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Which of the following is an example of reproductive-related trauma? - All of the above; miscarriage, perinatal loss, still birth What is the lifetime prevalence of PTSD? - 8.70% Derealization is the .... - Persistent or recurrent experience that one's surroundings are unreal, dreamlike, distant, or distorted. PTSD can present with delayed expression if it occurs - At least six months after the event dissociative identity disorders can best be described as - A psychological disorder involving the presence of two or more personality states, usually in response to childhood trauma Dissociative Fugue is specifically characterized by a dissociative amnesia and .... - Fleeing ones home and wondering dissociative identity disorder can be recognized by which of the following symptoms? - Everyday events and other familiar information, the presence of alternate personalities, alterations in effect, behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and/or sensory motor functioning. For PTSD to be diagnosed, symptoms must persist for at least: - One month Which of the following is NOT considered a trauma and dissociative disorder? - Gender dysmorphia Which of the following are common symptoms of PTSD? - Hyper vigilance, irritable behavior and angry outbursts, feelings of attachment or estrangement from others. Trauma is considered complex when? - In an event or repeated events contributed to multiple psychological responses Vicarious trauma occurs as a result of which Of the following? - Exposure to another person's trauma .................... is the key technique in treating PTSD and Dissociative Disorders, and is characterized by attending to a memory or a stimulus in order to extinguish negatively reinforcing escape/ avoidance behavior. - Prolonged Exposure
According to division 12 of the APA, several treatments have strong research support for use with individuals with PTSD. The following is not one of those treatments? - Psychological debriefing; can be considered ineffective and harmful Events that pose a threat and involve intense fear is called - Psychological trauma A common myth about trauma is that... - It leads directly to a disorder Ability to overcome stress or return to functioning briefly after enduring a trauma is called: - Resilience Events that threaten or bring fear to a large number of people is known as: - Mass interpersonal violence trauma Trauma from miscarriages, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths is known as: - Reproductive related trauma Symptoms are considered psychosomatic if - Seconds of the body are expressed due to distress of the mind Which of the following two disorders is characterized by intentionally feigning or inducing symptoms for some gain, whether the gain is internal or external? - Factitious disorders and malingering conversion disorder primarily involves a loss of functioning that is - Not better explained by another medical or mental condition Hippocrates viewed hysteria as only affecting women and recommended which of the following for treatment? - Marriage and pregnancy The tile of Conversion Disorders began to be utilized in DSM-III to designate: - The conversion of psychological mechanisms into somatic complaints Medicolegal situations involve: - Forensic evaluation or legal context Which of the following is a primary difference between factitious disorder and malingering?
- People who are malingering are motivated by external incentives and people with factitious disorders are not Most cases of hypochondriasis have been classified under which disorder in DSM-5? - Somatic symptom disorder Which of the following medications were found to help treat somatic symptoms, according to Somashekar et al.? - SSRI's, Atypical antipsychotics, tricyclics antidepressants
Full remission from Bulimia and Anorexia requires - None of the criteria have been met for a sustained period of time For adults, the severity of Anorexia Nervosa is based on which of the following? - Body mass index For adults, the severity of Bulimia Nervosa is based on which of the following? - The frequency of inappropriate compensatory behaviors Klimt and colleagues (2009) have reported findings that 50-83% of eating disorders could be accounted for by: - Genetic influence A meta-analysis of 25 studies by Groesz et al. (2002) reported that: - Body image was significantly more negative for women who viewed send media images than average or plus size models or intimate objects Researchers have used which of the following to assess body size estimation? - Analogue scales, image marking, optical distortion. anorexia nervosa and bulimia have been found more frequently in women compared to men by what ratio? - 10: Which of the following is a myth of eating disorders? - People with eating disorders do not eat. What is the main difference between Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa? - People with Anorexia use restrictive eating or binging and purging to reduce anxiety or fear about gaining weight, whereas people with Bulimia primarily use binging and compensate Tori Behaviors. Which of the following is an example of body size mistaken belief or perceptions characteristic of Anorexia Nervosa? - Over-estimation of body size, friend stop commenting about one's weight and is attributed to the need to lose more weight, or looking in the mirror and seeing oneself as too fat despite having lower than average body weight. According to the APA, the suicide rate for people with Anorexia Nervosa is about: - 12 per 100,000 people An eating disorder that involves episodes of binge-eating and compensatory behaviors is - Bulimia Nervosa An eating disorder involving a fear of being fat and low body eight is known as: - Anorexia Nervosa poor nutrition and starvation affects brain function, as " it uses ........... caloric intake" - 20%
