What is the average age range in which a person first experiences the onset of schizophrenic symptoms?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which neurotransmitter plays the most significant role in the regulating of schizophrenic symptoms?

   A. gamma – aminobutyric acid (GABA)
   B. epinephrine
   C. acetylcholine
   D. dopamine

2. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

3. 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

4. Mr. Noor 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

5. Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.

   A. surface structure
   B. linguistic determinism
   C. functional fixedness
   D. belief perseverance

6. All but this type of delusion a schizophrenic patient might experience:

   A. Somatic
   B. Thought broadcasting
   C. Persecutory
   D. Sensory

7. ______schizophrenics shift from one pattern of schizophrenic behavior to another.

   A. Catatonic
   B. Disorganized
   C. Paranoid
   D. Undifferentiated

8. MRI scans of schizophrenic patients have indicated that:

   A. schizophrenic subjects have lower levels of catecholamines than nonschizophrenic subjects
   B. schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of dopamine than nonschizophrenic subjects
   C. schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of serotonin than nonschizphrenic subjects
   D. schizophrenic subjects have larger ventricles than nonschizophrenic subjects

9. 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

10. Behavioral problems in which the person exhibits symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury, but for which there is no identifiable cause, are called:

    A. mood disorder
    B. schizophrenia
    C. organic brain pathologies
    D. somatoform disorder