Who was the first (1686) to describe a manic – depressive psychosis, which he called ‘maniaco – melancholicus’?

Related Mcqs:

1. Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):

   A. functional psychosis
   B. organic psychosis
   C. neural psychosis
   D. neo – cortical psychosis

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. A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called:

   A. Korsakoff syndrome
   B. delirium tremens
   C. schizotypical psychosis
   D. general paresis

4. In a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms and self – injurious acts, which of the following would not be observed?

   A. Auditory hallucinations
   B. Severe psychomotor retardation
   C. Auto enucleation
   D. Intellectual disorganization

5. In the United States and Latin America, Latinos use the term_______to refer to chronic psychosis:

   A. mania
   B. Hispania
   C. locura
   D. ague

6. The dopamine-psychosis link is based on the observation that:

   A. low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms
   B. there are high level of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   C. there are high levels of amphetamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
   D. dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis

7. 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

8. The first task in psychology is to carefully observe and to objectively describe ___________?

   A. animals
   B. behavior
   C. social institution
   D. symptoms of abnormality

9. When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being utilized?

   A. recall
   B. recognition
   C. rehearsal
   D. reconstruction

10. All of the following qualities describe reasoning by intuition except for:

    A. Occurs automatically
    B. Fast analysis of information
    C. Strong feeling of conviction
    D. Logical analysis