Eating non-nutritive substances, and no food materials is known as: - Pica High frequency eating behaviors in a short or discrete time period known as: - Binge eating Both anorexia and bulimia Nervosa increase the likelihood of amenorrhea. Amenorrhea refers to - Lack of menstruation REM is which of the following? - A sleep stage involving saccadic eye movement Wave frequency refers to - The number of times a wave appears in any give time. Alpha waves generally occur at which point? - When a person is awake and resting Beta waves generally occur at what point? - When a person is fully awake. Disclaimer: can occur when in deep sleep, but generally when someone is alert. Which of the following is a myth about sleeping disorders? - Waking up someone who is sleepwalking will lead to death Researchers have found sleep disorders to be fatal in which of the following ways? - All of the above ; lack of sleep can directly lead to death, can lead to accidental death, lack of sleep may increase one's risk for suicide. Dyssomnias can be defined as - Alteration in the quality, amount, or timing of sleep. Sleepwalking involves movement that occurs during which stage of sleep? - Non-REM sleep Parasomnias are - Events that occurred during and transitioning between sleep and wakefulness To be diagnosed with insomnia, individuals must experience symptoms : - At least three nights per week for at least three months According to the DSM-5, Insomnia may be: - All of the above: episodic, persistent, recurrent For diagnostic purposes, a mental health professional diagnosing someone with an insomnia disorder should specify whether - A patient has a comorbid psychological, medical or other sleep disorder
Which of the following is a specified of sexual dysfunction disorder? - All of the above; acquired, generalized, life long A long-term study from Sweden found that individuals who had sex reassignment surgery were over.......... time more lonely to commit suicide compared to peers of the same age and birth sex - 19% frotteuristic disorder generally involve - Sexual arousal from touching or rubbing others who do not give consent Which of the following paraphilias could fall into the category of Other Specified Paraphilic Disorders? - All of the above: klosmaphilia, urophilia, zoophilia According to the DSM-5, pedophilic disorder does not carry the specifier "in full remission" like other paraphilic disorders because - It's appears to be a lifelong condition The shift from the use of the term paraphilia in the DSM-IV-TR to the use of the term paraphilic disorders, indicates a shift in the conceptualization oc these disorders best characterized by which - Both B and C Which of the following is a possible symptom of female sexual interest/arousal disorder? - All of the above: discrete or absent pleasure or excitement during sexual activity, reduced or absent sensations during sexual activity, decreased or absent sexual thoughts and fantasies To be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a person must experience symptoms for at least - 6 months Which of the following is NOT a criteria recognized by the DSM-5 for diagnosing children with gender dysphoria? - An increase in depressive and suicidal thoughts and feelings Sexual Dysfunction Disorders typically are specified by all but which of the following severity levels? - Profound ..... refers to identification with a gender incongruent to one's natal gender/sex - Transgender ......refers to social/public identification with a gender incongruent to one's natal gender/sex - Transsexual .......refers to a condition characterized by a biological mixing of male and female dual organs
...... is a form of therapy for paraphilic disorders wherein an unpleasant stimulus is paired with a sexual behavior the client wants to change, in order to extinguish a previous pleasurable response. - Aversion therapy Changes over the course of the last several editions of the DSM demonstrate how beliefs about sexual disorders are ...... within the mental health community, especially regarding how to draw lines between normal and disordered sexuality. - In flux Regarding the frequency of symptoms, most substance-related disorders require that a person experience at least two symptoms within a period of ...... - One year Which of the following is an example of a stimulant? - amphetamines According to SAMHSA, the percentage of individuals using substances in the past month, appears to be highest in which age group? - 18- For individuals aged 18 or older, which group tends to be more likely to be dependent on or abusing drugs in the past year, despite the number being relatively the same when looking only at people aged 12-17 - Male PCP and LSD are both examples of which class of drugs? - Hallucinogens According to McCloskey et al (2008), high rates of ........ and ....... have been found among individuals with intermittent explosive disorder. - Suicide/ self harm Which of the following are not specifiers for alcohol use disorder? - In an uncontrolled environment Alcohol withdrawal can cause which of the following? - All of the above; delirium tremors, seizures, hallucinations and delusions Derealization refers to which of the following? - The feeling that one's own experience is not real Opiate abuse is often associated with dysphoria, a condition that is typically characterized by which of the following states? - Both A and B; Anxious, Depressive Which of the following is Not categorized in the DSM-5 as a substance-related and addictive disorder? - All of the above are; stimulus use disorder, tobacco use disorder, gambling disorder.
