalt therapy was ____________?
A. Albert Bandura
B. Carl Rogers
C. Fritz Peris
D. Abraham Maslow - After understanding psychoanalysis for several months, Karen has suddenly started “forgetting” to attend her therapy sessions. Karen’s behavior is most likely a form of: ____________?
A. resistance.
B. transference.
C. insight
D. catharsis. - Counterconditioning techniques were derived from principles first developed by:____________?
A. B.F. Skinner
B. Sigmund Freud.
C. Carl Rogers.
D. Ivan Pavlov - In treating an abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the ____________?
A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
B. repressed memories from childhood that instigate aggressive behavior
C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self-actualized - George Fredric Handel composed his Massiah during three weeks of insense, creative energy. Many believe Handel suffered a mild form of: ____________?
A. dysthymic disorder
B. agoraphobia
C. schizophrenia
D. bipolar disorder - In comparison to females with schizophrenia males with schizophrenia tends to have ____________?
A. an earlier onset, but lower relapse rates
B. a later onset, but higher relapse rates
C. an earlier onset and higher relapse rates
D. a later onset and lower relapse rates - Which of the following therapies are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than alter personality?
A. behavior and drug therapies
B. psychoanalysis and client-centered therapy
C. psychoanalysis and drug therapies
D. cognitive and psychoanalytic therapies