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

which of the following is a dissociative disorder?

A. depression
B. public disorder
C. multiple personality
D. paranoia

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

Multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder often begins:

A. as a result of combat exhaustion
B. in adulthood as a response to unremitting phobias
C. as a consequence of post – traumatic stress disorders
D. in childhood as a result of unbearable experiences

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

A. Bonet
B. Albrecht
C. Jamison
D. Redfield

Which of the below would NOT be considered a symptom of OCD?

A. Major depression
B. Scrupulosity
C. Checking
D. Repeating

The extreme reaction know as fugue refers to:

A. physical flight to escape conflict
B. severe depression
C. hallucinations
D. obsessive behavior

What other factors are commonly seen in people with BIID?

A. Anxiety
B. Obsessive – compulsive disorder
C. Depression
D. All of these

A person who has an extreme lack of self – confidence and who allows others to run his or her life is said to have a(n)________personality.

A. dependent
B. narcissistic
C. paranoid
D. antisocial

An unusual state called “waxy flexibility” is sometimes observed in______schizophrenia.

A. borderline
B. disorganized
C. catatonic
D. paranoid