Which disorder has been called “the common cold of mental illness”?

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. Biological models of mental disorders explain mental illness as resulting from which of the following factors?

   A. Biochemical imbalance
   B. Genetic predisposition
   C. Familial transmission
   D. Brain defects
   E. All of the above

3. Which type of mental illness is most resistant to change?

   A. Personality disorders
   B. Eating disorders
   C. Anxiety disorders
   D. Schizophrenia

4. Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?

   A. Diathesis-stress model
   B. Attachment model
   C. Psychodynamic model
   D. Cognitive-behavioral model

5. All of the following are drug therapies for mental illness EXCEPT:

   A. Anitmanics
   B. Antidepressants
   C. Antihistamines
   D. Antipsychotics

6. In terms of the early parent-child relationship in the development of mental illness, which of the following accurately explains how contemporary psychodynamic models differ to that of Freud?

   A. Contemporary models focus more on interpersonal relationships than on intrapsychic conflict.
   B. Contemporary models focus on the unconscious internal desires and motivations of the child.
   C. Contemporary models focus on how the child negotiates his/her unconscious internal desires and motivations as s/he progresses through the early relationship with his/her parents.
   D. None of the above.

7. For which type of mental illness is there considerable evidence than it is caused by biological factors and little to no evidence that it is caused by psychosocial factors?

   A. Bipolar disorder
   B. Panic disorder
   C. Schizophrenia
   D. a and c

8. In comparison to generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder is characterized by periods of distress that are:

   A. similar intensity but more prolonged.
   B. more intense and more prolonged.
   C. less intense and more prolonged.
   D. more intense and less prolonged.

9. Which of the following disorder is classified as a mood disorder?

   A. bipolar disorder
   B. catatonia
   C. antisocial personality disorder
   D. agoraphobia

10. The tension-reduction hypothesis attempts to explain the development of which type of mental disorder?

    A. schizophrenia
    B. Eating disorders
    C. Substance abuse
    D. Bipolar disorder