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A 50-year old has memory loss as the result of her long-term heavy alcohol consumption. Most likely, she has trouble ...ANSWER... remembering someone she met a week ago

A child diagnosed with Attention -Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is most likely to also be diagnosed with ...ANSWER... Conduct disorder

A high level of expressed emotion by family members has been found to be predictive of relapse for which of the following disorders? ...ANSWER... schizophrenia, eating disorder, mood disorder

A number of books in the popular press have been written regarding the relationship between psychological factors and cancer. Which of the following statements best reflects the outcome of scientific studies of this issue? ...ANSWER... Psychological factors are not related to the onset of cancer but are related to the success of recovery from it.

Alzheimer's Dementia often results in problems in the executive functions such as ...ANSWER... Planning and organazing

An adolescent exhibiting foreclosure is most likely to respond in which of the following ways when asked about her career choice? ...ANSWER... My father, who's a lawyer, has convinced me that I'd make a good lawyer too.

An elderly male displays paranoid ideations. Dementia and psychosis have been ruled out. The best intervention in this case would likely be to ...ANSWER... alter his environment to make it seem less threatening

An interpersonal therapist who is working with a client suffering from a prolonged grief reaction would attempt to ...ANSWER... help the client understanding how the loss is impacting the current therapeutic relationship

Approximately what percent of women experience full- blown postpartum (clinical) depression? ...ANSWER... 10 to 20%.

Bill comes to session and reports that for the last five months, his wife and employer have been poisoning his food. In addition, his next door neighbor has assisted them

by switching lunch boxes with him. The local DJ is in on the scheme-telling him over the radio to "eat right to stay fit." The appropriate diagnosis is ...ANSWER... Schizophrenia, Paranoid Type.

ChildrendiagnosedwithaLearningDisorderaremostlikelyto receiveaco-diagnosis*of * ...ANSWER... * ADHD

Clonidine,an alpha-noradrenergicdrug,isoftenpreferableto dopaminergicblockingagentsfortreatingTourette's Disorderbecauseitissaferforchronicuse.However, clonidinedoesproducesomeundesirablesideeffects including: ...ANSWER... * drymouth,headache,*and *hypotension

CodingPersonalityDisorderson aseparateaxis,accordingto theDSM-IV-TR,isdueto ...ANSWER... * theneedto reducethepossibilityofbeing*overlooked

Componentsofhealthanxietyincludediseaseconviction, diseasefears,diseasepreoccupation,bodilycheckingand reassuranceseeking,anddisease-relatedavoidanceand escapebehaviors.Strongdiseaseconvictionismost associatedwith: ...ANSWER... * Hypochondriasis

Incomparisonstudiesofyoungerandolderadults,ithas beenfoundthatdepressioninolderadultsisleastlikelyto*result in * ...ANSWER... * expressedsadness

Inpsychotherapy,patientswithBorderlinePersonality Disorderaremost* likelytoexhibit: ...ANSWER... instabilityofthoughtsandfeelingsaboutthetherapist*and *themselves

Inschizophrenia,haldolisusedprimarilytotreat: ...ANSWER... * Psychoticsymptoms

IndividualswiththediagnosisofSeasonalAffectDisorderare mostlikelytorespondtolightifthey

experience: ...ANSWER... * atypicalsymptomssuchas carbohydratecravingand*hypersomnia

IndividualswithTourette'sDisorderfrequentlysufferfroma learningdisorderinschool.Themostlikelycauseis: ...ANSWER... * attentionalandhyperactivity*problems

Linehan'sdialecticalbehaviortherapyshowspromiseinthe treatmentofborderlinepatients.Itinvolvesacombinationof treatmentmodalitiesthatinclude ...ANSWER... * Social skilltraining

PeoplediagnosedwithPTSDareoftensuccessfullytreated withpsychotherapy anddon'tneedtobereferredfor medicationtreatmentunless: ...ANSWER... * Theirtarget symptomsofavoidanceandderealizationinterferewithdaily *life

ReactiveAttachmentDisorder,InhibitedType*involves ...ANSWER... * hypervigilance

ResearchcomparingpatientswithSchizophreniafromnon- WesterndevelopingcountriestothosefromWestern industrializedcountrieshasfoundthattheydifferintermsof: ...ANSWER... * courseand*outcome

Someexpertsarguethatpanicattacksdo notoccurin young childrenbecause ...ANSWER... * childrenarenotcapableof makinginternalinterpretationsofbodilysensations

SpecificPhobia,Blood-Injection-InjuryTypeis characterizedbyeachofthefollowing ...ANSWER... * a strongvasogal*response

morecommoninwomenthanmenstrong

familialpatterns

The *Personality *Disorder *that *has *been *found *to *have *the *best *prognosis *is * ...ANSWER... *Borderline *Personality *Disorder

TheratioofMajorDepressiveDisorderinfemalestomalesis *approximately ...ANSWER... * 5:

Theresearchhasshownthat,inthetreatmentofnicotine dependence,addingabehavioralinterventionto nicotine replacementtherapy ...ANSWER... * haslittleadditional effectintermsofshort-termabstinencebutdoes*improve long-termabstinence.

Whatistheapproximateprobabilitythatapersonwitha Schizophrenicbrother(notanidenticalorfraternaltwin) wouldalsohave*Schizophrenia? ...ANSWER... * 10%

WhatpercentofindividualsdiagnosedofPanicDisorder alsohaveAgoraphobiain communitysamplesaccordingtothe *DSM-IV-TR? ...ANSWER... * 33-50%

Whenapersonwithdeepdyslexiaispresentedwiththe writtenword"cat,"heismostlikelytorespondwithwhich*of thefollowing? ...ANSWER... * "dog"

WhendevelopingatreatmentplanforaclientwithaSpecific Phobia,itisimportantto keepin mindthat ...ANSWER... * forsomeSpecificPhobias(e.g.,dentalandanimal phobias),twotofoursessionsareoftenusefulforsignificantly reducingphobicreactionsinmanypeople.

Whichofthefollowingislikelytocausesecondary impotence? ...ANSWER... * medicationuse

alcohol*use

diabetesmellitus

Whichofthefollowingis* mosttrueaboutindividualswith ModerateMentalRetardation? ...ANSWER... * Theycanbe trainedtoperformunskilledwork* inthecompetitivejobmarket underclose*supervision.

Whichofthefollowingistheclearestindicationthatapersonis sufferingfromasubstanceaddiction? ...ANSWER... * Thepersondisplaysclearsignsoftolerance and/orwithdrawal

WhichofthefollowingistrueregardingObsessive- CompulsiveDisorder(OCD)andObsessiveCompulsive PersonalityDisorder(OCPD)? ...ANSWER... * Unlike

thantheriskforadizygotictwin? ...ANSWER... * two anda halftimes

Youareaskedtoevaluatea3-yearoldchildwhohasno interestinpeerrelationships,engagesinhighlyunusualplay behavioronhisown,andispreoccupiedwithpartsofobjects. Thechildhasnocognitiveorlanguageimpairments.Basedon thisinformation,thecorrectdiagnosisforthischildis ...ANSWER... * Asperger's *Disorder