Raheel was found wandering naked in the campus parking lot, proclaiming himself to be “Father Time.” He shows evidence of an_____disorder.

A. anxiety
B. psychotic
C. personality
D. affective

A common from of mental disorder afflicting 10 – 20% of the population is:

A. schizophrenia
B. senile dementia
C. depression
D. delusional disorder

What are the same shortcoming of Dr. Michael First’s research on BIID?

A. His subjects are limited to those people who sought him out
B. He only surveyed 53 patients
C. There are no long – term studies of patients with BIID
D. All of these

The double – blind technique involves:

A. the simultaneous use or two or more therapeutic treatments in the hope that at least one will be effective.
B. replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.
C. blocking anxiety – arousing material from consciousness during therapy.
D. a procedure in which neither patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or placebo

The MOST accurate statement about why ECT works to the degree that it does is that:

A. no one is really certain why it works
B. it acts as a form of aversion therapy
C. it alters neural circuits in the brain
D. it performs strong operant condition techniques

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

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

After several months of psychoanalysis, Andy begins to feel intensity angry with his therapist, although the therapist has been consistently warm and supportive Andy’s feelings are probably

A. a result of sudden insight about some childhood experience
B. a sign of an impending psychosis
C. a result of free association
D. a result of transference

What age group suffers mostly from major depression?

A. Elderly adults
B. Young men
C. Young women
D. Teen – ager

At what point would one be usually diagnosed with a panic disorder?

A. After one panic attack
B. When one gets scared in a new situation
C. When it scares you
D. After numerous disabling panic attacks

The prescription drug Thorazine used to treat persons with schizophrenia may cause side effects, one of them called tardive dyskinesia. What might a person suffering from this side effect display?

A. involuntary movements of tongue and face
B. no movement at all
C. slow movements
D. clapping of the hands repeatedly