Quiz

QUIZ

1. What disorder has the greatest lifetime prevalence rate?

a. PTSD b. Schizophrenia c. Social phobia d. Major depressive disorder

Answer: d. Major depressive disorder has the greatest lifetime prevalence, being present to a high degree in both genders. This is somewhat closely followed by alcohol abuse disorder.

2. What is not a characteristic of an anxiety disorder?

a. There is no actual threat. b. The anxiety is persistent. c. The anxiety is disruptive to the patient’s life. d. The anxiety is greater than expected for the situation.

Answer: a. The statements all describe an anxiety disorder, except that there certainly can be an actual threat, but the level of symptoms is out of proportion to the threat that might exist.

3. What anxiety disorder most involves having a fear of being embarrassed or humiliated?

a. Social anxiety disorder b. Panic disorder c. Generalized anxiety disorder d. Agoraphobia

Answer: a. The individual with social anxiety disorder has a fear of social situations out of an underlying fear of being embarrassed or humiliated by others.

4. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, what is a compulsion?

a. An unwanted thought b. An intrusive feeling about something c. Anxiety over a certain situation d. A repetitive behavior

Answer: d. In OCD, an obsession is an unwanted and intrusive thought, while a compulsion is the repetitive behavior that comes out of an obsession.

5. What is most protective against developing PTSD?

a. Social support b. Having integrated memories of the event c. Having certain genetic traits d. Being more intelligent

Answer: a. The presence of social support is most protective against the development of PTSD, which has been seen in people who return from wartime and those who ve been sexually assaulted.

6. What dissociative experience involves moving from one’s home after being confused by one’s identity, leading sometimes to adopting a new identity?

a. Dissociative identity disorder b. Dissociative fugue c. Derealization d. Depersonalization

Answer: b. With dissociative fugue, the person leaves their home and, out of confusion over who they are, will sometimes develop a new identity altogether.

7. Which depressive state is a separate disease in its own right rather than a subtype of major depression?

a. Seasonal affective disorder b. Bipolar disorder c. Dysthymia d. Postpartum depression

Answer: b. Among these disorders, only bipolar disorder is its own disease state that is not considered a subtype of major depression.

8. Which mood disorder is most likely to have an inherited component with a high risk of passing it onto one’s relatives?

a. Dysthymia b. Major depressive disorder c. Bipolar disorder d. Seasonal affective disorder

Answer: c. Bipolar disorder is most heritable and is readily passed through genetic means, although other depressive disorders have some heritability.

9. What type of hallucinations are seen with the patient who has schizophrenia?

a. Visual b. Auditory c. Tactile d. Olfactory

Answer: b. Most hallucinations in schizophrenia are auditory hallucinations, with the rest being visual or olfactory.

10. What is considered a negative symptom of schizophrenia rather than a positive symptom?

a. Flat affect b. Delusions c. Hallucinations d. Disorganized thinking

Answer: a. The positive symptoms are relatively easy to diagnose, while the negative symptoms, such as flat affect and anhedonia, are less easy to see as associated with this disorder.