Psychological Disorders - A Self Quiz
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- Which disorder occurs when symptoms that are not under voluntary control occur and there is no physical cause?
- Dissociation d/o
- Anxiety d/o
- Mood d/o
- Somatoform d/o
- A disorder that involves persistent, irrational concerns that force the performance of uncontrollable ritual actions is called
- Obsessive compulsive d/o
- Dissociative identity d/o
- Phobic d/o
- Somatoform d/o
- Ackmad has periods in which he is so depressed that he comes suicidal. At other times he is energetic and euphoric. He would probably receive the diagnosis of:
- Dysthmia
- Seasonal mood d/o
- Bipolar d/o
- Major depressive d/o
- A person who feels an excessive, irrational fear of specific objects and engages in efforts to escape and avoid them most likely has a
- Generalized anxiety d/o
- Dissociate identity d/o
- Phobic d/o
- Somatoform d/o
- The DSM-IV provides _______ for mental disorders.
- Categorical descriptions
- Treatment recommendations
- Theoretical causes
- Research suggestions
- This type of anxiety is associated w/ Generalized Anxiety d/o (GAD).
- Phobia
- Free-floating
- Panic attack
- Nervous breakdown
- Repetitive, ritualistic behavior such as handwashing, counting, or putting things in order that are associated w/ an anxiety state are called ______.
- Obsessions
- Compulsions
- Ruminations
- Phobias
- Rape or assault victims who continue to feel unpleasant emotional reactions for a long time after the incident would be diagnosed as having a(n)
- OCD
- Phobia
- GAD
- PTSD
- A major difference between major depressive d/o & bipolar d/o is that only in bipolar d/o do people have ______.
- Specific phobias
- Depression
- A biochemical imbalance
- Manic episodes
- Dissociative amnesia, fugue, and identity d/o share this characteristic.
- A separation of experience and memory
- Anxiety
- A split personality
- Wandering away from home or work
- The real name for multiple personalities is
- Schizophrenia
- Dissociative identity d/o
- Amnesiatic personality d/o
- None of these options; this diagnosis is no longer considered real
- A specific phobia is:
- Any phobia of a specific object or situation, along w/ a desire to avoid it
- The normal everyday hesitations we all experience
- Not a real problem
- A fear of having to put forth effort or commitment
ANSWERS:
1 - a; 2-a; 3-c; 4-c; 5-a; 6-b; 7-b; 8-d; 9-d; 10-a; 11-b; 12-a;
Fill in the Blank!
1. ________ is a type of anxiety d/o characterized by intrusive thoughts & urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
2. The two main types of mood disorders are _______ & ______.
3. A persistent feeling of anxiety that is not clearly related to anything in particular is called ________.
4. A ________ d/o is a d/o that has real physical symptoms but no known cause.
5. The disorder that is commonly referred to as multiple personalities is called __________.
6. The disorder in which a person's behavior swings between mania & depression is called ___________.
Answers:
1. OCD
2. depressive disorders and bipolar disorders
3. free floating anxiety
4. somatoform d/o
5. dissociative identity d/o
6. bipolar d/o