Conversion disorders and hypochondriasis are classified as:

Related Mcqs:

1. The Freudian explanations of anxiety disorders emphasizes:

   A. the avoidance paradox
   B. learned habits of self- defeating behavior
   C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control
   D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self – image and distorted self – perceptions

2. Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve:

   A. loss of contact with reality
   B. unresolved anger
   C. unresolved Oedipal conflict
   D. high levels of anxiety

3. Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with_________?

   A. electroconvulsive shock
   B. insight therapy
   C. surgery
   D. medication

4. Which out of the five most common anxiety disorders, is the most frequently diagnosed?

   A. social phobia
   B. obsessive compulsive disorder
   C. panic disorder
   D. generalized anxiety disorder

5. Used in conjunction with medication and other therapies, ECT remains an option for the treatment of mood disorders. What dose ECT stand for?

   A. Electro – Conclusive Therapy
   B. Electric – Conclusive Therapy
   C. Electro – Conductive Therapy
   D. Electric – Conductive Therapy

6. DSM – IV is the fourth edition of a manual listing categories of psychiatric disorders and the criteria that must be met in order for a mental health professional to diagnose a disorder. What is DSM short for?

   A. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
   B. Disorders and Statistical Mental illness
   C. Disorders and Statistics in Mental Health
   D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

7. What axis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV – TR) this disorder diagnosed on?

   A. Axis I
   B. Axis II
   C. Axis III
   D. Axis IV

8. The chief distinguished feature of psychotic disorders is:

   A. confusion of fantasy and reality
   B. antisocial conduct
   C. overwhelming anxiety
   D. obsessive behavior

9. Mood disorders are those in which the personality may:

   A. experience serve depression and threaten suicide
   B. exhibit symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury but for which there is no identifiable cause
   C. exhibit behavior that is the result of an organic brain pathology
   D. experience delusions and hallucinations

10. Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

    A. social
    B. family
    C. psychological
    D. biological